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***

Lactation Consultants (all listed names are IBCLCs, by boroughs served)

Queens (may make home visits to other boroughs)

Manhattan (may make home visits to other boroughs)

Brooklyn (may make home visits to other boroughs)

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) 

  • 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).

  • Simone Toomer, IBCLC

  • Kathy Waldow, IBCLC 516.500.3732

  • 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

Suffolk County (Long Island)

  • 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