We are currently not schuleding group classes as our private prenatal classes and consults seem to be most popular. If you are interested in a group class please contact me as early in your pregnancy as possible and we will try and put one together. Visit our class page to find out how to schedule the class you want in our location or yours.
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Testimonials
If you have taken a class with us or had a consultation please send us your comments. Use our Contact form.
From Steph whose now happily nursing her 2 1/2 month old:
If it wasn't for Karen, I would not have been able to breastfeed. I had so much trouble with the wrong latch and Karen gave me the solution along with tremendous support and patience. Thanks to her, I am having the best time now experiencing how amazing breastfeeding is!
From Eva, who needed help getting started pumping for her premature son:
The most helpful parts of my consultation were the 1) written plan to increase my breastmilk production, 2) the personal evaluation of my breast pumping technique and 3) most of all the encouragement that I could actually increase my production. Since the consult things have been wonderful. After following the plan my production quadrupled! I was able to pump milk adequately to supply my preemie baby, so far for two months. My baby and I are now nursing and I plan to consult Karen again for steps to optimize my breastfeeding experience. Phone and email follow-up was great not only to answer any leftover, forgotten and/or new concerns but also as a mode of encouragement.
"Before I had my son, now 3 months old, many women had told me that they tried to breastfeed, but couldn't. Having been committed to breastfeeding long before I got pregnant, I couldn't understand why or how they had given up so easily. Well, the first five days of my son's life showed me just how tricky breastfeeding could be. None of my stumbling blocks were in the books I had read and I was panicking that I would have to resort to formula-feeding out of sheer necessity. One morning, after yet another screaming fit as my son tried desperately to latch (he had been able to latch for 2 days, then suddenly had great difficulty and was barely eating), I feverishly called everyone I could to figure out why. A hospital lactation group finally recommended Karen and by that evening, she was at my house, armed with techniques and advice that no one had thought of before. I was a sobbing, scared, exhausted mess of a new mother, but what reached me immediately, through both my and my baby's tears, was how much she cared that breastfeeding worked out for me. She was incredibly knowledgeable without sounding preachy or intimidating, and it was clear that she was going to be able to help us where no one else could. Her approaches were so flexible. She taught my husband and me techniques to overcome that first difficult week and offered astute insights on why we might be having trouble. With her hands-on guidance and consistent follow-up support (no one else has even come close with that kind of support), my son and I were able to overcome our obstacles and build a successful and enjoyable breastfeeding relationship. I truly could not have done it without her and it would have broken my heart to give up my dream of breastfeeding. I am so grateful that I had someone like Karen to guide me through my challenges and literally save our breastfeeding experience. If the women who had run into their own difficulties had had the great fortune of her help, I'm positive they would still be breastfeeding."
-Valerie