Lactation & Nutrition Counselling in Delhi
Practical help with feeding, and nutrition advice for pregnancy and afterwards.
What lactation & nutrition counselling involves
Most breastfeeding difficulties are mechanical — positioning, attachment, tongue tie — and fixable with a single proper session. The window in which help matters most is the first two weeks, when it is hardest to get and easiest to give up.
Nutrition advice is given for the food people in Delhi actually eat, with specific attention to iron, calcium, vitamin D, protein and B12, which are the deficiencies we see most often.
Who this is for
- Painful feeding, poor attachment or nipple damage
- Concerns about milk supply or infant weight gain
- Anaemia, low vitamin D or poor weight gain in pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes requiring dietary management
Not everything on this list means you need this treatment. The workup comes first, and the recommendation follows from what it shows — not from what was booked before you arrived.
Step by step
Feeding assessment
A full feed observed, with positioning and attachment corrected hands-on.
Problem-solving
Tongue tie, mastitis, engorgement or supply issues addressed specifically.
Nutrition plan
A practical plan built around your household's usual food, not an imported diet chart.
Follow-up
Weight and feeding reviewed until things are settled.
Your results, in writing
Whatever the outcome of lactation & nutrition counselling, you leave each stage with the findings written down — what was done, what was found, what it means, and what the options are from here. Reports are issued the same day wherever the laboratory allows it.
Case study: Three weeks of pain, fixed in one session
27, Katwaria Sarai · cracked nipples · considering stopping
What she came in with
Three weeks of feeding pain severe enough that she dreaded each feed, with bleeding cracks on both sides. She had been told her milk supply was low and to start formula.
What the workup showed
Observing a full feed showed the problem immediately: a shallow latch with the baby taking the nipple rather than a mouthful of breast, and a posterior tongue tie restricting elevation. Her supply was not low — the baby was transferring poorly because of the attachment.
What we did
Hands-on repositioning into a laid-back hold with a deeper latch, a tongue-tie division referral the same week, treatment for the cracked skin, and a follow-up at seven days rather than a leaflet.
Outcome
Pain-free feeding within five days of the division. The baby's weight gain accelerated. She continued breastfeeding for fourteen months.
The point of this case
Most breastfeeding failure is mechanical and fixable, and the window where help matters most is the first fortnight. One properly observed feed found what three weeks of advice over the phone had not.
Illustrative case. This is a composite of presentations commonly seen in this practice, written for explanation — it is not the record of an identifiable patient, and no individual's details are used. Outcomes vary, and nothing here is a prediction of what will happen in your case.
What is different about having this done here
Hands-on feeding support rather than a leaflet
Diet plans built around North Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian households
Gestational diabetes diets that are actually followable
Honest support for mothers who choose or need to formula feed
Treated by the consultant, not by a rotating team
Dr. Tiwari performs the scans, the procedure and the follow-up herself, and looks after any pregnancy that results. Over a long treatment course that continuity is the difference between being known and being processed.
- MBBS, MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), FNB (Reproductive Medicine)
- Over ten years in reproductive medicine and gynaecological surgery
- Consultations and scans at Mother's Hope, Katwaria Sarai; theatre work at SHE Delhi Hospital, Greater Kailash II
- Itemised costs given in writing before anything begins
Areas we see patients from
Both locations are in South Delhi. Patients travelling from further out have appointments grouped to cut down the number of trips.
Questions about lactation & nutrition counselling
How do I know my baby is getting enough milk?
Six or more wet nappies a day, regular stools, contentment after feeds and weight gain along the growth chart. Feed frequency alone tells you very little.
Can I diet while breastfeeding?
Gradual weight loss is fine and normal. Severe restriction can affect supply and is not advisable.
Talk it through before you commit
Consultations run for a full hour. Bring any previous reports — they are reviewed properly, not repeated.