testimonials

“Thank you for all you do for mothers and babies.” – La Leche League of Ohio

“Thank you so much for helping me reach my goal of breastfeeding without pain! [My baby] and I are forever grateful. You have invaluable expertise! I’m so glad to have found you for my [babies].” - Emily

“I wanted to thank you for all the help you gave me and my son last winter. He will be turning 1 and we are still nursing! I know we wouldn’t have made it even past the first month without your help and expertise. It was a rough and painful start, but I’m so glad we stuck it out. I can’t thank you enough, and I will continue to recommend you services to anyone I encounter in need of help.” - Amy 

“Thanks very much for everything you have done for {my baby} and I. Our breastfeeding experience has been very trying so far. If it wasn’t for all of your help, I don’t think I would be breastfeeding still today. I wouldn’t have known how to get through all of these things on my own. Breastfeeding is very important to me, and you have really gone out of your way to help me keep going. [Baby] also thanks you for helping to keep that mommy milk coming…. Thanks again for everything!” – Dani

“…I want to thank you so much for the work you did with [my baby] and myself. Your help has made a profound difference in both of our lives! [My baby] is breastfeeding like a champ. I feel like it is a miracle. And not only is he efficiently eating – he is loving it. All those weeks ago when you told me he would the breast I thought you were crazy! He hated it so, but things are so different now. At night he cuddles up to me – all curled up in my chest. As he is drifting off to sleep, he’ll open his eyes, see me there, smile, then fade off to sleep. Moments like those have created such a strong bond between us. But [his] progress is only the half of it. The help you gave me has freed me from a darkness that haunted me for decades. I find myself constantly thinking good thoughts about myself, and it’s simply wonderful!... Thank you, Alison, for everything. Thank you for helping me reach my dream of breastfeeding – it’s more beautiful and magical than I ever imagined!” – Sarah

“This is just a note to let you know how much we appreciated your caring and supportive approach as well as your expertise. Without your help, I highly doubt [my baby] and I would have been able to experience the joy and bonding that only breastfeeding can give….” – Beth

“I wanted to thank you for everything that you have done for [my baby] and I, you really have made a difference in our lives. Without your help and support, I’m not sure I could have continued nursing. Also, your insight into [her] fussiness has been very reassuring. You are one of the “neatest” and most knowledgeable women I have every met. Thanks for being a wonderful role model for mothers and women.” – Julie

“Thank you for spending time with me at the ILCA conference…. Your words of advice and encouragement were helpful….” – Ellen

“Remember me?... Just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I am still around. Staying very busy with the girls at home and working…. I miss working with you and learning from you. The good news is that I will probably be able to take your… course next year!... So hopefully I will be enrolled in [that] class. Looking forward to it.” – Cindy

“There is so much to thank you for. I am truly grateful for your guidance during [my baby’s] first months. I had no idea that breastfeeding, food allergies and acid reflux could be so daunting, and you were incredibly patient, supportive, and grounded with me. Thank you again for your kindness when sleep deprivation, hormone fluctuation, and a crying baby had taken its toll. You called to check on me out of the goodness and kindness in your heart, not because it had anything to do with lactation…. Although [my baby] ultimately decided not to breastfeed, you gave me the freedom to experience this journey and taught me quite a lot in the process…. Thank you for empowering women and babies – you are a gift from God!” – Gina

“You will never know how special you are to me. You have been one of the most important people in my life…. Thank you for your kindness to me through sharing your wealth of information. My breastfeeding experience with [my baby] has been and still is wonderful! I’m forever grateful.” – Sheila

“Thank you very much for the La Leche League book, and for sharing in our happiness. [My baby] is doing great, growing very fast and loves to breastfeed. Thanks again for all your help.” – Shirly

“I just wanted to thank you again for answering my questions and calming my fears about [the breast challenges] I had experienced.” – Cindy

