Sam Foster

RM. IBCLC. 

Sam is a kind, caring and compassionate Endorsed Midwife and Lactation Consultant with a passion for providing holistic, inclusive, and evidence-based feeding and lactation support. She is supportive of her patients individual feeding choices and aims to build their skills and knowledge, so they feel more confident, intuitive, and empowered throughout their feeding journey. 

Sam first qualified as a midwife in England in 1997 and supported women throughout their pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in the community and hospital environments.  Soon after emigrating to Australia, Sam qualified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2012 and has re-certified every 5 years with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). 

After completing further university studies, Sam received her endorsement as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia in 2021 which enables Sam to prescribe appropriate scheduled medicines within her scope as a midwife as well as request appropriate pathology and provide Medicare rebates for her patients during their pregnancy and up to 6 weeks postnatally. 

In 2024, Sam became accredited to perform scissor frenotomies (tongue-tie releases) for babies under 6 weeks old with ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) after she successfully completed university studies and passed her practical training. 

She is a current member of the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and the Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) and is committed to continuing professional development to ensure she delivers high quality, up-to-date and safe patient care. 

Sam sees patients at our Fairfield clinic as well as telehealth and phone consultations and offers home visits within 15kms of the Fairfield clinic. 

Appointment duration: 

Clinic: 

• Initial: 1.5hrs 
• Review: 1hr (long) or 30mins (short) 

Home visits: 

• Initial: 1.5hrs 
• Review: 1hr 

Telehealth/phone: 

• Initial: 1hr 
• Review: 30mins (long) or 15mins (short: bulk-billed antenatally and <6wks postnatally) 

Bookings: 

• Online via the Growlife website or call reception on 07 3844 1100. 
• Book under mum’s name and complete both registration forms for mum and baby if booking postnatally. 
• Home visits incur a small travel fee and are booked by calling our reception team and please advise reception of parking provision for home visits and if dogs are at home, please shut away if able. 
• Medicare rebates apply for all antenatal and postnatal patients up to 6 weeks for all Medicare card holders. 
• Sam will need to take a full history at the beginning of the appointment and then provide a full assessment, so do offer a small feed only beforehand if needed. Please bring the baby’s red book, the hospital discharge summary and any bottlefeeds if bottlefeeding. 
• Do ask to be added to the cancellation list in case a sooner appointment becomes available. 
• Please give 24 hours' notice for appointment cancellations. 

https://www.growmedical.com.au/lactation-consultant-service