# Feeding support in New York

> Breastfeeding and infant feeding help: drop-in groups, peer supporters and lactation clinics. 17 listings, 8 free. Updated 2026-10-08.

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Listings are general information gathered from providers' own websites, not recommendations or medical advice. Prices and times change, so check with the provider before booking. Before starting exercise in pregnancy or after birth, or if anything feels worrying, talk to your midwife or doctor.

## Listings

### Brooklyn Birth Collective Lactation Office Hours

Virtual lactation office hours offer peer support and feeding troubleshooting for parents of babies of all ages.

- Price: $0–$35 per session (Free for BKBC clients; $20–$35 sliding scale for all others.)
- Where: Online
- For: After birth
- When: Every third Thursday, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM. Listed 2026 dates: September 17, October 15, November 19, a
- Website: https://www.brooklynbirthcollective.com/lactation
- Book: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84756396262?pwd=YSSuOXtwhNf9gVDPIikmiaCboUb3dF.1
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.brooklynbirthcollective.com/lactation)

### Brooklyn Lactation — Shamina Rao

Brooklyn-based IBCLC offering prenatal preparation, office and virtual consultations, and a fortnightly Park Slope feeding support group.

- Price: Price on request
- Where: Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn (also online)
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Support group every other Wednesday in Park Slope
- Website: https://www.shaminarao.com/lactation
- Book: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/main_enroll.asp?studioid=4186&tg=26&vt=40&lvl=&stype=-101&view=day&trn=100000682&page=&catid=&prodid=&date=3%2f6%2f2026&classid=0&prodGroupId=&sSU=&optForwardingLink=&qParam=&justloggedin=&nLgIn=&pMode=0&loc=1
- Checked: 2026-10-08 (source: https://www.shaminarao.com/lactation)

### Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Baby Café

Free weekly Baby Café sessions offer certified lactation support, breastfeeding guidance, peer connection, and resources for pregnant and breastfeeding families.

- Price: Free (Free. Provider page identifies the sessions as free; August 2026 provider news confirms both locations opened…)
- Where: Jamaica and Woodside, Queens, Jamaica: 161-10 Jamaica Ave., 3rd Fl., Suite 304, Jamaica, NY 11432; Woodside: 42-71 65th Place, Woodside, NY 11377
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Jamaica: Wednesdays, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Woodside: Fridays, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM.
- Website: https://www.ccbq.org/service/women-infant-and-childrens-food-education/
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.ccbq.org/service/women-infant-and-childrens-food-education/)

### City Lactation

IBCLCs provide lactation and infant-feeding support for pregnancy and postnatal families through Long Island City office, virtual, and home visits.

- Price: $250–$500 per session (Self-pay prenatal office or virtual visit: $250 for 1 hour; office or virtual visit: $312.50 for 75 minutes…)
- Where: Long Island City, Queens (also online), 5-31 50th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11377
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- Website: https://citylactation.com/
- Book: https://citylactation.com/book-online/
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://citylactation.com/insurance/)

### Danielle Jackson

NYC IBCLC offering individual Zoom lactation consultations for parents, with in-home NYC consultations also available.

- Price: $100 per session (30-minute Zoom consultation)
- Where: Online
- For: After birth
- Website: https://bookme.name/NYCBABY/lite/online-lactation-consults
- Checked: 2026-10-08 (source: https://bookme.name/NYCBABY/lite/online-lactation-consults)

### JustBirth Space

Free virtual organization offering weekly prenatal and postpartum infant-feeding drop-ins led by a lactation consultant.

- Price: Free (Free virtual support group)
- Where: Online
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Wednesdays 5:00–7:00pm ET prenatal; Wednesdays 7:00–9:00pm ET postpartum
- Website: https://www.justbirthspace.org/
- Book: https://www.justbirthspace.org/en/communityconnect
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.justbirthspace.org/en/communityconnect)

### La Leche League of Queens

Volunteer-led feeding support welcomes expectant and nursing parents at Astoria, Forest Hills and Queens Hospital meetings.

- Price: Free (Meetings are volunteer-led and attendees are asked to consider making a donation; no individual IBCLC…)
- Where: Astoria/LIC; Forest Hills; Jamaica; west, Queens, Sacred Space Astoria, 29-05 21st Ave, Astoria, NY; Queens Hospital Center, 82-68 164th St, Jamaica, NY 11432, Room A540;
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Astoria/LIC: second Wednesday monthly at 10:30 AM. Queens Hospital Center: second Tuesday monthly. F
- Website: https://lllofqueens.weebly.com/
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://lllofqueens.weebly.com/meetings.html)

### Lactation with Melissa

New York-based IBCLC offering virtual prenatal and postnatal lactation consultations; in-home visits ended in December 2025.

- Price: $150 per session (Telehealth $150/hour; page states virtual-only service as of December 3, 2025.)
- Where: Online
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Book online virtual sessions
- Website: https://www.lactationwithmelissa.com/
- Book: https://www.lactationwithmelissa.com/services
- Checked: 2026-10-08 (source: https://www.lactationwithmelissa.com/services)

### Love Child Yoga

Offers in-home lactation and feeding support for new parents, plus prenatal workshops at West Village and Brooklyn venues.