“I owe you so much more than thanks. You have spent so much time with me over the past 2 ½ years and taught me more than I learned in 4 years of college. You taught me how to critically think, not judge others, how to listen, and that a woman can accomplish anything she puts her mind to. I learned so much about alternative medicine…. I am so much more open-minded to all sorts of things because of you, and I believe that has made me a better person. You reminded me that I am smart – something I don’t hear much anymore - since I’m not in school. And you were always patient with my learning and trusted me with your home, family, and your business and that means a lot…. I hope your degree program at a college really happens because I’ll be first in line…. I’m very proud to have been your intern and thank you again Alison.” – Barb

“Thank you so much for all your help in my breastfeeding [my baby]. I know that without your help, I would have given up on that cold Saturday night…. I truly enjoy this special bond… and I’m proud to say we’re having success with my return to work…. Thanks again for all your help. In addition, know that I’m recommending you to all my expectant friends and other moms-to-be. Thanks to you, I’ve been able to experience what has proven to be one of the greatest joys of my life. I’ll never forget this time with [my baby] and I’ll never forget you!” – Natalie

“Thank you so much for volunteering to see [this mother]. She is a determined young lady who needed your assistance and support to make breastfeeding work for her. I hope in the future that WIC can work together with lactation specialists such as yourself to assure that all women on WIC who have chosen to breastfeed can do so successfully.” – Esther

“You did a wonderful job on your tongue-tie presentation…. Just a note also to let you know how proud I am of OLCA and all of its accomplishments, thanks to you. You’re a real dynamo and you really did accomplish wonders as President of OLCA. The visibility and the political power seem to be growing day by day. That’s very impressive! So I just want you to know that I am very grateful to you, as all LC’s in Ohio should be, for all of your hard work and dedication to OLCA and our BF mothers and babies. Please keep up the good work….” – Caroline

“I’ll never forget what you did for me – how much pain I was in and the relief of your caring and helpful voice. I appreciate all you are doing for me and have done! Thank you from the bottom of my heart (or should I say the bottom of my breast!)” – Chris

“Hello! I haven’t forgotten you! I think about you and your kindness often! I just really wanted to thank you for all you’ve done for us. I could never be happier nursing my little one. Thanks for being there for me….” – Tonya

“…I have enjoyed working with you over the last 2 ½ years. You have done so much for [the breastfeeding] cause and I wish you the best for the future!” – Kathryn

“…I can’t thank you enough for the guidance and the tools to make it easier as a single mother…. I wish you all well and miss you much. Take care and be happy!!” – Mary Kay

“Thank you for your dedication to the good health of mothers and babies.” – Sandra

“As we approach [my baby’s] first birthday I want to thank you immensely for making our breastfeeding experience possible. I remember the heart-wrenching feeling of not being able to nurse my baby. It was one of the most difficult experiences of my life. Both emotionally and intellectually, I needed to make it work. Your breastfeeding advice was incredibly valuable to me. Since I saw you last we’ve been successfully nursing every day and night, and I’ve managed to go to work and continue with lunch hour feedings and pumping milk so she would get maximum benefits even though I couldn’t be with her all the time…. Thank you again for making possible the most beautiful experience of my life – nursing [my baby]!” – Emily

“I just wanted to write a little something to let you know how much you have meant to me. Words really can’t say what I’m feeling inside. You are one of the main reasons I am the mother I am today. You are one of the main reasons my mothering/breastfeeding experience has been as natural and worry free as it has been. I will always be thankful for that. In other words, you have been a very positive influence in my life….” – Monica

“…I surely do know how to say ‘thank you’. I was able to enjoy the presentation…. I felt like a wide-eyed, inquisitive child at your last panel. The pictures were certainly helpful…but an hour for you is not enough. You’re so loaded with information that you enjoy sharing and we enjoy receiving. You put a lot of work into your presentations and it shows. I am thankful you are so willing to share. Thanks for a great job!” – Margaret

“Thank you very much for all your help and information on breastfeeding. It really was a lot of help for [my baby] and I! Thanks again for your time!” – Julie

