East Bay Lactation Associates for breastfeeding trouble?
Hello,
A neighbor of ours is having breastfeeding trouble with her newborn (poor latch/sore nipples). She is thinking about booking an appointment with Molly Brannigan or Janaki Costello East Bay Lactation Associates. Any feedback on them?
Thank you!
Mom of a 5 year old, friend to mom of a newborn.
Feb 3, 2017
Parent Replies
I have nothing but great things to say about Janaki. She helped me with a fairly complicated situation with issues both on the baby's and the mother's side, and could not have been more compassionate, knowledgeable and encouraging. And it worked out! Baby and mom managed to get the breastfeeding thing going with her fantastic help. Her neighbor should not go, but run to Janaki!
Hello, I haven't used Molly Brannigan as a lactation consultant, but I did take a 6 week parenting class with her when I was pregnant with my son, over 3 years ago now, and she was wonderful. I also took a 1 time breastfeeding class with her (again, soon before giving birth) and she was SO knowledgeable, kind, honest, and calm. I remember looking at my notes from that session many times, when struggling with breastfeeding myself. I just looked her up on google to be sure that was her name (mommy-brain) and saw that she had 27 5-star reviews as a lactation consultant!!! I would use her in a heartbeat, if I had the need again. Hope this helps. :)
She should contact the local chapter of La Leche League.
I love the consultants at East Bay Lactation! I saw Janaki after both of my children were born and I took a friend of mine to se Molly several times. They are helpful, practical, compassionate, and knowledgeable. I also love that when you are their client, you can go to their weekly weigh-in which is a bit like a mom's group/support time for all the mama's who are their clients. I wholeheartedly recommend them!
I used Amrit http://www.amrit-lactationconsultant.com and highly recommend her. She is very soothing and compassionate about mom and baby. She really helped me out throughout week 1-3.
I had a wonderful experience with Molly Brannigan last year. She is very smart, very evidence-based, extremely responsive, and has a great confident/reassuring way about her. She was a great fit for me.
Best of luck to your neighbor!
I'm currently seeing Molly Brannigan and I recommend her highly! I have newborn twin girls and I'm struggling to build my milk supply to satisfy both babies and both have challenges with latching. Molly does weekly house visits and she is incredibly knowledgeable, professions and thorough. I'm starting to see results i.e. More milk and better latching from the recommendations and plan she laid out.
Strongly recommend!
They're both great, incredibly supportive and caring. Very experienced and leading LCs in the area. They also have a walkin weight check clinic once a week for their clients, where you can get advice, check your baby's weight, and connect with other new & nursing moms. I recommend your friend not wait to see someone - it's hard to imagine latch getting better, but it does with help. And it makes a world of difference!
Allison (mom of 4 month old)
I worked with Molly Brannigan after my daughter was born because of anticipated challenges with breastfeeding. She was AMAZING. Extremely knowledgeable, professional, and thorough. Molly helped us immensely and we ended up being successful with breastfeeding, which I attribute in large part to her. If you work with her, you get to go to EBLC's weekly weigh ins which are helpful, especially in the early weeks.