North London Lactation Consultant | Breastfeeding and feeding support | Home visits & virtuals
MilkyStarts offers compassionate & evidence based breastfeeding support across North and East London. Whether you’re experiencing nipple pain, are concerned about your milk supply or would just like some reassurance, I would love to help you.
How I help families as a North London Lactation Consultant
I support families with a wide range of breastfeeding and infant feeding concerns including:
- Painful breastfeeding, sore nipples and a shallow latch
- Difficulty latching or baby coming on and off the breast
- Concerns about how much milk baby is getting
- Low milk supply or worries about milk production
- Oversupply, fast letdown and forceful milk flow
- Engorgement, blocked ducts and mastitis
- Unsettled feeding, reflux-like symptoms and colic
- Frequent feeding, cluster feeding and feeding exhaustion
- Slow weight gain or concerns about baby’s growth
- Breastfeeding after a difficult or traumatic birth
- Breastfeeding stress, anxiety or loss of confidence
- Using nipple shields and support to wean from them
- Pumping and expressing milk and introducing a bottle
- Bottle refusal and feeding aversions
- Mixed feeding and formula feeding support
- Induced lactation for LGBTI families and adoptive parents
- Transitioning from breastfeeding to weaning
And any other concern about your baby and feeding, no issue is too small to ask about.
Support is available through home visits across North and East London as well as via virtual consultations.
Hi, I’m Milly, a private lactation consultant, midwife and a low milk supply specialist
I support new families with breastfeeding and infant feeding in North and East London including: Haringey, Hackney, Walthamstow and Enfield and surrounding areas. I work with families who are finding feeding painful, overwhelming or simply want some reassurance that they’re doing a great job! I have a special interest in low milk supply.
Antenatal
Prepare for breastfeeding before your baby arrives with evidence based guidance, realistic expectations and personalised support during pregnancy
Home visit
A relaxed home visit where I observe a full feed, support positioning and latch and create a personalised feeding plan tailored to you and your baby
Virtual
Flexible and effective feeding support via a video call, ideal for urgent concerns, follow up support or families outside London
Frequently Asked Questions
-Shallow latch
-Nipple pain
-Assess how much milk baby is getting
-Engorgement and mastitis
-Oversupply
-Low milk supply
-Reflux or colic
-Slow weight gain
-Breastfeeding anxiety
-Using nipple shields
-Pumping concerns
-Bottle refusal
-Formula feeding
-Induced lactation
-Weaning
MilkyStarts is a highly recommended
London Lactation Consultant with over 100 five-star google reviews
She has been wonderful and really helped us get back on track with breastfeeding. Highly recommended!
Matteo D
Dad of 1 week baby
I really struggled with breastfeeding for the first month, I was in agony and dreading every feed and didn’t think it was ever going to get better.
Milly was such a huge help! She suggested different positions, gave useful advice on pumping and helped me build up my confidence again. It was also invaluable having someone reliable on hand to ask all of the ‘is this normal…?’ questions to afterwards. 13 weeks in and baby is still exclusively breast fed, no stress or pain, I didn’t think I would ever get to this point! Thank you so much Milly!
Christine G
4 weeks postpartum
Milly was relentless in helping us with our little one, even after the 2 weeks of WhatsApp support were over, as our little one needed referrals to other specialists. She is punctual, empathetic and very knowledgeable about feeding but goes above and beyond that. Would definitely recommend her if you’re looking for support with feeding your little ones.
Simona A
8 weeks postpartum
Milly has been fantastic since we first got in contact! She helped identify issues with feeding and latching that no one else was and we were able to get faster treatment and support for our baby! The WhatsApp support has been invaluable and so responsive, we cannot recommend her enough!
Chris J
Dad of 5 day baby
Milly was so helpful and supportive. She was able to do a home visit at very short notice and followed up with us with continued support. Could not recommend enough. Worth every penny.
Conrad
Dad of 2 week baby
Milly was very kind, easy to talk to, knowledgeable and clear. She packed a lot of practical support and ideas into the hour long session and followed up with helpful resources and a summary of the session which was much needed as a sleep deprived new parent! She was also very responsive by text and was able to come round at short notice.
Miriam S
4 weeks postpartum
Milly was super helpful, kind and knowledgeable, highly recommend her!
Teruni N
2 weeks postpartum
I really appreciate the support Milly provided in helping me find more comfortable feeding positions for my baby. She was patient, kind, and took the time to understand my concerns. Her gentle and caring approach made me feel truly supported and confident in feeding my baby. She also stayed in touch for several days after the session to check in and make sure I was doing okay. I highly recommend Milly to any parent looking for compassionate and knowledgeable lactation support!
Shafali G
6 weeks postpartum
So glad I arranged a home visit from Milly! Her approach was extremely thorough and calming. Milly reviewed and offered a huge range of advice on feeding and helped me with suitable feeding positions whilst recovering from a c-section which I am so grateful for! Since the visit the Milly has continued to reach out to offer valuable support which was much appreciated. Thanks Milly!!
Alice A
1 week postpartum
We had a really good experience with Milly. She came highly recommended from others in my NCT group. I had always had good success with breastfeeding but had my confidence knocked by a dip in my supply and some position advice that wasn’t helpful. So we contacted Milly for some extra support, and to help me plan to co-sleep safely. Working with Milly really boosted my confidence and made me feel in control of my breastfeeding journey again. She gave useful and realistic advice that wasn’t just generic but custom to you. I also really appreciated her follow up after the visit – felt good to have someone to ask questions too! Thank you Milly!!
Sarah M
5 days postpartum
Milly was excellent and helped us introduce triple feeding while we got things established. The results were incredible and our baby is now fully breastfed after starting on only formula from birth. Particularly the WhatsApp support was excellent and she was super patient with all my questions, thank you again so much!
Hayley C
3 weeks postpartum
Milly came to see us at home soon after we reached out and it was so valuable having her observe the breastfeeding and answer all our questions. She showed us new positions to try and gave lots of information and guidance around feeding at night which we had been struggling with. She is really kind and friendly, so it’s very easy to talk to her and feel supported. It was also incredibly useful to be able to ask questions via WhatsApp in the weeks that followed. We are really grateful and would thoroughly recommend her to others.
Alice G
2 weeks postpartum
Milly was a great help in the early days of establishing breastfeeding especially showing us different positions to help baby get a better latch and more effective feed. She has a great patient manner.
Nora R
1 week postpartum
Natasha Abaza
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starstarstarstarstar 9 weeks ago
It was quite reassuring to meet with Milly a week postpartum. I was feeling anxious about breastfeeding and was not ready to leave the house to get support. I messaged her for support and the following morning she was at our place!We walked through different latching positions which was quite helpful. Most importantly, she was available for two weeks via WhatsApp to answer any of my frantic questions/ inquiries. Her support was great lactation wise, but for me she provided a safe and reassuring space which helped my mental health PP.
Natasha A
1 week postpartum
I met with Millie when my daughter was 5 weeks old and I was coming off a terrible case of mastitis. She was super responsive and incredibly helpful with advice on new positions to try, ways to evaluate active feeding, and suggestions for improving latch. She followed up with me several times to check in and offer support, and really helped me get through a difficult stretch in my breastfeeding journey so that I was able to continue to exclusively breastfeed to this day (4 months later!). Highly recommend!
Elizabeth N
5 weeks postpartum
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