Addy Henderson
Lactation Consultant

As a former Health Visitor and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, I have acquired extensive knowledge and expertise over many years, in helping women to successfully breastfeed.

I also work as a volunteer offering my lactation skills, at Aylesbury Breastfeeding Clinic, which I helped set up in 2002, and more recently at Princes Risborough Childrens Centre.

During my latter years as a Health Visitor I began a training programme for ensuring community staff were kept updated in best breastfeeding practice. I continue to contribute to this and have extended my teaching to include training peer supporters working on the post natal wards at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Children's Centre support staff.

Luci Lishman RGN, RM, IBCLC
Independent nurse and Lactation Consultant

I started working for the NHS in 1986 when I began my general nurse training at the Middlesex Hospital in London. I then trained as a midwife and worked at Stoke Mandeville Hospital over a 17 year period. The latter 7½ years were as a breastfeeding coordinator midwife. During that time I helped to set up and run the Aylesbury Breastfeeding Clinic, provided breastfeeding education for staff and expectant mothers and was involved in writing breastfeeding guidelines and documentation.

As a midwife I found it a joy and privilege to provide breastfeeding support and made it my ambition to increase my knowledge and skills to do this more effectively. In 2006, after extensive study and clinical experience I was able to fulfil my goal of passing the exam to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.

Whilst working together Addy and I discovered a shared passion for enabling women to have a positive and enjoyable experience of breastfeeding and that led to us setting up Chiltern Breastfeeding Partnership in March 2007. This has enabled us to provide a private and more flexible breastfeeding support service in the community. We also set up a voluntary breastfeeding drop-in based in Princes Risborough.

In April 2009 I trained at Southampton Hospital to be able to perform tongue-tie division (frenulotomy) on babies under 6 months with feeding difficulties. Since then I have been doing this privately in the home and within my tongue-tie clinic. This service has proved to be extremely helpful and necessary as there is limited NHS provision in the area. I left the NHS in September 2009 in order to meet the increasing need for this procedure.

I am currently a committee member of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain with the role of treasurer. I am also a member of the International Lactation Consultants Association.

Susie Samuels BSc, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant

I qualified as a midwife with a Bachelor of Science in midwifery from Newcastle University in 1996. During my time working as a midwife within the NHS, I developed a special interest in breastfeeding - education for medical and midwifery / nursing staff and support for breastfeeding mothers.

I worked as Parenting education/ Breastfeeding Co-ordinator at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury from 2000, and during this time, I accumulated a wealth of practical experience in giving breastfeeding support. I led the establishment of the breastfeeding clinic at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and gave one-to-one support to breastfeeding mothers in both hospital and community settings. Together with Luci, I provided specialist training for all staff and ran breastfeeding workshops for expectant mothers.

I left the NHS in July 2006 and have taken a career break to have my own two children. During this time, following extensive study, I successfully passed the Lactation Consultant examination in 2009.

I am thrilled to have joined Addy and Luci as a Lactation Consultant and to become part of the Chiltern Breastfeeding Partnership from Summer 2010. I am passionate about providing tailor-made, individual care for my clients and supporting women to achieve their own breastfeeding success.

I am currently a member of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain.

Addy and Susie have professional indemnity insurance with Towergate Professional Risk and Luci with the Medical Defence Union and all are enhanced CRB checked.