After almost 24 hours of labour, my baby girl arrived. We were obviously overjoyed. I was exhausted but my baby was wailing away, obviously hungry. I was all ready to feed her knowing how hungry she must be. Unfortunately, that wasn’t on the cards for me just yet – I wasn’t lactating. Thus began the ordeal. Thankfully for me, I had a really good lactation specialist attached to the hospital where I had my baby.
Who Are Lactation Consultants
Lactation Consultants offer special assistance to new moms who have unusual breastfeeding concerns. They help women experiencing breastfeeding problems, such as latching difficulties, painful nursing, and low milk production.
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Best Prenatal Classes In Delhi
Nutan Pandit
With 38 years of experience and 3 books under her belt, Nutan Pandit holds classes for couples that address Lamaze breathing, pre and postnatal exercises, breastfeeding, baby care.
Address: Natural Childbirth Center, C – 407, Ground Floor, Defence Colony GF, New Delhi
Phone: 24601689, 24690552, 41551662, 9910210409
Website: Natural Childbirth Center
Vandana Sarkar
She holds antenatal workshops and provides labour support to pregnant women. She is also a lactation consultant who will help you with all your breastfeeding problems or queries.
Address: Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, B-16, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi
Phone: 9560666804
Email: [email protected]
Camilla Conti
Camilla Conti runs an organization called Myyum. They counsel mothers who are breastfeeding through special circumstances; holds prenatal classes on breastfeeding for mothers and the extended family. If you can’t meet her face to face, she’s happy to a consultant over Skype. They also do lactation consultant home visits in Noida, South and Central Delhi and Ghaziabad.
Address: 14081, ATS Greens Paradiso, Greater Noida
Phone: 8860724460
Website: Myyum
Email: [email protected]
Dr Divya Deswal
Working with pregnant women and babies in pre- and postnatal period through her organization
Phone: 9811718141
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: BirthbondsBirthbonds, Dr Divya Deswal offers a continuum of support – Doula; Prenatal Program on Birth Art and Bond and Breastfeeding support. She has been providing support to women for over 15 years.
Dr Geetika Gangwani
Dr Gangwani is a lactation consultant who actively promotes breastfeeding. She helps her patients with what’s the most comfortable position to feed in, nutrition correction and lots of patience. She is also an antenatal and birthing specialist.
Address: Mamma Mia- A Fortis Healthcare Initiative, Fortis La Femme Centre for Women, S-549, Greater Kailash II
Phone: 40579561/45302299
Address: Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Sector 44 (Opposite HUDA City Centre Metro Station) Gurgaon
Phone: 124 – 4962260
Address: Fortis Hospital A Block, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi
Phone: 45302299
Website: Mammamia Fortis
Email: [email protected]
Dr Nidhi Asthana
Dr Nidhi Asthana is an Infant & Child Feeding Counsellor who can answer all your pre and post-pregnancy lactation queries. Her background in nutrition helps her give diets that can help with post-pregnancy weight loss as well.
Address: D-64, DLF New Town Heights, Sector 91, Gurgaon
Phone: 9958215050, 0124-4080049
Website: Green Tree Healthcare
Dr. Shacchee Baweja
With over 16 years of experience in childcare, Dr Baweja is an internationally certified lactation consultant at BLK Hospital, Delhi. You can consult her on breastfeeding issues and is known to provide solutions to latching problems, lactation issues and also conducts classes for breastfeeding counselling. She can be reached both at the hospital and at her private clinic.
Address: B-3/399, PaschimVihar, Delhi and BLK Super Specialty Hospital Building No-5, Pusa Road, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi
Phone: 8510006959 (clinic) and 30403040 (Hospital)
Website: Dr Baweja
Dr. Minakshi Saxena
One of the oldest doctors in the field of mother and childcare, Dr Saxena has experience of over 30 years. She has been practising lactation consultancy for over a decade at various health institutions and is now the chief coordinator at Paras Hospitals.
Address: Paras Hospitals-New Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida
Phone: 01244585555
Website: Paras Hospitals
Mumbai
Dr Manisha Gogri
Dr Gogri helps mothers to start breastfeeding and maintain lactation when things aren’t going smoothly She also specialises in processes to help induce lactation for surrogacy and adoption.
Address: 306, Canna CHS, 3rd floor, ‘A’ wing, Cliff Avenue, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai
Phone: 9821418983
Website: Fit For Birth
Email: [email protected]
Effath Yasmin
Effath Yasmin’s lactation care includes breastfeeding guidance, support, and counselling to help the new mom and their families. One of her areas of speciality is induced Lactation and re-lactation support, breastfeeding for adoption, surrogate, premature birthing and twins.
Address: Oberoi Woods, Goregaon East, Mumbai
Phone: 9819890069
Website: Nourish and Nurture
Email: [email protected]
Aloka Gambhir
Aloka Gambhir conducts classes on breastfeeding at home and educates/ counsels mothers when they start or during their lactation journey. She also educates parents about choosing the right sling to how to wear their babies on them.
Phone: 9820452744
Website: Wholesomemamma
Email: [email protected]
Sanam Motwani
Sanam Motwani is the first Labour Doula from Mumbai to complete her certification from CAPPA. She stays with her client through the pregnancy, labour and post-birth and helps her cope with the rigours of labour. The postnatal support includes breastfeeding guidance.
Phone: 26486575 / 9820445797 / 9819935451
Website: New Beginningz
Email: [email protected]
Mrs Elenora Dsouza
Elenora Dsouza is a certified lactation consultant and nutritionist who runs an organization called Moms To Be. They have classes at their centre. If you’re unable to make, they can consult virtually as well. She’s extremely passionate about breastfeeding and the parenting journey. She takes each session personally.
