You and your baby deserve the best.
With 25 years of experience, we strive to provide nurturing care in our office or in the comfort of your home. All of our providers are IBCLCs — International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), the most rigorously-trained lactation professional out there. There is no other professional that will provide the same level of empathy, care and clinical expertise that we will. There are many settings where breastfeeding assistance is provided — only on-line or even in a medical practice setting. While those visits can be fine for a quick “tune-up”, for most breastfeeding and other infant feeding challenges, nothing replaces being in-person in a private practice setting.
“A baby is the best company in the world.” -Lee Smith, writer
Susan Forrester
MA, IBCLC, RLC
With over 25 years of experience, Susan's mission has always been to help families work towards their own personal feeding goals. She is the mother of three grown children and originally from Los Angeles, California. She moved to NY in 1987 to attend graduate school, then relocated in West Hartford, CT, where she started as a La Leche League Leader, forming a group in West Hartford. Then in 2002, she became a board certified lactation consultant —IBCLC. She has worked in various settings & practices, she currently focuses her time seeing families in the Greater Hartford area in their homes or in the Farmington office.
“…that’s the wonderful thing about babies. They love you.” Marilyn French, writer
Lauren Akers
IBCLC, CPD, CLD
The mother of two sons, Lauren is originally from Perth, Australia, and has lived in England and Singapore before settling here in Connecticut. Before becoming an IBCLC, she was a birth and postpartum doula for 14 years and has been working with Susan since 2019. When you hire Lauren, you are receiving an experienced and exceptionally compassionate lactation consultant. She has a great sense of humor and helps to alleviate the challenges & anxieties her families face. Lauren provides home & office visits in the Greater Hartford and New Haven county areas.
“She is their earth..she is their food and their bed…” Katherine Butler Hathaway, writer
Brittany White
RN, IBCLC
New to Forrester Lactation, but not new to working with high needs families, Brittany has worked with babies and their families as a neonatal nurse for over 15 years, and has been licensed as an IBCLC for over a decade. A mother of two young boys, she is from Toronto, Ontario, and lived in England for 3 years before settling in Connecticut. As a lactation consultant, Brittany combines her assessment skills from the neonatal intensive care environment with attachment-focused, holistic care. She is close to the Oxford area and is available to see people in New Haven and Fairfield County areas for home visits and office visits in Hamden.