Liz Farrant IBCLC - Lactation consultant, infant sleep consultant - Sandhurst

Hannah W

I contacted Liz for support because my baby was experiencing poor weight gain. During our consultation, she was very warm and put me at ease immediately, and several suggestions on how to optimise our feeding. After her visit I felt very encouraged and a lot more confident, and she was genuinely interested and pleased to answer any additional questions and hear updates following the consultation. Breastfeeding can be a very difficult and lonely journey at the start, so would highly recommend contacting Liz for support to anyone struggling.

Anjali Chandar

Liz has been amazing at supporting us with feeding and sleep. She is calm and reassuring, and clearly knows her stuff! Without her help, we’d have stopped breastfeeding much earlier. We’ve more recently utilised support for managing silent reflux and getting our daughter down for naps in the crib, both of which seem to be moving in the right direction despite being early days. I highly recommend Liz!

Jane

Reached out to Liz at a very desperate time with my newborn- she was not gaining weight and was very sick following every feed.

I was breastfeeding exclusively at the time but was suffering with discomfort and baby not gaining.

I had Liz out in person (in a very reasonable time frame from making contact) and she immediately validated my concerns, feelings and emotions. We worked on technique and getting a good latch and I felt much better when she left.

Over the next week or so, there was multiple back and forth WhatsApp messages when I felt things weren’t going well or needed advice. Despite demonstrating good technique, I still having intermittent breastfeeding issues and unsure on the problem.

After a week of no changes, Liz advised I get a second opinion on tongue tie, following an assessment at hospital which resulting in being told she didn’t have one. She recommended a private specialist in tongue tie assessment who came out, confirmed she had a very strict posterior tongue tie and treat it with a cut.

I persisted with what Liz and I had worked on but was still struggling so I arranged to have her out again in person. We worked on everything again and came up with a plan.

I highly recommend Liz - not only did I feel supported and validated but I was also given advice on different feeding options if one feeding plan didn’t work and I didn’t feel less of a Mum for not being able to exclusive breastfeed.
She was very knowledgeable and her experiences showed from the get go.

I believe a multitude of factors, many out of my control, lead to not being able to continue breastfeeding in any capacity beyond 12 weeks but I didn’t feel a hassle continuing to reach out for advice before deciding to stop.

Danielle De Gouveia

I would highly recommend a session with Liz for anyone wanting to breast feed! We saw Liz at home when baby was 3 days old at which point I was finding feeding very painful (latch was awful!) and unsure of how to fix things! Liz was super reassuring and calm and gave loads of helpful advice and as a result I love nursing and baby has been growing nicely! I have also been able to ask Liz loads of questions and having a go to person has been invaluable! Especially when everyone wants to give you an opinion and you are unsure, you know you can ask Liz and she is qualified to give you great advice!!

Slavena S

Liz is absolutely fantastic and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to any mums looking for breastfeeding support. Liz supported our breastfeeding journey from a couple of weeks after birth. She came for a home visit, observed a feed, helped optimise our latch and gave our daughter an oral assessment to rule out tongue tie. Liz was super reassuring and available on WhatsApp for follow up questions and even checked in multiple times in the months after her visit. I’m so very grateful for her support and reassurance especially at a point so early on in our breastfeeding journey where supplementing and low weight gain made exclusive breastfeeding feel like a pipe dream!

Anna Jerome

Even though I was a first time mum, as a midwife I perhaps entered into the world of infant feeding feeling more confident or knowledgeable than I otherwise would have been. My breastfeeding experience did not go 'to plan', something that I had tried to mentally prepare myself for. After 4 weeks at home trying to breastfeed, express and top up with formula I decided to contact Liz for advice and support.
Liz replied to me really quickly and came out to me within a couple of days. Liz has a wealth of knowledge and expertise and has a wonderful manner... calm, kind and gentle, along with being super supportive and encouraging. Straight away Liz said we would be able to come up with a plan that I would be happy and confident with. Following the consultation Liz was on hand via WhatsApp (really handy!) whenever I needed to answer questions and check in on us. I would 100% recommend Liz and my only regret is that I didn't contact her sooner!

M

Couldn’t recommend Liz enough. Our breastfeeding journey started off very difficult and we faced lots of pressure from paediatricians and midwives so I turned to Liz late one Sunday night and she was out helping us less than twelve hours later. With Liz’s support we improved our baby’s latch and the comfort for feeding and managed to improve his weight. As first time
Parents with a very intense pressure from the medical teams without the help and guidance from Liz I truly wouldn’t have coped and Liz went above and beyond. Forever grateful.

N Patel

I contacted Liz after struggling with breastfeeding supply issues. Liz came home to see me within just two days. She was empathetic and compassionate at what was a very emotional time for me. She educated and guided me towards making realistic and sustainable goals – this was important to me as my life was being consumed by feeding and pumping! She observed baby feed, assessed the latch and taught me how to use a supplemental nursing system, which worked well. The follow up support was great too – Liz was approachable and accessible with any questions I had. I can’t thank you enough for your support and guidance! Definitely recommend