Phone: 9820105265
Website: Moms To Be
Email: [email protected]
Dr Sonali N. Tawde
She’s a gynaecologist and lactation consultant at Kaushalya Medical Foundation Trust Hospital, Thane. She has spent the last 12 years assisting couples to have kids, advising to- be parents about childbirth and is a trained psychologist as well.
Address: A.K. Vaidya Road, Panch Pakhadi, Thane West, Thane
Phone: 9322955374/ 9167204018
Baby 360 Degrees by Sonali Shivlani
Sonali Shivlani is an Internationally Certified Pregnancy, Lactation and Child Nutrition Counsellor. Her programmes are customised and include the involvement of the spouse at every step of the way.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 7666360360
Website: Baby 360 Degrees by Sonali Shivlani
Aloka Mehta Gambhir
Aloka is an award-winning blogger and her popular site Wholesomemamma has been a source of information and reassurance for women across the globe. In addition to being a professional Babywearing Consultant, Aloka is a Lactation Educator. With regard to lactation, she specialises in breastfeeding related queries from the point of view of a counsellor.
Phone: 9820452744
Website: wholesomemamma
Dr. Snigdha Mehta’s Physiotherapy Centre
Dr Snigdha Mehta is a certified teacher for pre and postnatal programmes and her classes impart advice on labour, lactation, childcare, and parenting. She is extremely popular with expecting mommies.
Phone: 26192323
Website: Dr. Snigdha Mehta’s Physiotherapy Centre
Email: [email protected]
Health 4 Ur Child by Dr Mugdha Joshi
Dr Mugdha Joshi is a Homoeopath Dietician specialized in the field of Child Nutrition and Obesity, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She runs a lactation management OPD at Holy Family Hospital in Bandra and also does home visits for lactation consultation.
Phone: 9769435861
Website: Health 4 Ur Child by Dr Mugdha Joshi
Email: [email protected]
Nine Months Pregnancy
Nine Months is an exclusive antenatal care program designed to make the pregnant woman feel good throughout the pregnancy and prepare her for a smooth, safe and easy delivery. Dr Rita Shah is the force behind Nine Months Pregnancy. She is a qualified Lamaze consultant and has authored a book named ‘Nine Months’. The centres are a one-stop-shop for information about breastfeeding, new-born care, diet and nutrition, post-partum, caesarean birth, labour and more.
Phone: 9821139999
Address: Nepean Sea Road, Khar, Charni Road, Mulund
Website: Nine Months Pregnancy
Email: [email protected]
Fortis Mamma Mia
Fortis La Femme is a healthcare provider for all stages of a woman’s life from birth and adolescence to motherhood, menopause and beyond. Their Mamma Mia offering specialises in Early Pregnancy and Birth classes. They have a five-session module which also includes a lactation and baby care workshop.
Phone: 39199342
Address: Vashi
Website: Fortis Mamma Mia
Email: [email protected]
Bangalore
Ruth Patterson
Sister Ruth Patterson is a well-known lactation consultant in Bangalore. She believes that breast milk is the healthiest things a baby can have and advocates it fiercely. She calls in natures great gift.
Address: Cloudnine Hospitals. Click here for the locations across the city
Phone: 18605009999
Chetana Kulkarni
She educates pregnant women and their families about breastfeeding. She assists with all kinds of lactation issues that may arise once the baby is born. She also provides healthy meal plans for kids until the age of 10 years. Chetana Kulkarni does home visits in and around Bangalore East.
Address: Indiranagar, Bangalore
Phone: 8105233881
Email: [email protected]
Joyce Jayaseelan
Joyce Jayaseelan is a well-known lactation consultant and has 20 years of experience to back her. She’s also a trained family counsellor.
Address: The Nest, 154/9, 2nd Floor, Bannerghatta Road, Opp. IIMB, Bangalore
Contact: 9663367253
Dr Payal Biswas Soo
She’s a CAPPA certified lactation specialist. Her areas of expertise include Lamaze techniques and Breastfeeding techniques.
Address: Divakar Speciality Hospital 2nd Phase, J P Nagar, Bangalore
Phone: 9886130980
Email: [email protected]
Dr Asha Benakappa
Address: No.601, 1st Cross, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Banashankari, Bangalore
Phone: 30752475 Extn: 6417
The Nest
The Nest programme by Fortis Healthcare is designed to meet the needs of the mother and the baby during and after pregnancy. The doctors at The Nest will help prepare mothers for breastfeeding during pregnancy. Post-delivery, they will help the mothers with common problems such as milk production, treatment for sore nipples as well as guidance on continued feeding post 2 years.
Phone: 9663367253
Address: 154/9, Bannerghatta Road, Opp. IIMB, Bangalore
Website: The Nest
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Shagufta Parveen At The Cradle
Phone: 9663367253
Address: #25, 46th Cross, 5th Block, Near Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Website: The Cradle
Lactation Support From Portea
Kanga and Roo is a post-natal care program carefully designed to take the workload and the worries away from new parents. This service provides you with supportive medical care as prescribed by the doctor and includes lactation support and nutrition for new mothers.
Phone: 9663367253
Address: #25, 46th Cross, 5th Block, Near Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Website: The Cradle
Dr Ravneet Joshi at the Manipal Hospitals
Dr Ravneet Joshi has over 10 years of experience as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She is also a member of the of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI), and Academy of Breastfeeding and International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA).
Location: Manipal Hospital, 98, Kodihalli, Opposite Leela Palace Road, Old Airport Road, Bangalore
Website: Manipal Hospitals<
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