MA (Hons) & IBCLC
I have over 15 years experience writing, producing and presenting research. I’m also a clinician and educator.
I’m an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Breastfeeding Education and Research and I have published in international peer-reviewed breastfeeding and human lactation journals. I’m also an Associate Editor with the Journal of Human Lactation. I’m a clinician in both private practice and the NHS working with the Merton Health Visiting team (Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust). I’m also an educator and part of the teaching faculty of the Breastfeeding London Course. Finally, I’m Hearts Milk Bank donor for clinical research, including COVID-19 and breast cancer.
I was mentored by Indira Lopez-Bassols through the Breastfeeding London Mentorship Programme and have trained with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM). I have experience in a variety of clinical settings including community clinics, private practice and drop-ins. In these settings I’ve worked with a range of breastfeeding challenges both simple and complex including reducing supplementation, hypoplasia, low milk supply, complex mastitis, nursing supplementers and relactation and weaning.
When I became a mother my life turned upside down and I quickly realised support from my peers was invaluable. I began volunteering with my local NCT and breastfeeding drop-in, helping to create a thriving hub of peer support and community events. Having first-hand experience of what it’s like when breastfeeding goes well, and when it doesn’t(!), and the difference highly skilled support can make, I felt compelled to become an IBCLC.
Publications:
- Providing excellence in lactation care: the Merton NHS Specialist Breastfeeding Clinic (peer-reviewed), published on the 15 of December, 2021.
- Three continents, two fathers, one donor: A non-puerperal relactation case study. Journal of Human Lactation (peer-reviewed), published on the 22 of April 2021
- Milk Banking: Changing lives. Changing perceptions of human milk through science and research. ABM Magazine, Spring, 2020
- Contributed to editing skills, language corrections, and the design and production of figures of: Assisted nursing: a case study of an infant with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate, Journal of Human Lactation (peer-reviewed), published on the 18 of November 2020.