Growing Gems IBCLC

Gemma was really friendly and took her time with me, she was super gentle with Salah too. One of the most useful aspects of the session was when you showed me how to do chest feeding. I never knew about this technique and I really liked using it. I now feel extremely confident feeding Salah.

I didn’t know anything about Breastfeeding before our session I was very unconfident, I got really good advices from the session, and she helped me a lot to first milk express. In every way, she gave me really good service, by advising me and teaching me all about breastfeeding. How to do things in right ways and safe way and help me get to just breastfeed in those first few weeks. She also referred me to other support as I needed to start some treatment and couldn’t breastfeed for long.

— Harshani – Thelumi, Gigum and Bavishya

Gemma came to our home to support us with breastfeeding my first son, Dylan. He had lost too much weight after birth and we were on a daily weigh in until he improved. Gemma was our calm in what was a really stressful and worrying time and guided me through latching properly at every feed. She also talked us through syringe and cup feeding so we felt a little more reassured that baby was getting plenty of milk to regain his weight. By the end of our time together we were latching really well and Dylan gained weight beautifully. He’s now 4 years old and I was also able to breastfeed his baby brother Alfie confidently with no hiccups thanks to remembering Gemma’s advice.

Sophie – Dylan and Alfie

Gemma was always calm and patient and gave great feeding advice. I gained my confidence through our sessions and Gemma really put my mind at rest. Gemma is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate and this really put me at ease and I felt more empowered.

— Gemma – Millie and Evie