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The Fairy BirthMother Hi, I’m Vicky, a mummy of 3 and founder of The Fairy BirthMother. I provide holistic antenatal and postnatal support for bump, birth, baby, and beyond.

Antenatal | Postnatal | Hypnobirthing🤰🏻
Breastfeeding🤱
Holistic Support Pregnancy & Baby Classes
Continuity of Care🌟
Accredited📍
Woking/Guildford/surrounding areas
Online My mission is to empower and support families through their journey with personalized care, guidance, and love. Let’s nurture your pregnancy and parenting journey together! 🌿✨

You can’t prepare for breastfeeding by simply buying the muslins and hoping for the best. 😅There are things I want every...
18/09/2026

You can’t prepare for breastfeeding by simply buying the muslins and hoping for the best. 😅

There are things I want every pregnant family to understand before their baby arrives.

Because around 8 in 10 women stop breastfeeding before they wanted to. And in my postnatal work, I see again and again how much of the struggle comes down to a lack of support, knowledge and understanding.

Sometimes the problem they’re coming to me with could have been avoided, or picked up much earlier, if they’d known what to look for before baby arrived.

That’s exactly why I created Preparing to Breastfeed.

We’ll cover:

🤱 How your body actually makes breastmilk
📈 How to maximise your milk supply from the very beginning
👶 How to position and latch your baby comfortably
👅 Things that can impact feeding, including tongue tie and tension
💧 How to know your baby is getting enough milk
⏰ What to expect in those first 72 hours and what really matters
🌱 How to create a strong blueprint for your breastfeeding journey
🧠 What’s normal newborn behaviour and what might actually need support
🫶 What to do straight after birth to give breastfeeding the best possible start

Most importantly, you’ll leave understanding what your baby is likely to do, what your body is designed to do, what to look out for and when to ask for help.

Because breastfeeding isn’t something you should have to figure out in the middle of the night with a newborn attached to your b**b and Google open on your phone. 😂

Prepare before baby arrives. Know what to expect. Know what to look for. And know where to turn for support.

✨ Online 1:1 antenatal course
✨ Suitable whether you’re planning to breastfeed, combination feed or you’re still undecided
✨ Includes a FREE postnatal check-in call once baby arrives

📩 Message me PREPARE to find out more.

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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It’s not about watching the clock. ⏰What actually matters is 8–12 feeds in 24 hours. That’s the number to keep an eye on...
17/09/2026

It’s not about watching the clock. ⏰

What actually matters is 8–12 feeds in 24 hours. That’s the number to keep an eye on, not whether baby has gone X number of hours without feeding.

If your little one has a longer stretch of sleep and then decides to make up for it by feeding ALL. THE. TIME. afterwards and gets those 8-12 feeds in, you are absolutely winning 😂

Things worth keeping an eye on instead:

🍼 8–12 feeds in 24 hours
💧 Wet & dirty nappies looking good (or as good as wee and poo can look 😅)
📈 Weight trending in the right direction
😴 Waking easily when hungry rather than being floppy or difficult to rouse
🟡 No jaundice

If something doesn’t look right, or your baby seems unusually sleepy, is difficult to wake or looks jaundiced, get them checked.

But if everything is ticking along nicely?

LET. THAT. BABY. SLEEP. 😂

Gosh, enjoy those beautiful hours of peace while you can, lovely.

Because they will absolutely NOT last. 🤍 (sorry 🙊)

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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11/09/2026

I got a lump in my throat making this reel. 🥹

Gosh, I wish I could go back and talk to that first-time-pregnant me.

I’d tell her to trust her instincts. Do what feels right for her and her baby. And stop worrying so much about what everyone else thinks she “should” be doing.

The difference in my confidence between my three babies is WILD.

Not just confidence in myself as a mum, but confidence in my body and its ability to do what it was designed to do.

After my third baby, I retrained as a breastfeeding consultant and have since learnt SO much more about how breastfeeding actually works.

I wish I could bottle up what I know now and give it to every first-time mum.

Because I remember how that version of me felt.

The doubt. The questioning. The wondering whether I was doing it right. The lack of confidence in my own body.

Those first few days can be SO important for getting breastfeeding off to a good start, and there are things you can do and things you need to know that can make a huge difference.

But more than anything, I want you to have the confidence to navigate the bumps, recognise what’s normal, advocate for yourself and your baby, and just bloody smash breastfeeding. 💪🏼

And THAT is what I want to give every family I’m lucky enough to work with.

My Preparing to Breastfeed antenatal course is basically everything I wish I’d known all those years ago.

How breastfeeding works. What to expect. What’s normal. What isn’t. How to get off to the best possible start. And what to do when things don’t quite go to plan.

