What a few of my clients have said about me…

I can’t thank April enough for all of the support that she has given with feeding. We first met when my baby was 2 weeks old. After being told the latch looked good and that I just needed my nipples to toughen up by midwives, April arrived in our lives, with her wealth of expertise and provided help when no one else had. Where it had felt that everyone else cared only for my baby, she cared for both of us, realising that I needed help if we were to continue on our breastfeeding journey. She spent time, observing and listening to our experience before working with us to create an action plan. We were left in no doubt about what to do when she left. One thing that I am really grateful for is her advice on how to get our baby back to birth weight. He had lost 12% in the first 3 days and we had had little guidance on how to catch him back up and the need for extras. Even as the journey improved, April was there to answer questions that I had. She signposted us to cranial osteopaths and we eventually realised that tension was being held in our baby’s head which meant he was not feeding well. Throughout every contact, April provided support which reminded me to be kind to myself and celebrate every bit of progress. I can’t thank her enough.

Sarah says (March 2020)

Many thanks for your email and your amazing help on Thursday.
 

Cliona (March 2020) says:

I just wanted to say happy lactation consultants day! And also thanks for helping me out 6 years ago with our eldest, Aoife. You probably don’t remember me but I was the Irish mum who had to relactate when my baba was on formula and barely able to feed at all due to tongue tie. Anyway she has kept boobing till she was 5 and a half, when she self weaned, and in addition my wife had triplets who are now 4 and they’re breastfed too! And basically none of that would have happened if you hadn’t help us out so much so thanks!

Martha (February 2020) says:

Just wanted to send you a quick email to say thank you for everything you did to help my baby Freya and I last year. We had an unbelievably tough time with tongue tie, high palate, low weight gain, nipple aversion, nipple shields, vasospasms and more. But I fought every day to feed her and make it work. I’m sure you don’t get many emails like this so I wanted to let you know that it’s because of you that I was able to feed Freya for 8.5 months in the end. We have enough milk in the freezer to get us to approximately 11 months so I’m absolutely thrilled.

Hopefully I won’t need a helping hand with my next baby given that we’ve overcome every problem out there but if I do I know where to find you!

Sophie (June 2019) says:

“I always wanted to exclusively breastfeed however was concerned this wouldn’t be possible due to having flat/ inverted nipples. After an evening crying on the sofa in pain, I got April’s phone number from a friend who recommended her.

April came to visit me the next day and provided us with a really detailed assessment which highlighted that there was lots of sucking but limited swallowing.. April worked with me to practise different positions and built a plan the gave me to confidence to keep going which was successful.

Unfortunately the baby had a health scare and due to various trips in hospital and stress we ended up with a reduced milk supply and a baby who had lost a significant amount of weight. The midwife told me to use formula to top up and I was worried this would continue to effect my milk supply and I was desperate to be able to exclusively breastfeed my baby in the future.

April continued to work closely with me during this time providing support around how to eventually reduce the formula so that I could exclusively breastfeed – which I am now doing. The journey was really tough and if it wasn’t for April asking me to ‘just give it one more week’, I would not be sat with a healthy, growing breastfed baby today.

I cannot recommend April highly enough, she was great at keeping in touch, nonjudgmental and open to things like nipple shields, using Domperidone and the need to combination feed. She is caring, attentive and clearly expert in her field.

Thank you for all of your help April, it may have taken 5 weeks but we got there in the end and I couldn’t have done it without you.”

Lindsey (September 2018) says:

“I just wanted to say thank you very much for your help with J and to let you know that we got there in the end! Thank you so much for your help and support in those difficult early days and for encouraging me that it might be possible if we could just keep going.”

Ruth (February 2018) says:

“Thank you so so much again for your support. We couldn’t do without it.”

Marta (November 2017) says:

“Thank you for your visit, it was extremely useful to us. W is doing very well in both positions you showed us, he is now almost exclusively on the breast. ….and you provided guidance that helped loads (!!!) with reducing my anxiety around feeding issues with J.”

Lila (October 2017) says:

“The advice you gave me has been invaluable! R seems much happier when feeding and we’re much more efficient, he has also put on weight already.”

Chloe (October 2017) says

“I felt very reassured that I’m doing everything possible for M and I found your advice to invaluable, we covered so much!”

Sandy (December 2016) says:

“I just wanted to let you know invaluable the visit with you was to us! We’ve been EBF for over 3 weeks now and all of us are enjoying it!”

Ella (August 2016) says:

“I was just thinking back this week to how far Sam and I have come from your consultation in week 6. Things are going so much better and I’m feeling more confident feeding him at home and out the house too.”

Helen (August 2016) says:

“Thanks April, you were so helpful and the next feed was a million times less stressful!”

Kate (July 2016) says:

“Hi April, this is a very long overdue text. You helped me early on with my daughter with latch, tongue tie and then breast pain. We recently got to 1 year! And now I have the joys of  breastfeeding a wiggly toddler! We wouldn’t be where we are without you. Just thought I’d share our success and gratitude!”

Ruth (June 2016) says:

“Today is a special day because it marks 6 months for my little boy, I’m still breastfeeding him and without your help it just wouldn’t have been possible. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your support and guidance and am so thankful that I persevered with renting that pump and keeping going.”

Louise and Olly (July 2015) say:

“Just a little note to say a massive thank you for all your support and encouragement on our breastfeeding journey. We really couldn’t have achieved it without your help and confidence that we could succeed.”

Dory (May 2015) says:

“I have been meaning to be in touch and say thank you,  since we last saw you we have been flying with breastfeeding.  Can’t thank you enough.”

Amy (October 2015) says:

“Thank you so much for your gentle confidence and kindness to help me carry on breastfeeding.”

James and Raiha (2014) say:

We can’t thank you enough for your support via home visit/phone during the last few weeks. We have been breastfeeding 100%, just magic! You were just what we needed, someone who took the time to understand our situation and addressit with a personal and professional approach.  You were someone who gave us hope and encouragement when we needed it most, when we were being told that we had lost our chance, “the window” to breastfeed. Thank you for helping us achieve the family life that we wanted.

Sam (November 2014) says:

We now have a not hungry baby and a not sore Mum! Thank you so much, we couldn’t have done it without you.

Sarah (May 2014) says:

Millie is now 4 months old and I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your support in getting us from 2 weeks to this point. The health visitors are really pleased with her weight. Your help was so much appreciated.