About Nadine
I have always enjoyed being with, and talking to, people from various backgrounds and this led me to train as a social worker in Canada where i am from. Since then I have worked as a social worker in hospitals and community settings over a period of more than twenty years in Vancouver, Sydney and London.
When I had my daughter in 2006 I was asked to train as a breastfeeding supporter with the Breastfeeding Network and since then I have enjoyed helping mothers and babies to breastfeed at the Whittington Hospital and at UCLH in London. I have run groups in many of the Children's Centres in Islington. Supporting families in their own home has also been a large part of my role for more than ten years.
I am now a fully trained lactation consultant qualified with the International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBLC).
I see breastfeeding as a public health issue and I also appreciate the trend towards mixed formula and breast feeding. I work with your goals and will support you to feed in whatever way works best for you and the family. If there is a partner I fully involve them because that other person can be instrumental in the achieving the desired family outcome.
Lactation Services
You can choose from 2 types of expert breastfeeding support
Home Visits
I'll visit you in your home.....
Antenatal
support through pregnancy and throughout the early months
Testimonials
Nadine spent some time with me on the postnatal ward 24 hours after my son was born. She helped me find positions where he could more easily latch on and although the details are not clear to me now (lost in the fog of those early days) I remember her being incredibly kind patient and encouraging to me as a brand new mum feeling naturally overwhelmed. We stayed in touch and I met up with her at a breast feeding clinic where she again gave great advice about the issues I was having with pain during feeding. Nadine told me to contact her if I needed help and I took her up on it. One day my son just wouldn’t feed and I became engorged. It was painful and traumatic. I rang Nadine and she was so generous with her time, helping me to work out how to hand express and just keep going with feeding, even when he was only getting tiny drops. She even made me lunch! (Definitely above and beyond). Ultimately my son was diagnosed with Thrush in his mouth, and as soon as I started treating it he returned to feeding as normal, but I will never forget the support and kindness that Nadine showed me that day. Xenia Lewis (mum to Alfie) "Nadine advised me on breastfeeding with my two daughters. On both occasions I experienced difficulties and pain with breastfeeding and each time Nadine provided me with clear, timely and helpful advice which addressed these challenges. Nadine is knowledgeable, responsive, patient and, above all, kind. She gives great advice without ever putting pressure on you that there is a right or wrong way of doing things. She is just the sort of consultant a new mum wishing to breastfeed needs." Sarah (mum to Miriam and Nora)