For those veteran mums, what do you wish you knew then, what you know now? Comment below!

💌 DM me or comment PREPARE and I’ll send you all the information.

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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10/09/2026

My Preparing to Breastfeed course gives you the knowledge to understand what normal breastfeeding actually looks like, recognise when things AREN’T going to plan, and know what to do about it.

Or, is your baby already here and you just want a quick call to chat things through? Not all problems need a full consultation.

Want to feel confident rather than clueless when breastfeeding begins? DM me “BREASTFEED” or book via the link in my bio. 🤍

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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10/09/2026

There are SO many things mums are told, or think are signs of “low supply” that can actually be completely normal parts of breastfeeding.

🤱 Your b**bs feel soft
This can simply mean your supply has regulated. Soft b**bs are happy b**bs!

⏱️ Your baby ‘only’ feeds for 5 minutes
Some babies are VERY efficient milk drinkers. You might have a very fast letdown. Feed length alone doesn’t tell us how much milk baby has taken.

🍼 You don’t get much when you pump
A pump is not a milk supply measuring device. Baby remove milk far more effectively than a pump.

💧 You stop leaking
Leaking often settles as your breasts become more regulated. It doesn’t mean your milk has disappeared.

✨ You don’t feel your letdown
Some mums feel tingling, pulling or pressure. Some feel absolutely nothing.

👶🏼 Your baby wants to feed again… and again… and AGAIN
Welcome to the Cluster feeding club 🥳it is totally normal. Babies don’t just breastfeed because they’re hungry, they also feed for comfort, regulation, closeness and sleep. They also feed more when they are about to go through a growth or developmental stage.

So please don’t let your b**bs, your pump or the clock convince you that you’re not making enough milk.

We need to look at the WHOLE picture…effective milk transfer, nappies, weight gain and baby’s overall wellbeing.

And this is exactly why I believe breastfeeding education belongs BEFORE your baby arrives. 💕

My Preparing to Breastfeed course gives you the knowledge to understand what normal breastfeeding actually looks like, recognise when things AREN’T going to plan, and know what to do about it.

Or, is your baby already here and you just want a quick call to chat things through? Not all problems need a full consultation.

Want to feel confident rather than clueless when breastfeeding begins? DM me “BREASTFEED” or book via the link in my bio. 🤍

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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09/09/2026

One of the most common worries and questions I hear from mums is, “How do I increase my supply?”

For many mums, their supply is absolutely perfect already, and what they perceive as a ‘low supply’ is actually just their baby acting in a biologically and age-appropriate way!

However, there are times when secondary factors such as supplementing with formula, missing feeds, a sleepy baby or certain birth circumstances can mean that increasing your supply is needed.

And you don’t always need to go out and spend £££ on pumps and equipment. What’s really needed is going back to basics.

Learning the fundamentals of breastfeeding and understanding how it works is SO important for a successful breastfeeding journey.

If you’re pregnant, NOW is the best time to learn! And if your baby is already here, it’s never too late to understand what’s happening now and prepare for what’s to come as your little one grows.

Comment ‘PREPARE’ and I can send you more information on how to fully understand how your b**bs and baby work together. ❤️

Worried your teenie tata’s can’t produce enough milk? Well, don’t! A big myth doing the rounds is that because you have ...
08/09/2026

Worried your teenie tata’s can’t produce enough milk? Well, don’t!

A big myth doing the rounds is that because you have small b**bs, you won’t be able to breastfeed. Let’s just put that straight in the bin!

Your girls output isn’t determined by how jiggly they are, this is down to how much fatty breast tissue you have. This is all null and void when it comes to producing breastmilk. Breastmilk is produced in your milk making factory, which is down to glandular tissue. During pregnancy your glandular tissue increases which is why we notice a change in our breasts. An additional fun fact, this glandular tissue also increases with subsequent pregnancies!!

The one main thing for making sure your milk supply is as gold standard as it can be? Removing milk!!! So the more your baby feeds, or the more you pump, the more milk you will make … simples! 💁‍♀️

This is one of the first things I cover in my antenatal breastfeeding course as it is often one of the main worries of the mothers I work with. If you’re pregnant and want to learn all there is to learn about breastfeeding and be an absolute b**by boss, then you’ve found your gal! I offer in-person (if you’re local to me) or online full antenatal breastfeeding preparation! We go through it all so you’re set and ready to go when your little arrives!

Head to my website or link in my bio for more info and to book.

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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My fun fact for today…You CAN drink that glass of wine AND breastfeed your baby. 🍷🤱Like I said in a previous post, your ...
06/09/2026

My fun fact for today…

You CAN drink that glass of wine AND breastfeed your baby. 🍷🤱

Like I said in a previous post, your breastmilk is made from your blood. 🩸

So, yes, when you drink alcohol, some of that alcohol passes from your blood into your breastmilk.

