The Nurture Nook

The Nurture Nook Lucy Griffiths is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Registered Midwife. I created and ran the Wellington Plunket Breastfeeding Team.

The Nurture Nook

Specialist breastfeeding guidance and support for your baby feeding journey. Home, clinic and virtual visits available; help where you want and when you want. I’m Lucy Griffiths IBCLC RM, Christchurch Lactation Consultant

• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

• Registered Midwife (RM)



I am passionate about my work, and those who know me well describe me as super kind and warm. I believe that caring for parents and pēpi is a fantastic place to start when aiming to positively affect people’s lives. From the many health benefits for mother and baby, the opportunity to support whakapapa, empower parents and whānau, and by supporting and deepening the mother and baby’s bond and hau ora. I am an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Registered Midwife. I balance The Nurture Nook with my Lactation Consultant role with Christchurch Women’s Hospital Maternity Services. Previously I was working as the Wellington Region Plunket Community Lactation Consultant, providing complex breastfeeding support and advice in clinics, people’s homes, or virtually. I have worked as a Core Midwife in Hospitals in both Wellington and Christchurch, where I was known as an asset during breastfeeding challenges. I was part of a Hutt Valley Community Midwifery Team, providing Antenatal and Postnatal care to Primary, Secondary and Private Obstetric Care women in their homes. I was a part of the Maternity Assessment Unit service, running Secondary Care Clinic, Maternity Assessment, and Antenatal Diabetic Clinic. I have worked as an Antenatal Educator for BirthEd, and provided the Specialist Breastfeeding Antenatal Session. Additionally I practiced as a Lead Maternity Care (LMC) Midwife, with a focus on Home Birth, with Midwives on Barrington in Christchurch. Practicing in the fields of lactation and midwifery over the last 13 years have highlighted for me the importance of supporting parents as they give life and nourish the next generation. I enjoy living in a diverse community and I respect that every parent and their whānau come with different beliefs, ideals and needs. I feel privileged to support parents and their whānau through this amazing and challenging journey. I am committed to providing tailored, thorough and compassionate care. I enjoy working in our community, utilising the resources of the people, services and knowledge around me. I respect and understand the physiology of lactation, infancy and the maternity period. I work to support the normal and to provide complex, specialist lactation care. No matter what a parent and their pēpi’s needs may be I aim to offer safe, supportive and evidence based care, utilising other specialists and services when required. A big part of my care is sharing information with parents and their whānau to positively affect their lives and that of their pēpi. I acknowledge, and aim to utilise, the importance of the whānau and support network surrounding the parents and their pēpi. The relationships I establish support a safe and trusting environment. I aim to support and empower parents to take the lead in theirs and their baby’s care, and to provide access to the unbiased information sharing needed for individuals to make well-informed personal choices.

I can never post this one enough.I love this study on soothing crying babies and settling them to sleep. The study told...
24/08/2024

I can never post this one enough.

I love this study on soothing crying babies and settling them to sleep. The study told us what we all know in practice - babies are soothed by contact and movement (together), and they need it for a sustained period of time. They found that walking / moving with a crying baby in arms for 5 mins followed by 5-8 mins of sitting with baby promoted sleep, and helped baby to stay asleep when laid down. If the baby was laid down as soon as they went to sleep they woke back up (we all know this to be true!). They noted that the 5 min of moving promoted sleep in a crying baby but not a non crying baby btw.

You might look at this study and think - “we already know this,” and in large part you’d be right - but the reason that I think studies like this are really important are because it contradicts the incorrect messages that parents get from society about not holding their baby, or that babies are manipulating them. Studies like this, routed in physiology and neurology give parents a kind of permission to respond to their babies and to meet their contact needs without feeling guilty or that they “should” be doing something else. It’s ok to walk and rock your baby to sleep.

The study can be found here: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01363-X

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Once again the demand for donated breast milk is very high and our stocks are very low.Do you know any new mothers who c...
25/06/2024

Once again the demand for donated breast milk is very high and our stocks are very low.
Do you know any new mothers who could become a donor ? We would love to hear from them . We need your help now.

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What is MOST important to you about breastfeeding? Is better child behavior and emotional development high on your list?...
24/06/2024

What is MOST important to you about breastfeeding? Is better child behavior and emotional development high on your list? That’s the amazing finding of this 2024 study. Though rarely discussed, breastfeeding provides little ones with an early training ground on navigating healthy boundaries and intimate relationships. Just one more reason nursing matters! Read more about it here:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11174704/pdf/nutrients-16-01743.pdf

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Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of breast cancer? Yes, according to this 2024 review of the literature. Far from taki...
15/06/2024

Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of breast cancer? Yes, according to this 2024 review of the literature. Far from taking a toll on our health, the more months we nurse our babies over our lifetime, the more our health improves in so many ways. Breastfeeding is much more than “good for babies.” It is a major woman’s health issue! See the full review here:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11079727/pdf/maedica-19-106.pdf

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