“I want to extend a long overdue ‘Thank you’ for allowing me to observe your practice for my Lactation Educator class. It was really an eye-opener and I was very impressed by your knowledge, experience, and dedication to breastfeeding!... Again, thank you.” – Karla

“Thanks for always listening to me…. It’s just that I trust you and you’ve always got words of encouragement!” – Debbie

“Thank you so much for your help, insight, and support. If it hadn’t been for you [our challenges] might have gone on a lot longer…. Thanks again!” – Jan

“Just a note to thank you for your help. I feel [my baby] and I are finally a ‘happy nursing couple’. Lol. And thank you for the late evening research…encouraging me to continue nursing instead of pumping and dumping.” – Debbie

“Thank you so much for all the time you’ve spent preparing for our classes. We have really benefited from all of your knowledge, and we know that our baby has and will benefit so much from what you’ve taught us! How can we thank you enough for something like that?” – Linda

“…Thanks, so much for helping [my friend] … What a relief! It’s so great having you available as a resource. Thanks again.” – Becky

“Thanks, Alison, for all your support and advice. I could not be nursing my baby right now if it wasn’t for your help!!” – Susan

“Mike and I want to thank you so much for helping us with [our baby] … I enjoy breastfeeding her so much! We have bonded so well through this experience! Thank you for all of your help and encouragement! I’m so glad that I didn’t give up!... Thank you again!” – Gwen

“Just wanted to thank you once again for your professional assistance…. I have continued to breastfeed, now without supplements…. Perhaps the little finger-feeding I did was just enough to get me over the hump…. I should be able to handle it successfully from here on out.” – Leila

“…We could give you a million dollars and it still would not wipe out the debt we owe you for all your kindness and generosity. These last six weeks have been the longest of our lives…but we never would have made it this far without you. Thank you seems inadequate, but we mean it sincerely. You are such a caring and helpful person…. It’s wonderful knowing people who truly enjoy helping other people. You have been such a blessing to us…. We will be forever grateful to you…” – Carole

“Thanks again for your fine help in this matter. I don’t know what I would have done regarding breastfeeding had I not been able to gain information regarding the medications that inevitably would have to resume! Both [my baby] and I are doing fine and enjoying breastfeeding, thanks to your convincing work!” – Emily 

“Please accept my deepest thanks. [My baby] and I have a wonderful bond because of breastfeeding. I will gladly recommend you to others.” – Joslyn

“Thank you so very much for all of your help, guidance, and support you have given me. It has been so comforting to have someone to confide in who truly understands my situation. When it seemed as if I had no one on my side, I found that I had support and encouragement from you. I do appreciate all of the time you have spent talking with me. Your suggestions have made things much easier and my life smoother.” – Heather

“Thank you for all of your invaluable help with [my baby]. It’s wonderful to finally see him nursing consistently. He’s gaining weight fast and even starting to get some baby fat on him…. I just want you to know how much I appreciate all of your help. Thanks a bunch!” – Jo

“I want to thank you for all of your support and encouragement. We have gone from total frustration in the beginning to not wanting to give it up!... Just want you to know how much we appreciate your help.” – Nancy

“Thank you so much for listening to my problem and making helpful suggestions…. I was panicking and didn’t know where to turn. Everything is ok now, thanks again.” – Emily

“I have thought of you hundreds of times during the past year. You were such a blessing to us…. [My baby] is certainly no longer a ‘failure to thrive’ baby, HA! It’s hard to believe, but she was one in November. I never thought she’d survive a year on that rotten [formula]. Steve and I have sent/told several people to see you for nursing problems this year. We are so thankful you are available to help dedicated nursing moms. You are a God-send and we are glad to know you’ll be there to help up with our ‘unusual’ problems we may have with any future little [ones]… I feel like a million dollars now, just like nothing ever happened (thanks to you), I will forever be indebted to you for your help and generosity….” – Carole