Beaches Baby - Lactation Consultant IBCLC - Peta Arthurson

Peta has been absolute saviour in helping us get on track with feeding our newborn. We left the hospital after birth with a relentless and unforgiving triple feeding schedule (breastfeeding + expressed bottle + formula bottle + pumping) handed to us by midwives to help get bub's weight up, and felt very confused and unclear about the overall plan to help us get to exclusively breast feeding. We engaged Peta at 1.5 weeks after birth and within just 5 days, Peta was able to help us transition from an exhausting triple feeding schedule to exclusively breast feeding, and do so in a way that feel informed, safe and smart. Peta's approach is super individualised - she helped us with our latch, checked for tongue ties, debriefed my birth and pregnancy to identify cause for issues, and was able to confirm with confidence that I was transferring more than enough milk to my newborn via breastfeeding alone.Midwives have been astounded by bub's weight progress and have said they rarely see mums transition from triple feeding to EBF this quickly (within 1.5 weeks of birth). Bub is now +8% above birth weight at Day 15 which midwives also said they rarely see even from second time mums. We credit Peta's guidance for these awesome results!Peta is hands on and super communicative - proactively checking in on us daily with texts and facetimes to make us feel supported. We'd recommend Peta a million times over to anyone who needs extra support on their baby's feeding journey!

Peta is so knowledgeable, friendly and puts you at ease about what comes after birth. There is so much education around giving birth and pregnancy but what about after. Actually feeding and caring for your new born baby. This is where Peta comes in! You will spend a lovely afternoon chatting with other mums, joking, learning and preparing. Couldn’t recommend this class enough to soon to be mums!

My husband and I took Peta’s breastfeeding course, which was fantastic! The course was very informative and Peta made it very easy to understand. It was the perfect amount of information to feel confident about the start of our journey as first time parents. You can quickly see how much Peta and Shane are passionate about the subject and helped us to feel supported too. I wish every parent would put as much emphasis on breastfeeding preparation as giving birth, I think this is where a lot mums fall short. We can’t recommend it enough. Thank you Peta and Shane for helping us through our journey.

Peta helped me and my baby get back on track after our 6 day old was poorly. Can’t thank her enough for the emotional support and super fast results. Great advice given with empathy and clear direction- exactly what we needed! Thanks so much!

I attended Peta’s breastfeeding course before my baby was born. The course was absolutely fantastic and went through everything I needed to know about breastfeeding and what to expect. Peta delivered the course in a friendly, warm way and made it fun and informative for all involved.Straight after the course I knew I would probably reach out to Peta when my baby was born for continued support, as I had heard breastfeeding was a skill that needed to be learned by both mum and baby.I ended up having an emergency cesarean and had heard that milk comes in a little later.I reached out to Peta on day 3 in a panic, as I really wanted to try and make breastfeeding work.Peta arranged to come out to me on day 6, she talked through my whole birth and the days that followed to get a bigger picture of everything.She then watched a full feed and helped with latching and positioning, whilst also going through the details of how to get milk supply going.After this first visit I felt so confident and had lots of hope to keep me going. A week or so past and I realised my baby was really gulping it down and coming off very uncomfortable and unsettled.Again I reached out to Peta straight away, and again Peta came around and observed a feed.Straight away Peta explained I had an oversupply and a fast letdown which was great because the milk had came in! However, she also explained an oversupply can come with its own set of problems.Peta came up with a plan of how to get the oversupply under control.I spent a week working on that plan which seemed to improve a lot.Peta came around one final time when I had a few days of an unsettled baby after feeding.She brought her scales and weighed the baby before and after a feed so we knew what he was taking in.Peta worked out that the right breast was performing better than the left, and I would need to go back to switching breasts during feeds now that the oversupply was under control.Since that last visit things have improved dramatically!I am week 6 postpartum and my breasts are no longer fully engorged, and they seem more regulated to my babies needs. My baby seems a lot more content after feeding, and I understand the positions I need to be in during a morning letdown so my baby doesn’t gulp!Peta gave me the hope and confidence to persevere with breastfeeding.Every time she came around she came up with an effective solution that spurred me to keep going.There were many days when I said ‘that’s it I’m going to formula’ and ‘I can’t do this anymore’ or ‘is he getting too little or too much’I am now learning to trust my instinct and trust the process of this journey thanks to Peta.Peta also spent time checking in with me via text message to see how things were going, and to trouble shoot any niggles I was having.I can’t recommend Peta enough. Myself and my partner are so happy we reached out when we did! Thank you Peta, you are great at what you do and we are so appreciative of all your time and support. We can clearly tell how passionate you are with babies and breastfeeding.Mel and David

I took a private breastfeeding class with Peta and can honestly say it's the best thing I've done throughout my antenatal journey. cannot reccomend her highly enough, she was so warm and knowledgeable and made me feel so confident and prepared. this course should be required learning! thank you!

I took a private breastfeeding class with Peta in my third trimester and the information was so valuable! I felt confident in the early days after birth as I knew what to expect after my session with Peta. Thank you for all your wisdom!!!

So glad that we met with Peta before our baby arrived. So knowledgeable and passionate, as well as bringing us really practical advice. We’re better parents for having booked a class with Beaches Baby. Thanks so much!

I attended Peta’s lactation course before giving birth to my first child and I could not recommend this highly enough. The knowledge I gained from Peta helped me breastfeed so well post birth and C section. The first week post birth I found the hardest but being equipped with this knowledge helped me immensely. Thank you Peta!

Peta helped me through a very rough period of nipple damage after the birth of my son, her support and dedication to ensure my long term breastfeeding goals were met was truly invaluable and I’m not sure I could have done it without her! Not only is she highly skilled, she’s so passionate about supporting women and really went above and beyond to check in on me (even during her own holidays!). Peta helped me set up a plan, manage the damage which occurred in hospital and did multiple visits to my home to ensure my technique and latch continued to improve. I now absolutely love breastfeeding my son and can’t thank Peta enough, wound highly recommend Beaches Baby for education or post natal care and support.