Services
Breastfeeding support home visits from £150
For folks living in or very near the London Borough of Sutton, South London, I provide home visits to support you with your breastfeeding and lactation challenges. A home visit involves me visiting for around 2 hours, hearing about your current breastfeeding challenges and goals, taking both a medical and a feeding history, observing a breastfeed / expression / pumping session / top-up and providing suggestions to try during the consultation. Tongue tie assessments and/or weighing baby are available if needed. After the visit I will send you a written plan with links to further resources, and I will signpost you to free sources of further breastfeeding support in South London. Included in the price of the home visit are 2 weeks unlimited phone and WhatsApp text support. If needed, one or more follow-up home visits or video calls can be booked, and text support extended.
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Mini phone or video consultations from £50
Starting solids and want support with how to do this alongside continuing to breastfeed? Returning to work, or planning to be away from baby, and need help making this work with breastfeeding? Ready to reduce or stop breastfeeding and want help with how to go about it? A mini consultation followed by unlimited text support for 2 weeks might suit you well. Enquire about this at the link below.
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Group antenatal sessions – FREE
Come along to meet me, your friendly Sutton lactation consultant IBCLC, and ask me all your questions about breastfeeding. Click on the link below to see available sessions and book.
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Private antenatal consultations from £100
Schedule a consultation before baby arrives. We can discuss all things feeding and make a provisional plan for feeding in the early hours and days after baby’s birth. This consultation will be tailored to your circumstances. Afterwards, you will receive a bespoke plan with additional resources and a discount on a postnatal home visit.
BookWhat can I help with?
Latching difficulties
Sore nipples
Weaning from nipple shields
Engorgement and mastitis
Milk supply worries
Expressing and increasing supply
Infant weight loss
Slow weight gain
Supplementing
Weaning off additional milk ‘top ups’
Sleep (managing what’s normal)
Debriefing previous infant feeding experiences
Relactation (after a significant decline or a gap) and induced lactation (i.e. lactating without birthing)
Preterm babies
Babies with additional health needs, twins and triplets
Tongue tie assessment
Returning to work while continuing to breastfeed
Introducing solids alongside breastfeeding
Reducing or ending breastfeeding
What Clients Say
“I came to Andrea because my daughter was crying at the breast a lot and I had no clue what was wrong. It was a hugely stressful time and as a new mum I felt very vulnerable. I cannot recommend Andrea enough, she was a huge help and basically transformed my breastfeeding relationship with my daughter. Some simple changes made our days and nights so much easier. I paid for the two week WhatsApp help and Andrea responded promptly and thoroughly to all my questions. Having access to 1-1 expertise was amazing for my mental health too. I felt very alone so being able to speak to an expert made a massive difference. At some points we were messaging at 8pm when my daughter was screaming and I was pulling my hair out – Andrea saved me in those moments! Thank you!!!”
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“After giving birth at 45 my daughter struggled with latching and breastfeeding. I desperately wanted to breastfeed for all the benefits she would get from it. She was diagnosed tounge tie 7 days after birth. She had tounge tie procedure done but we still had problems! I contacted Andrea H. She was just Amazing! Very knowledge and patient. With her help I successfully breastfeed my daughter for 13 months. I can safely say it wouldn’t have happened without Andrea’s help. And for that I’m forever grateful x”
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“Thank you so much. Your guidance has been so precious for us.”
“In terms of breastfeeding, still a long way to go but I think we are both getting more confident. There were two instances when we were out (out for groceries once and GP visit another time) when I breastfed him impromptu in public and once in car without any pillow and it still worked well for us.”
“We genuinely appreciate all the help we got from you at a very vulnerable time:”
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“Great communication pre-appointment, during appointment and after. Felt my concerns were listened to and acknowledged, made me feel very comfortable during the appointment and after, individualised plan with great follow up advice.”
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About Me
I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
I grew up in Canada and came to the UK in 2003 for postgraduate study. I completed a Doctorate in Epidemiology and worked as an Epidemiologist for over a decade.
I became passionate about breastfeeding support after overcoming challenges breastfeeding my two daughters. I accessed support in breastfeeding drop-in groups that saved both of my breastfeeding journeys. What began as a plan to “pay it forward” has now become my second career. I first trained as a breastfeeding peer supporter in 2018 and have been supporting families with infant feeding ever since.
Through working in the NHS and as a volunteer, I have experience of supporting families to breastfeed in a huge range of circumstances: preterm birth/low birth weight, twins, previous breast reduction/augmentation, cleft lip and palate, tongue tie, primary low milk supply, breast refusal, faltering growth, baby with Downs syndrome, cancer diagnosis in late pregnancy. I am able to debrief previous breastfeeding challenges and hold space for breastfeeding grief.
Unlike in my voluntary and NHS work, as a private practice lactation consultant IBCLC I am delighted to offer home visits for breastfeeding support to families in my local area in South London. We can spend the time that we need to ensure you feel empowered with the knowledge and skills to improve your breastfeeding journey.
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Life Sciences
MSc Epidemiology
PhD Epidemiology
Breastfeeding Network Helper (peer supporter)
Breastfeeding Network Supporter (counselor)
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
Sleep Baby & You accreditation (Durham University Infancy & Sleep Centre with Dr Pamela Douglas)
Developing Trauma Informed Practice accreditation (Thrive LDN with Nicola Lester Psychological Trauma Consultancy)
Exerience:
I volunteered between 2018 and 2025 at local NHS breastfeeding support groups, on hospital postnatal wards and occasionally on the National Breastfeeding Helpline.
Since 2020 I have worked as an infant feeding support worker in the NHS, first in a hospital setting and now in the community.
I sat my IBCLC exam in 2022, having accumulated the necessary 1000+ hours of supporting families with breastfeeding.
NHS Awards:
Winner – Improving Patient Experience (CLCH Staff Awards 2023)
Winner (Merton Infant Feeding Team) – Innovators of the Year (CLCH Staff Awards 2024)
I hold Malpractice/Professional Liability, Public Liability and Products Liability insurance from Holistic Insurance Services.
