“Incredible experience with both of my children!! Highly recommend. Vanessa is such a kind soul and helps you every step of the way on your breastfeeding journey!!!”

— Catherine S. (Facebook)

“I can’t recommend Kate highly enough! She is so warm, caring and extremely knowledgeable. I felt comfortable with her from day one. She is the perfect balance of friendly and professional. She knows her stuff and doesn’t jump to extreme interventions. I love that she is a mom herself and understands breast-feeding on a personal level. She is so prompt about follow up emails and texts. Her follow up emails are extremely thorough with everything that she talked about and recommends. She has made my breast-feeding journey so much easier and given me other great resources as well. If it weren’t for Kate, my breast-feeding would still be painful and discouraging but with Kate‘s help, I am out of pain and truly love breast-feeding my daughter. It’s amazing to have someone come to your house with a newborn and Kate has always been prompt. She welcomes questions through text even if you don’t have a future appointment set up with her. I love Kate and you will too!”

— Rebecca J. (Google)

“I cannot say enough great things about Andrea. After exclusively pumping with my first, I really wanted to make breastfeeding work with my second. I started having some trouble with latching around 12 weeks. I was able to get connected to Andrea and she helped me so much! My baby went from refusing the breast to exclusively breastfeeding and we are still going about a month later. Andrea made me feel so comfortable and empowered. She educated me on techniques to try, knowledge of breastfeeding I was not aware of, and ways to understand cues from baby. She is personable and truly passionate about what she does. I cannot thank her enough for her help & highly recommend her to anyone needing support.”

— Stephanie T. (Google)

“This is my second time working with Vanessa and I’m so glad I reached out to her again. She clearly is invested in each mama and baby she works with, checking in weeks after consults to see how things are going, looking at every aspect of the situation to find a solution that works and even changing her schedule around when I couldn’t go any longer with how painful nursing had become so she could see me sooner. She helped us identify a tongue tie and had referrals and supports ready for our next steps. Every provider we have worked with as a result of the tongue tie speaks so highly of Vanessa and it is well deserved for all she does for her clients. I would absolutely recommend VP lactation to anyone needing suppor

— Jenna L. (Facebook)

“I'm so thankful I found Vanessa at VP Lactation Consulting. I really struggled with breastfeeding my first son and eventually gave up. When I got pregnant with my second son, I asked local moms for their suggestions. Vanessa came highly recommended and I'm so happy I gave her a call. Vanessa is extremely knowledgeable. During our first meeting she explained so many things to me about breastfeeding that I never learned in the hospital and would have never known. She is also so kind and is amazing with my son. She worked with me through many challenges in the first few months and helped me get through many hurdles such as my son's tongue and lip tie, my oversupply, two rounds of mastitis, and feeding without a nipple shield. There were a few times where I wanted to give up and Vanessa encouraged me to keep going. I'm happy to say I'm now exclusively breastfeeding my 2 month old! This would not have been possible without her help and support. I highly recommend Vanessa to any new moms.”

— April J. (Yelp)

“I am so thankful for Vanessa and Kate for making breastfeeding possible for my baby and I. Kate was able to identify lip and tongue ties that were causing difficulty with milk transfer. Vanessa and Kate directed us to a specialized pediatric dentist to address the lip and tongue ties. They also recommended a chiropractor and speech language pathologist. The team that Kate and Vanessa built to support our breastfeeding journey along with their expertise made it possible for us to move from triple feeding to exclusively breastfeeding while maintaining a positive breastfeeding experience, getting my milk supply up and regulated, and ensuring my son was gaining appropriate weight. I cannot thank Kate and Vanessa enough for what they have given to our family.”

— Brett M.(Yelp)

“Highly recommend. VP lactation's team was super helpful and responsive. Andrea has an amazing bedside manner- extremely calming and reassuring. She made recommendations that were positive, helpful, and encouraging without adding additional stress. You can tell she is an experienced L&D nurse!”

— S.C. (Google)

“We’re going on six months of breastfeeding, and I am so thankful for the role Vanessa has played in our journey. After defaulting to exclusively pumping with my first child, I really wanted to directly nurse my second. We were once again facing awful silent reflux symptoms and intolerances. Baby was gaining great weight and seemingly nursing well, but my gut told me something was off, even after meeting with a different LC. I had Vanessa come to our home for a consultation, and she identified the posterior tongue and lip ties I had suspected. Her knowledge on lactation and oral ties is amazing. She provided a comprehensive plan for the tie revision, including recommendations of other wonderful providers that led to successful release and improved oral function and improvement of the reflux. Vanessa was responsive to emails and followed up after each visit. I will be recommending Vanessa and her colleagues to anyone in the western suburbs looking for lactation support.”

— Nicole S. (Google)