Professionals I Trust
Many families ask if I know trusted pregnancy and postnatal professionals in London. These are practitioners whose work and approach align with the calm, thoughtful experience I try to create for families during pregnancy, recovery after birth and the early newborn weeks.
Milly Godwin — Lactation Consultant and Infant Feeding Support in North London
Milly Godwin is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and NHS midwife based in North London, supporting families through the early days and weeks of feeding.
Through MilkyStarts, she offers antenatal preparation, postnatal home visits and virtual consultations, helping parents with breastfeeding, latch, low milk supply and feeding confidence in a way that feels calm, practical and non-judgmental.
What stands out about Milly is the combination of real expertise and genuinely supportive care. She offers the kind of reassurance and guidance that can make a huge difference in the early newborn weeks.
Visit Milly’s lactation support website
Sian Haestier — Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga
Sian Haestier is an experienced yoga teacher based in East London, offering pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, baby massage and supportive workshops for parents during pregnancy and the early months after birth.
She trained at Triyoga London’s two-year teacher training diploma and is accredited by both the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance Professionals. Her additional training includes pregnancy and postnatal yoga with Nadia Narain and Lolly Stirk, as well as restorative yoga teaching.
Sian’s teaching style is calm, inclusive and deeply supportive. Her classes focus on helping people reconnect with their breath, move gently and build strength in a way that feels accessible and nurturing during pregnancy and recovery after birth.
She offers group classes, one-to-one sessions, pregnancy and postpartum workshops, baby massage courses and occasional retreats.
Visit Sian’s pregnancy and postnatal yoga website
Bernadette Gilder — Women’s Health & Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy in East London
Bernadette Gilder is a specialist women’s health physiotherapist based in Chingford, East London. Through her practice, Bounce Back Physiotherapy, she supports women during pregnancy and after birth with recovery, strength and long term pelvic health.
Her work focuses on issues that commonly affect women during and after pregnancy, including pelvic floor weakness, bladder symptoms, pelvic girdle pain, pregnancy related back pain and postnatal recovery. She also supports women experiencing chronic pelvic pain using a combination of physiotherapy, education and rehabilitation.
Bernadette brings a broad and thoughtful approach to care, combining physiotherapy with further training in counselling and women’s health. Her work is focused on helping women understand their bodies and regain confidence, strength and comfort after pregnancy and birth.