IBCLC, BAMS, MHA, IYCF, CCE
Dr. Priya Shashank is a lactation consultant and childbirth educator, striving to bring about a change in the way childbirth and breastfeeding are perceived in India. She works with expecting couples to educate them about childbirth and the initial days with the baby, and helps new moms and babies settle down into breastfeeding routine comfortably.
Working from Ludhiana in Punjab, Dr. Shashank has 17 years of experience and is now associated with the Army Wives Welfare Organisation. She previously worked at O.P. Jindal Institute of Cancer Care & Research.
Dr. Shashank takes up classes in lactation, breastfeeding, antenatal classes, preconception counselling, pregnancy Yoga, among others. She is a member of CAPPA and Lamaze International, US. After doing her BAMS from the MSM Institute of Ayurveda, she became a Certified Child Birth Educator from CAPPA.
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