About – Lactalove

I am forever humble to be invited in to the home of a new family. It is such a sacred time and place for all who live there. I pay great attention to what home means for your family at that unique time.

For some families that can mean a lot of tears and feelings of despair because of their feeding difficulties or because of other concerns. Sometimes that can mean beaming smiles and a real sense of euphoria and in many cases, it is a blend of both. Through using skills as an accredited Breastfeeding Counsellor, we can laugh together and in many instances cry together as we unpick your unique journey into parenthood that has influenced all the emotions and goals on that day when getting support to breastfeeding your child(ren). This is achieved through a holistic biopsychosocial approach to unravel how any feeding obstacles can be understood and supported. This takes intense listening and time but it allows the person-centred care that I deliver to authentically evolve.

Kerry Baker, founder of Lactalove

When I gain a collective picture of the concerns and hurdles that you are faced with, together with working with your family we can use the evidence-based practice to guide the care, support and information to tailor a plan that gives the most optimum chance of getting you to achieve the infant feeding outcome that matters to you. The initial consultation involves a thorough history taking relative to feeding, as well as a feeding assessment and oral assessment of your little one(s), which gives a multifactorial opportunity to identify what obstacles may be interfering with your breastfeeding journey and how these can be managed or overcome. I love walking closely alongside my clients to build up a plan that can be reviewed and assessed regularly whilst feeding is becoming more established and in most cases with the goals of your family.

For some, this involves remote communication to share resources and to check how things are progressing and keeping good communication to alter the plans related to any changes. Future visits can be planned until as in most cases, parents are back to where they wish to be and gradually feel content with the outcome and are well on their way to feeding their baby in the way that they wish to. It is a beautiful relationship to build with families at such an intense time and wonderful to see the progress so many families make to get to where they wish to be.

In order to support you the best that I can I have obtained the highest internationally recognised qualification on the study of lactation as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) giving you the confidence that the skills and education are of the highest standard for your family. Collectively, I have 8 years breastfeeding experience, 5 of those years as a specialist in breastfeeding working with hundreds of families and over 1000 hours of supporting families to breastfeed. As a mother of two myself I have walked I bring my own relatability which I find women love. My experience also includes working for an international charity as an accredited breastfeeding counsellor and also running specialist clinics both privately and for the NHS service.

Kerry Baker, founder of Lactalove

What Our families say

From the moment we were recommended to seek help and support from Kerry, we knew we'd done the right thing. Kerry was super quick at responding to our cry for help and we got an appointment pretty much straight away. Kerry's wealth of knowledge really supported us in understanding how to breastfeed as we pretty much went into feeding with very little knowledge. We never knew feeding would be so challenging as we faced difficulties at birth, a tongue-tie division, reflux and even breast cysts. Kerry supported us with everything through visits to the home, telephone calls, regular messages and even some personalised videos to demonstrate the new skills we needed to learn. Without Kerry's support, kindness and knowledge, we wouldn't be where we are now. From the bottom of our hearts - thank you! You really did save us!

I can't thank lactalove enough for the enormous support provided through a challenging time we had with feeding issues and tongue tie. Kerry gave In-depth knowledge with a non-judgmental friendly smile. Reaching out to Lactalove was the best thing I have done for my baby and family.

Kerry is such a friendly, warm person as well as being so so knowledgeable. She really helped us through a really tough time when my son had lost 11% of his birth weight due to a tonque tie. She explained how breastfeeding works, how I could increase my supply, different positions I could try etc. She also answered any questions I had after my consultation. I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone and wouldn't hesitate to consult her again in the future whether that was for my son again or any future children to come.

Kerry is an extremely friendly and approachable lady who listened to my concerns and offered honest advice and support. Whilst I was pregnant, Kerry helped me with information regarding the first feed after birth which was very helpful and allowed me to feel confident and comfortable after my daughter was born. Since then, she has advised me on positioning techniques, as well as information about reflux which was very reassuring and eased my concerns. Thank you!