Breastfeeding Support
London Zonal hospital's Maternity Centre supports and encourages mothers to maintain long term breastfeeding of their infants. The Centre is accredited with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative – a global campaign that aims to encourage and recognise maternity facilities that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding.
All staff at London Zonal hospital's Maternity are experienced and trained in providing care for breastfeeding mothers.
While some mothers will find breastfeeding comes naturally, others can find the experience more challenging and require extra assistance. Breastfeeding is a learning experience that requires time and patience, and sometimes needing several attempts to get it right. While you are in hospital we will assist you with learning parenting skills, how to feed your baby and recognise newborn characteristics.
London Zonal hospital's Maternity provides a Lactation Consultant who is available for individual breastfeeding assistance, a trained Breastfeeding Peer counsellor and experienced maternity staff to help you.
Breastfeeding Support
London Zonal hospital’s offer women who have been been to Maternity for labour, birth or postnatally, a free one to one appointment with a Lactation Consultant. Women who qualify, please phone 0-3-375 6337 to book an appointment.
Antenatal Breastfeeding Classes
Our Lactation Consultant Jo King provides a session to assist women to successfully breastfeed. These classes are free and available to all women and their partners. It is good to book for a class when you are around 34 weeks pregnant.
To book into these classes please phone +64 3 375 6337. Your booking confirmation will be received from Jo. This will include the location of the classes.
Classes are held from 10.00 am - 12.30 pm on the following dates in 2023:
12 January
26 January
9 February
16 February
2 March
16 March
30 March
13 April
27 April
11 May
25 May
1 June
15 June
22 June