Patient portal

Infant feeding

Whether you are pregnant and looking to find out more about feeding your baby, or if you are going home with your newborn and would like a little more support with feeding, you are on the right page.

Here are some useful tips and links…

Breastfeeding
Bottle feeding
Hand expressing in pregnancy (colostrum harvesting) – download and print at home
Hand expressing in pregnancy – Unicef video
Storing breast milk at home

Kingston Hospital’s Maternity Unit and Neonatal Unit have been accredited by UNICEF UK as ‘Baby Friendly’. Nic Kane (Chief Nurse) is the Baby Friendly Guardian (as part of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative) at Kingston Hospital.

Infant feeding classes

We run weekly online infant feeding classes, which we recommend attending from 34 weeks into your pregnancy.

Mondays

10am-11.30am (drop in), Alf King Children’s Centre, TW13 5AF, 020 8583 3922
10am-12pm (appointment only), South Isleworth Children’s Centre, TW7 7AP, 020 8583 5885 – parking available
1pm-2.30pm (appointment only), Clarendon Children’s Centre, TW15 2HZ, 01784 424 759

Tuesdays

1pm-3pm (drop in), United Reformed Church, TW2 5QA, visit the Twickenham, Hounslow and district NCT web page
1pm-3pm (drop in, Kingston Borough only), Chessington Children’s Centre, KT9 1JE 020 8274 7709 – Street parking available

Wednesdays

10am-12pm (drop in), Lampton Children’s Centre, Neville Close, Off Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 4JG, 020 8583 5720
10.15am-11.45am (drop in), Chiswick Children's Centre, 9 Devonshire Street, W4 2JR, 020 8583 5603
1pm-2.30pm (drop in - Kingston borough parents only), Kingston Town Children’s Centre
2pm-4pm breastfeeding coffee group, The Dolphin, SM1 1PR, 020 8641 1689
9.30am-11am - last Wednesday of the month via Zoom (online), Café La Leche, Wimbledon, SW19 4JZ, Email to book: laleche.Bernie@gmail.com; lllwimbledon.weebly.com
10am-12pm (drop in), Hersham Baptist church, Arch Road, KT12 4QR, free Street parking. Advice line 018 8334 0922

Thursdays

9.30am-11am – Infant feeding peer support group (Kingston Borough parents only) United Reform Church Malden Road, New Malden, KT3 6DR
9.30am-3.30pm –appointment only, Clinic Stormont HC, SW11 5EG, 07766 800 365 – Street parking – pay at meter
10am-11.30am (drop in), South Isleworth Children’s Centre, Worple Road, Isleworth TW7 7AP, 020 8583 5885 – parking available
10am-1pm, Baby Cafe, St Michael’s Church, Southfields, SW18 5TT, nctbfdropin@gmail.com
9.30am-11am, United Reform Church Malden Road, New Malden KT3 6DR (Kingston Borough parents only)
12.45pm-2.30pm –appointment only, The Hub, Beavers Children’s Centre, TW4 7NW, 020 8583 5602

Fridays

9.30am-12pm (drop in, Kingston Borough only) Tolworth Children’s Centre, KT6 7SA, 020 8274 7709 – Free street parking
12.30pm-2.30pm, Brentford Children Centre, North Road, Brentford, TW8 0BJ
1pm-3pm (drop in, for families with a baby born at Kingston Hospital - under 6 weeks), Cornerstone Church, KT2 6LF, 07385 949 049

Saturdays