Heather Wood
Heather Wood Registered Nurse & Midwife, Lactation Consultant
Heather is a mother of two and has been the clinic sister at Thula since it opened 18 years ago. She loves preparing and empowering prospective parents for birth and supporting them on the other side to become confident parents who can really enjoy their babies. She strives to be the calm in the storm of change that having a child brings.

Heather is a qualified nurse & midwife (BSc Nursing from UCT)) and internationally certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) .

Natanya Palay
Natanya PalayRegistered Nurse and Midwife
Natanya is a Registered Nurse and Midwife (BSc Nursing Wits University) who is passionate about supporting new parents in their journey to and through parenthood, and empowering them to enjoy nuturing their babies. She is dedicated to ensuring the health, wellness and happiness of each child who comes to our clinic and strives to create a warm, loving environment at Thula.

A bit more about Thula

Heather Wood has been the clinic sister at Thula  since it opened its doors 19 years ago . Natanya Palay joined the clinic in 2023 and is a qualified nurse and midwife.

Thula Baby Centre is a private well baby clinic, offering antenatal preparation classes, lactation support in hospital, as well as after discharge from hospital, and care of your newborn baby, as well as Mum and Dad. We weigh and measure babies, and teach our new parents how to care for them, learning skills for settling them when they fuss, and knowlege and skills to parent with confidence.  Any feeding difficulties are prioritised.  Vaccines are given according to the South African EPI (recommended vaccine schedule) using the excellent government vaccines, as well as private vaccines not available through the state programme.  Dads are welcomed and encouraged to come to clinic visits as are single parents and same sex couples.  Other pertinent issues like expressing, back- to- work, mum self-care, sleeping challenges, routine and starting solids are covered in consultations.