Breastfeeding / Chestfeeding Resources
Find in-network & on-demand lactation support:
1) New York Lactation Consultant Association (their website has an insurance lookup!)
2) Nest Collaborative (virtual support)
3) Lactation Network
***Scroll down for specific lactation consultant recommendations***
Highly recommended online breastfeeding course, Natural Breastfeeding — use this link to get a huge discount (reg. price $147; our price due to our professional membership is $49, or $35 if you sign up for any Birth Matters class). You can view more info on the course here
Tinyhood online classes* (Lisa’s note: they have a stellar breastfeeding class that’s been free since 2020)
Public Health Solutions - Breastfeeding warmline 646-965-7212
La Leche League - find a (free) local breastfeeding support meeting
Kelly Mom - breastfeeding and parenting resource site (written by IBCLC)
Badass Breastfeeding podcast
Droplet - breastfeeding educational info and videos, founded by Jane Morton, MD, former Director of the Breastfeeding Medicine Program at Stanford University
Global Health Media - excellent educational videos on breastfeeding, available in many languages
Yummy Mummy - online breastfeeding store; fill out an easy form to get your breast pump (free under Affordable Health Care Act)!
A Parent’s Guide to Tongue Tie in the Breastfeeding Baby - 90-min online course taught by local IBCLC & midwife, Lisa Paladino
Infant Risk Center - research on medications while breastfeeding (MommyMeds for Mothers app or hotline 806-352-2519)
LactMed - database on safety of various medications while breastfeeding (website or free app)
Trash the Pump and Dump - medical conditions, medications and substances of concern during lactation
MothertoBaby - evidence-based information on the benefit or risk of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding (in English & Spanish) - 866.626.6847
New York Milk Bank - receive donor milk or donate surplus breastmilk to save newborns' lives
Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast - donate surplus breastmilk to save newborns' lives
Breastfeeding after breast surgery (augmentation, reduction, implants, etc.) Facebook support group
*affiliate link
Lactation Consultants (all listed names are IBCLCs, by boroughs served)
Queens (may make home visits to other boroughs)
City Lactation (Annie Frisbie IBCLC, PMH-C, Patricia McGuire IBCLC, Suzi Wall IBCLC - in network with Aetna, Anthem BCBS, CIGNA, and United Healthcare - home & virtual visits and office in Long Island City)
Kate DiMarco Ruck, IBCLC, 347.974.0872
Margot Hodes, EdD, MA, IBCLC, CCCE, CHES, 646.259.3382
Nikki Katsuki, IBCLC, CLC, BS: 718.926.6074 (in-network Aetna)
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare)
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484
Gabriela Rochford, OTR/L, IBCLC, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, (Call/Text friendly work line) 516-550-5396, info@nurturinglift.com (provides home visits, provides office visits in Merrick, participates with The Lactation Network, serves Nassau county , Suffolk county, and Queens, as well as Brooklyn on a case-by-case basis).
Cori Werner, IBCLC 347.287.5278
Kathy Waldow, IBCLC 516.500.3732
Sara Newman, IBCLC 917.597.1633
Jane Weiser, IBCLC (offers option of office visit for less $ OR home visit; others on this list are always home visits)
Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC, 718.846.2323
Jaymie Adachi, RN, IBCLC, 917.796.5792 ja2425@columbia.edu (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn)
Rebecca Koyf, IBCLC, 646.644.3177
Manhattan (may make home visits to other boroughs)
Allison Walsh, IBCLC, 917.734.0224, allisonwalshIBCLC@gmail.com
Ayelet Kaznelson, CLC, IBCLC, 917.620.4068
Cass Christopher Lactation Services (team w/ several options - virtual, in-person, or in-office; in-network with several insurance companies - see website for details)
City Lactation (Christie Long MSN, RN, IBCLC - in network with Aetna, Anthem BCBS, CIGNA, and United Healthcare - home & virtual visits)
Kate DiMarco Ruck, IBCLC, 347.974.0872
Dr. Mona Gabbay, IBCLC, 914.632.7999 (doesn’t make home visits)
Margot Hodes, EdD, MA, IBCLC, CCCE, CHES, 646.259.3382
Meredith Fein-Lichtenberg, CCE, IBCLC, JD, 917.412.3247
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare)
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484
Heather McFadden, IBCLC, 646.221.3147, heather@heathermcfadden.com (Manhattan support groups, home & office consults, sometimes works in Queens)
Tamara Hawkins, IBCLC (takes insurance; doesn’t make home visits)
Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC 917.596.3646 (also LIC)
Constance Pond, IBCLC, 917.412.3247
Stephanie Wagner, IBCLC 571.212.7673
Rebecca Koyf, IBCLC, 646.644.3177
Brooklyn (may make home visits to other boroughs)
Kate DiMarco Ruck, IBCLC, 347.974.0872
Allison Walsh, IBCLC, 917.734.0224, allisonwalshIBCLC@gmail.com (Greenpoint/Williamsburg)
City Lactation (Kara Koehler IBCLC in network with Aetna, Anthem BCBS, CIGNA, and United Healthecare - home & virtual visits)
Cass Christopher Lactation Services (team w/ several options - virtual, in-person, or in-office; in-network with several insurance companies - see website for details)
Margot Hodes, EdD, MA, IBCLC, CCCE, CHES, 646.259.3382
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare)
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484
Leigh Anne O’Connor, IBCLC, 917.596.3646
Suzanne Najarian-Goodson, IBCLC, 718.637.3822
Denise McDonald, IBCLC, 917.887.8246
Rebecca Koyf, IBCLC, 646.644.3177
Gabriela Rochford, OTR/L, IBCLC, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, (Call/Text friendly work line) 516-550-5396, info@nurturinglift.com (provides home visits, provides office visits in Merrick, participates with The Lactation Network, serves Nassau county , Suffolk county, and Queens, as well as Brooklyn on a case-by-case basis).
Bronx (may make home visits to other boroughs)
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484
New Jersey
City Lactation (Annie Frisbie and team, in-network Aetna, UHC, BCBS - serve parts of NJ)
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare, serve parts of near-to-NYC NJ)
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484
Nassau County, Long Island
City Lactation - Suzi Wall IBCLC- in network with Aetna, Anthem BCBS, CIGNA, and United Healthecare - home & virtual visits
Gabriela Rochford, OTR/L, IBCLC, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, (Call/Text friendly work line) 516-550-5396, info@nurturinglift.com (provides home visits, provides office visits in Merrick, participates with The Lactation Network, serves Nassau county , Suffolk county, and Queens, as well as Brooklyn on a case-by-case basis).
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare, serve parts of near-to-NYC NJ)
Donna Kimick, IBCLC 516.799.7911
Dr. Lauren Macaluso (M.D. with breastfeeding expertise, New Hyde Park)
Staten Island
Betty Greenman, IBCLC (in-network United Healthcare, serve parts of near-to-NYC NJ)
Rebecca Koyf, IBCLC, 646.644.3177
Long Island - Suffolk County
Gabriela Rochford, OTR/L, IBCLC, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, (Call/Text friendly work line) 516-550-5396, info@nurturinglift.com (provides home visits, provides office visits in Merrick, participates with The Lactation Network, serves Nassau county , Suffolk county, and Queens, as well as Brooklyn on a case-by-case basis).
Westchester
Xiuting Hawkins, NYC Lactation Services (fluent in Mandarin) 347.978.4484