Leila was a community team leader in a busy London NHS hospital - she led a highly successful continuity of carer team, but recently resigned to put all her energy into Better Births London. Over her ten years in the profession, she has worked within all maternity settings - from delivering babies on the high risk labour ward, to managing the workload on the postnatal ward, to caring for women in the low risk birth centre. She currently keeps up her clinical skills by working as a bank midwife whenever the unit requires. Leila's passion is caseloading women, seeing them through their pregnancy, labour, and delivery. She especially enjoys providing women with breastfeeding support in the postnatal period - as we all know it's a lot tougher than we think, and no matter how many books you read, or how many women you speak to, you never truly 'get it' until your baby is in your arms ... screaming! Leila's biggest professional achievement was attending the birth of Katie's children! 2 moments in her life that she will never forget and always cherish!