Meet Mandi

I'm Mandi Parrish, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, owner of Serenity Lactation & Wellness, a private lactation practice based in Suwanee, Georgia, serving families throughout Gwinnett County and the Atlanta metropolitan area. As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse specializing in maternal-newborn nursing, I provide evidence-based lactation care, therapeutic ultrasound, craniosacral therapy, and holistic sleep coaching for families from pregnancy through weaning and beyond.

I started my nursing career in 2007 in labor and delivery and have attended over 1000 births as a nurse. Inspired by my own experiences with both wonderful and challenging support during pregnancy and breastfeeding, I made the decision to pursue further education to deepen my knowledge and expand my ability to support families.

I became a Certified Labor Doula (CLD) and Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) in 2015, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2018. I have been seeing lactation clients in private practice since 2016 and added sleep coaching to my services in 2019 after training with the Holistic Sleep Coaching Program. In 2021, I obtained a national certification as a Maternal Newborn Nurse (MNN). I have additional training in therapeutic ultrasound treatments and manual lymphatic drainage. In 2023, I began training with Upledger Institute for CranioSacral Therapy.

I worked with Atlanta Birth Center from 2016 to 2021 as a birth center nurse, a home visit nurse, and eventually their Nursing Director. I provided in-hospital lactation support at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center until they closed in 2022. I have also attended homebirths as a birth assistant.

I have been married to my sexy nerd of a husband, Ryan, since 2005, and we have three beautiful children, Lily, Juliet, and Maxwell. I love listening to podcasts, reading too much, cooking and eating real food, taking care of our backyard chickens, and wandering around Target by myself with Starbucks in hand.

My philosophy is simple: meet families where they are. I strive to provide honest, practical, compassionate, and nonjudgmental care that helps parents feel informed, supported, and confident in feeding and caring for their babies.