Dr. Rita Shah is a qualified Lamaze Consultant, trained in prenatal and postnatal care from the United States and certified by ASPO Lamaze. Dr. Shah has authored a book called“Nine Months”, which was published in English in 2001. In 2002, the same book was published in 8 regional languages.
She is the Director of Nine Months, a fitness programme for expectant mothers. She has been conducting Lamaze classes for over 3 decades now, guiding over 30,000 pregnant women till date, including clients from over 30 countries across the globe. In the past, she has been the Head of Department of Prenatal and Postnatal care at Jaslok, Saifee and Lilavati Hospitals in Mumbai.

Dr. Shah is very passionate about making all the expectant couples fully prepared and well informed, to make their pregnancy smooth and child birthing experience pleasurable one. She focusses on readying the partner as well, so he can be her most ideal support in labour.A complete knowhow of the newborn care makes her come out of the initial confusion and chaos.Prenatal exercises help the mother to carry on with her normal routine until the last day of her pregnancy. Now, she also offers Lamaze Classes online through Zoom. The Online Lamaze Classes are a big boon to women with high risk pregnancy and also to outstation pregnant women who cannot attend in person. Prerecorded video modules of all topics also available who want to learn at their own pace.