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HomeLactation & Breastfeeding Support

Breastfeeding Support

Weekly Free HRP Mamas Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding Support Groups

Join HRP Mamas for lactation and breastfeeding support groups with IBCLC Lactation Consultants. HRP Mamas offers weekly infant feeding and breastfeeding support groups . Our groups are FREE for members and meet virtually from the comfort of your home. These groups are guided by some of the most experienced IBCLC Lactation Consultants in New York City.

For more info, please check out our calendar to register.

Come with your infant, or come while pregnant to learn about breastfeeding.

Get the support you need through HRP Mamas!

DOCTORS WHO SPECIALIZE IN BREASTFEEDING

Dr. Mona Gabbay
thebreastfeedingdoctor.com
info@thebreastfeedingdoctor.com
Tel: 914-632-7999



Dr. Lauren Macaluso
breastfeedingmedicinedoc.com
Tel: 516-498-2300


Lactation Consultants


The New York Lactation Consultant Association
NYLCA will help you find an IBCLC! Text ‪(646) 397-4640‬ and get connected to a lactation consultant who can come to you. Visit the NYLCA website to search for an IBCLC in your neighborhood, or by your insurance. NYLCA is a professional association for Registered Lactation Consultants in the New York Metropolitan area. Our mission is to build professional recognition for these consultants and their services.

La Leche league International
visit their website here: www.llli.org
La Leche League has a rich history and an established philosophy of mothering through breastfeeding. Our Mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. La Leche League leaders provide free phone support and lead group meetings in locations all over New York City. For the

Manhattan chapter go to: lllofmanhattan.com


HRP Mamas Co-Sponsors a free monthly LLL meeting. Please see our events calendar for details, or sign up for our email list by clicking here.


Andrea Syms Brown
Tel: +917/864-7457
Andrea provides post partum support in NYC and the surrounding tri-state area. In private practice as an IBCLC for the past fourteen years, she sees her company's mission as guiding parents in creating an environment which "gently brings baby into the flow of family life". Andrea currently serves as President of the New York Lactation Consultant Association.


Ayelet Kaznelson CLC, IBCLC 💜
Tel: +917/620-4068
email: breastfeedingsupport@gmail.com
www.ayeletkaznelsonlc.com
Ayelet Kaznelson is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Certified Lactation Counselor. Her "mission is to offer counseling, support and help to expectant and breastfeeding mothers during the period in a woman’s life that can be both monumentally exquisite, and yet overwhelmingly fragile. I approach breastfeeding from a place of acceptance. My mission is to help make possible a gentle transition from being pregnant to becoming a breastfeeding mom."


Barbara Cohen IBCLC, RLC, LLLL
Tel: +646/265-0826
email: barbaracohenibclc@gmail.com
www.barbaracohenibclc.com
International Board Certified Lactation ConsultantBarbara Cohen, IBCLC, RLC, LLLL,has been supporting breastfeeding families for over two decades, as an active volunteer La Leche LeagueLeader, Postpartum Doula and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She is a member of the New York Lactation ConsultantAssociation (NYLCA), the International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals (ICAP),the International Lactation ConsultantsAssociation (ILCA) and the United States Lactation Consultant Association(USLCA).  She is the mother of three breastfed children, now alladults, each of whom taught her lasting lessons about mothering through breastfeeding.


Freda Rosenfeld
Tel: +718/469-5990
email: fredaibclc@aol.com
fredaibclc.com
Freda Rosenfeld, IBCLC, CCE has been working with mothers and their babies for over 30 years. First as a WIC nutritionist and for the last 23 years as a board certified lactation consultant. "My goals are simple: to help you nurse your baby with your goals in mind".


Heather McFadden
Tel: 646-221-3147
heathermcfadden.com
Heather McFadden is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and proud member of the New York Lactation Consultant's Association (NYLCA). She has a published article in the Clinical Lactation Journal, has been consulted by Parents Magazine and Today's Parent, and was a guest speaker at the NYC Breastfeeding Leadership Council Conference of 2019. She is also an active leader with La Leche League in Harlem.


Leigh Anne O' Connor 💜
Tel: +917/596-3646
email: leighanne625@rcn.com
leighanneoconnor.com
Leigh Anne O’Connor is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with more than 15 years experience working with breastfeeding families. She is the past President of New York Lactation Consultant Association (NYLCA), a member of International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA) and a past member of the Bank Street Head Start Health Advisory Board.


Lisa Binderow 💜
Tel: +310/498-9199
email: lisa@lisabinderow.com
www.lisabinderow.com
Lisa Binderow is a New York City-based International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2004 where she received a B.A. in Literature, Science, & Arts. Before beginning her specialized studies in lactation, she worked for over ten years in the health & wellness industry. During that time, Lisa was the Teacher Director for YogaWorks. She completed over 500 hours of Yoga Teacher Training, as well as additional education in Restorative and Prenatal yoga.


Margot Hodes 💜
Tel: +646/259-3382
email: Margot@nurturebabynyc.com
www.nurturebabynyc.com
Margot Hodes is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Certified Cooperative Childbirth Educator (CCCE), Full Spectrum Doula and Certified Health Education Specialist. She received her Ed.D. in Health Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and taught as an adjunct faculty member there for many years. She also has her Masters in Counseling from New York University and has worked in schools, community health centers and other non-profit agencies with parents, families and adolescents toward their goals of achieving healthier living. Margot is a board member of CEA/MNY (the Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York) and volunteers her time for the Doula Project.


Quetzal Currie 💜
Tel: +646/541-3990
email: latchednyc@gmail.com
Quetzal Currie has been working with expectant and new mothers for over 20 years. As a midwife at the Miami Maternity Center and later in New York City she additionally worked in private practice as a newborn and parenting consultant. Her current practice includes in-home Lactation Consults, Sleep Training and Newborn Care Education. Quetzal hosts breastfeeding support groups monthly for HRP Mamas. Details available on our event registration page.


Susan E. Burger MHS, PhD, IBCLC, RLC
Tel: +917/912-8066
email: sburgernutr@nyc.rr.com
lactescencenyc.com
Susan Burger has a private practice offering home visits and group clinics. As a board member of the nonprofit New York Lactation Consultant Association since 2007, she also has worked on providing continuing education for lactation consultants and improving recognition of their professional capacity.



💜 Providers with a purple heart near their name are IBCLCs who HRP Mamas works with at our weekly free HRP Mamas Lactation Support Groups.

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Tel: 212- 879-8669
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Please note: Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement by The Hudson River Park Mothers Group. The information being presented is offered only for general informational purposes and does not constitute medical, legal, or other advice.

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