- Price: Price on request (Lactation home-visit price not published.)
- Where: West Village, Manhattan, 9 Patchin Place, New York, NY 10011
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Upcoming workshops: October 24, November 21 and December 12, 2026, 12:30–3:30pm.
- Website: https://www.lovechildyoga.com/
- Book: https://www.lovechildyoga.com/lactation-support
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.lovechildyoga.com/)

### Mount Sinai Hospital – Understanding Breastfeeding Support Groups

Free virtual IBCLC-led breastfeeding support groups cover latch, nipple pain, milk production, feeding schedules, returning to work, and weaning.

- Price: Free (Free; registration requires selecting the discount option and confirming registration. October 6 and October…)
- Where: Online
- For: After birth
- When: Twice monthly; October 6 and October 20, 2026, 10:30–11:30 AM.
- Website: https://www.mountsinai.org/
- Book: https://apps.mountsinai.org/app/mchregister/mshCourseSchedule/listedCourses
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://apps.mountsinai.org/app/mchregister/mshCourseSchedule/listedCourses)

### NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Virtual breastfeeding support groups welcome breastfeeding parents and babies up to three months old.

- Price: Free (Free event.)
- Where: Online
- For: After birth
- When: Published session: December 30, 2025, 2:30–3:30 PM; contact hospital for subsequent dates.
- Website: https://events.nyp.org/event/breastfeeding_support_group_6522
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://events.nyp.org/event/breastfeeding_support_group_6522)

### NYC Health + Hospitals

Lincoln provides breastfeeding guidance and post-discharge support for maternity patients; North Central Bronx also offers breastfeeding education and classes.

- Price: Price on request
- Where: South Bronx, Bronx
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Support provided around delivery and after discharge; contact hospital
- Website: https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/lincoln/services/womens-health/we-are-a-baby-friendly-designated-hospital/
- Book: https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/make-an-appointment/
- Checked: 2026-10-08 (source: https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/nyc-health-hospitals-lincoln-re-designated-as-baby-friendly-for-continued-excellence-in-maternal-and-infant-care/)

### NYC Health Department — Family Wellness Suite

Free breastfeeding workshops, lactation counseling and peer groups support families in Brownsville; Healthy Start Brooklyn also offers programs at Bedford Health Center.

- Price: Free (Baby Cafés offer high-quality lactation care for free; the Health Department describes its Family Wellness…)
- Where: Brownsville, Brooklyn, 259 Bristol Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Baby Café: Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Getting a Good Start Breastfeeding workshop: Mondays at 10 a.m.
- Website: https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/neighborhood-health/breastfeeding-empowerment-brooklyn.page
- Book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-a-good-start-breastfeeding-brooklyn-neighborhood-health-tickets-1788985456659
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2026/nyc-health-department-celebrates-black-breastfeeding-week.page)

### Ora Feeding

Lactation consultations and prenatal feeding classes in Crown Heights, with additional locations in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Carroll Gardens.

- Price: $75–$200 per course (Two-hour class; total cost depends on insurance coverage.)
- Where: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 1000 Dean Street #347, Brooklyn, NY 11238
- For: Pregnancy
- When: Now booking in Manhattan; class dates are selected through the provider
- Website: https://www.orafeeding.com/
- Book: https://www.orafeeding.com/classes
- Checked: 2026-10-08 (source: https://www.orafeeding.com/classes)

### Richmond University Medical Center Breastfeeding & Lactation Services

Staten Island hospital offers lactation consultations, breastfeeding classes, and breastfeeding support resources.

- Price: Free (The January 13, 2026 virtual breastfeeding class is explicitly free; consultation pricing is not published.)
- Where: Staten Island (also online), 355 Bard Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Free virtual breastfeeding class January 13, 2026, 11:00 AM–2:00 PM. The supplied event text also st
- Website: https://rumcsi.org/services/obstetrics-and-gynecology/maternity/breastfeeding-and-lactation-consultants/
- Book: https://rumcsi.org/events/virtual-breastfeeding-class-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://rumcsi.org/services/obstetrics-and-gynecology/maternity/breastfeeding-and-lactation-consultants/)

### The Bronx Health Link Breastfeeding Workshop

Bronx Health Link hosted a free breastfeeding workshop and publishes information about lactation clinics and breastfeeding support groups.

- Price: Free (The January 7, 2026 workshop was advertised as free. Other listed lactation consultant services may have…)
- Where: Bronx, 4507 Third Ave, 2nd Floor Community Room, Bronx, NY 10457
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: Documented workshop: January 7, 2026, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM. The source page also describes parent-to-par
- Website: https://www.bronxhealthlink.org/
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bronxhealthlink_join-the-bronx-health-link-inc-for-a-free-activity-7414020917095444480-y8Pv)

### The Mothership

New York-based lactation counseling provides home visits, virtual consultations and phone support for parents using breast, chest, bottle or combination feeding.

- Price: $20–$200 per session (30-minute phone support $20; 60-minute virtual counseling $60; initial home visit $200; follow-up home visit…)
- Where: Harlem, Manhattan (also online), 6 East 116th Street Unit CS, New York, NY 10029
- For: Pregnancy, After birth
- When: By appointment; provider booking calendar displays September 2026.
- Website: https://themothershipnyc.com/lactation
- Book: https://themothershipnyc.com/lactationscheduling
- Checked: 2026-10-07 (source: https://themothershipnyc.com/lactation)