Integrated Postpartum Care
Built on Structure. Delivered with Calm.
Postpartum recovery is complex — and too often fragmented.
Feeding is addressed separately from sleep.
Hormones separately from nervous system regulation.
Recovery separately from emotional capacity.
But the system is interconnected.
MotherPoppins was built on the belief that postpartum care should be coordinated, structured, and physiologically informed — not reactive.
Meet Hali Shields, BSHS, IBCLC, NBC-HWC, CPD
Founder of Mother Poppins
For over two decades, I have had the privilege of walking beside families during one of life’s most tender and transformative seasons the postpartum transition.
My work is grounded in both science and reverence. I believe postpartum care requires clinical precision and deep attunement structure and compassion, physiology and presence.
My devotion to this work began in childhood, shadowing my mother, a NICU nurse, as she cared for medically fragile newborns. Watching her steady hands bring calm to complexity shaped my lifelong commitment to supporting babies and the mothers who love them.
I began my career as a birth doula and midwifery student, but quickly realized my calling was in postpartum care where recovery, regulation, feeding, and healing intersect.
Clinical & Integrative Training
• International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
• National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
• Certified Postpartum Doula
My academic foundation includes a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and working towards masters degree in functional medicine.
My advanced and integrative training includes:
• Institute for Integrative Nutrition — Health Coaching
• Integrative Women’s Health Institute — Women’s Health & Functional Nutrition
• Postpartum University — Postpartum Nutrition
• Postpartum Support International — Trauma-Informed Care
• IBCLC Master Class
• Gut-Brain Connection Course
• Pumping Science Course
• Training in Cognitive Behavioral Techniques for Health Coaching
Additional certifications include:
• Certified Holistic Sleep Coach
• Reiki Master
• Certified Yoga & Barre Instructor
I am also a former professional ballet dancer a background that deeply informs my understanding of movement, body awareness, and somatic regulation.
Philosophy of Care
Postpartum wellness is not limited to feeding or sleep.
It is about restoring the whole system.
My approach integrates clinical lactation expertise with functional nutrition, nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and family systems thinking.
Whether addressing latch challenges, gut health, hormonal shifts, depletion, or emotional resilience, my care is:
• Evidence-informed
• Structured
• Personalized
• Attuned
Through the MotherPoppins Model™ — Stabilize. Restore. Refine. I guide mothers toward steadiness in their bodies and confidence in their motherhood.
Originally from St. Augustine, Florida, I have lived in Chicago and Mexico City before settling in Miami. When not supporting families, you’ll find me preparing nourishing meals, moving my body, and spending time in the sun.
Director of Client Care
Heather Shields
Heather serves as the Patient Care Coordinator at MotherPoppins, ensuring every family’s experience is seamless from initial inquiry through ongoing care.
She oversees scheduling, communication, insurance verification, and operational coordination maintaining the structure that allows clinical care to remain focused and uninterrupted. Her role supports both families and the integrity of the MotherPoppins Model™, ensuring every interaction reflects the practice’s standard of professionalism and responsiveness.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Heather brings both professional and lived experience to her role. As an award-winning birth and motherhood photographer, her work has been featured in publications and exhibitions. Her years supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum provide her with a nuanced understanding of this transformative season.
As a mother herself, Heather breastfed her child for two years and understands firsthand the complexity of early feeding and recovery. She combines organizational precision with empathy and discretion offering thoughtful, steady support to every family who connects with MotherPoppins.
Our CLINICAL FOCUS
We can help you with…
Low milk supply & oversupply support
Shallow latch, nipple pain & breast refusal
Tongue, lip & buccal ties (pre- and post-revision support)
Bottle feeding guidance, flow preference & pacing techniques
Exclusive pumping or combo feeding plans
Returning to work & personalized pumping schedules
Plugged ducts, engorgement & mastitis support
Nutrition for milk supply, healing & sustained energy
Food sensitivities in mom or baby
Sleep shaping & circadian rhythm support (for baby and mom)
Postpartum burnout & emotional dysregulation support
Nervous system support & stress resilience
Supplement & herbal guidance for lactation & recovery
Holistic newborn & postpartum care planning
Care coordination with bodyworkers, dentists, pediatricians & therapists
Mind-body practices for grounding, healing & integration
Mother Poppins APPROACH
Our Values
MotherPoppins was built on the belief that postpartum care should be structured, evidence-informed, and deeply respectful of the complexity of early motherhood.
We support families from pregnancy through the postpartum transition with integrated guidance across lactation, sleep rhythms, maternal recovery, nutrition, and nervous system regulation.
Care is delivered with clinical competence, calm presence, and thoughtful discernment helping families understand what is developmentally typical, what requires attention, and how to move forward with clarity.
Our role is not to overwhelm, but to stabilize.
Not to react, but to guide with intention.
Every recommendation is made with your well-being and your baby’s health at the center.
