Antenatal workshops
Prepare for feeding before your baby arrives, so the early days feel far less daunting.
Events
Come along, you're welcome here
Warm, friendly spaces to learn, ask questions and meet other parents, whether you're preparing for a new baby or finding your feet with feeding.
Upcoming
What's coming up
Places are limited and kept small on purpose, so there's time for everyone.
18Sep
Infant Feeding 101
A friendly, practical run-through of the feeding essentials, whatever way you plan to feed, so you can feel confident and prepared. Bring all your questions.
30Sep
Pumping & Maximising Milk Supply
A practical, reassuring session on expressing and building your milk supply, whether you're returning to work, building a stash, or feeding a baby who needs a little extra.
Monthly
Community Coffee Morning
A gentle, no-pressure morning for parents and babies. Bring your little one, grab a cuppa, and chat feeding, sleep, or nothing in particular. Everyone welcome.
Weekly
New Parent Support Group
A friendly, welcoming group where you can share the highs and hard bits, ask questions, and know you're not doing this alone.
Pop Ups
Come and find me out and about, bringing infant feeding support to community events across London.
25Sep
Ask Us Anything: Birth, Sleep & Feeding
Join Mums Who Build and Birth Rebel for an honest, informal conversation about birth, sleep and feeding, with a doula, sleep expert and lactation specialist on hand to answer your questions. Whether you're pregnant, newly postpartum or a few months in, come along, ask anything and hear how other mums are navigating it too.
New dates are added regularly. Follow @shanicepownall or get in touch to be the first to know.
What I offer
Ways to learn and connect
Introducing solids
Confident, calm weaning: when to start, what to offer and how to enjoy it together.
Pumping & expressing
Making pumping work for you, whether you're heading back to work or building a stash.
Community talks
Friendly, informal talks on infant feeding for local groups, clinics and settings.
Parent Q&As
Bring your questions to a relaxed, open session, no question ever too small.
Corporate sessions
Infant feeding and return-to-work sessions for workplaces and organisations.
Looking back
Past events
30Aug
Mini Gigs Lactitude
An infant feeding specialist Q&A with me, limited 1:1 feeding-support taster sessions, plus live music and singing.
28Aug
Friday Mums at The Bridge
Join other new mums at a baby-friendly café for tea, coffee, creative activities and a soft play area for babies. My infant feeding Q&A runs from 11am to 1pm.
18Aug
BabySalsa & BabyChata
A Latino dance class and playgroup for parents with babies and active toddlers, with an infant feeding Q&A with me at the end of the class in the café.
12Aug
The Feeding Circle
A warm, welcoming circle for parents and babies. Share where you are with feeding, ask anything, and connect with others finding their way, all in a calm, judgement-free space.
Want to host or collaborate?
If you run a group, clinic or organisation and would like to work together, I'd love to hear from you.