BUT… the amount of alcohol in your milk is very similar to the amount in your blood. Your breastmilk doesn’t suddenly turn into tequila shots for your little😂

For a bit of perspective…

In England, the legal blood alcohol limit for driving is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood (0.08%).

The level associated with mild sedation in a baby is around 300mg per 100ml (0.3%) of the mother’s blood. That’s nearly 4 times higher.

There’s more alcohol in some foods you probably wouldn’t think twice about eating. Like 🍞

I recently saw a very popular male doctor telling breastfeeding mums to pump and dump after drinking 🙄

I get the thought process, But that isn’t how it works.

If there is alcohol in your bloodstream, there will be alcohol in your milk.

So you pump out the “drunk milk”…

…your body makes more milk from the same blood that still contains the alcohol. 🤯

You haven’t removed the alcohol from your body by pumping.

TIME that removes the alcohol, not pumping.

As your blood alcohol level falls, the alcohol level in your breastmilk falls too.

Obvs, I’m not telling you to “drink as much as you like and breastfeed”. 😂

The more alcohol you drink, the longer it takes to leave your body, and drinking enough to feel drunk can affect your ability to safely care for your baby.

One non-negotiable if you do drink…NEVER bed-share or sleep with your baby after drinking. ❤️

But please…

You don’t have to choose between enjoying a drink and being a breastfeeding mum.

Save this for the next time someone tells you to put your drink down!

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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My little wish for today…I wish ALL mums knew these things before they had breastfeeding can be bloody hard! But a lot o...
04/09/2026

My little wish for today…

I wish ALL mums knew these things before they had breastfeeding can be bloody hard! But a lot of the time, its nit the actual feeding part… it’s not knowing what is normal.

Cluster feeding. Soft b**bs. The tiny feeds of colostrum. The fact that your pump output doesn’t tell you how much milk you actually have.

Society is also pretty wild when it comes to understanding how you and your baby works and there are so many unrealistic expectations and assumptions being thrown around. It can be really tough knowing what to believe.

This is exactly why I’m such a massive fan of antenatal breastfeeding education. We put a lot of thought into the birth of our baby, and rightly so, but what about once the little humans are earth side!?

Knowing how breastfeeding works BEFORE your little arrives means you can go into those first few days feeling informed, prepared and much more confident.

And it’s not just something I say because I’m a breastfeeding consultant 💁‍♀️ it’s proven that antenatal breastfeeding education can improve breastfeeding outcomes. ❤️

You shouldn’t have to learn all of this when you’re exhausted, hormonal and holding a screaming newborn.

Learn it before you need it. 🤍

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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My fun fact for today…Your breastmilk is actually made from your blood. 🩸🤱 NOT the contents of what you eat.So save your...
03/09/2026

My fun fact for today…

Your breastmilk is actually made from your blood. 🩸🤱 NOT the contents of what you eat.

So save your money on those “breastfeeding cookies” telling you they will increase your supply overnight 🙄

When you eat and drink, your digestive system breaks everything down. The nutrients are then absorbed through your intestines and into your bloodstream.

Your blood carries these molecules sized nutrients around your body, including to your breasts. Your milk-making cells then take what they need from your blood to produce your breastmilk.

This is how your milk contains things like water, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, antibodies and minerals. (And so much more ❤️)

Your breasts are clever and the old gals in the factory only allow small size molecules to pass through. This is why some medications are safe to take while breastfeeding, as the molecules in your blood are too large to pass through to your milk.

**Then why can babies have reactions to things mum eats? **

The proteins you eat, whether from meat, dairy, nuts, seeds, beans or grains, are broken down during digestion into smaller building blocks called amino acids. Your body uses these to make its own proteins.

Some dietary proteins can also be small enough to pass through into your breastmilk. This is why, in a small number of babies, they can have reactions. Symptoms to reactions can include things like blood or mucus in the poo, vomiting, significant eczema or gastrointestinal symptoms.

But **gas, reflux or a fussy baby alone do NOT mean your baby has an allergy. **

CMPA (cows milk protein allergy) is the most commonly heard about, BUT, in an exclusively breastfed baby this is uncommon, so cutting out dairy or other foods “just in case” isn’t usually necessary.

In general, there are NO foods you need to avoid simply because you are breastfeeding. ❤️

You can eat a varied diet and enjoy your food without worrying that everything you eat is going straight into your milk.

Vicky x
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Breastfeeding Consultant, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal Course

WOKING | GUILDFORD | SURREY | ONLINE

www.thefairybirthmother.co.uk
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