New York Lactation
Consultant Association

• Services
  • Prenatal Classes
  • Breastfeeding Groups
  • Office Visits
  • Home Visits
  • Human Donor Milk
• Credentials
  • Lactation
  • Education
  • Health Care

• Membership
• Become a Member
• List Services
• Internships
• Publications

• Members
• Executive Board
• Coordinators
• Liaisons
• Committees
• Standards
  • Bill of Rights
  • Terms of Agreement
  • Complaints

Information About Services for Parents

If you are expecting, a prenatal class may help you to set the stage for a healthy breastfeeding relationship. If your baby has (or babies have) already arrived, attending a breastfeeding group may provide you with reassurance as you learn how to breastfeed. If you encounter more significant problems feeding your baby, you may appreciate the increased attention and focus that a lactation consultant is able to provide during a private consultation in your home or at her/his office. If you have a special circumstance that might require donor milk or if you have a surplus of milk that you want to donate, you may want to find out more about milk banks and local availability.

The New York Lactation Consultant Association (NYLCA) has members who offer services in

• all five boroughs of New York City
• many of the counties in the TriState Area
  • New York: Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester Counties,
  • New Jersey: Hudson and Bergen Counties, and
  • Connecticut: Fairfield County

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Check out what the New York Times has to say about one of our "Breast Whisperers" in Brooklyn and about how hospital lactation consultants work with diverse population of mothers in Queens.

If you happen to be a grandparent, helping your son or daughter with your new grandchild (or grandchildren) we congratulate you and thank you for your interest in breastfeeding. The New York State Department of Health considers grandparents so important that they have included a grandmother in their new breastfeeding campaign.

If you work with breastfeeding families, find out what we offer providers of breastfeeding care.

Parent Advisories

Issue 1: The FDA has put out warnings about a milk thickener known as Simply Thick. If you are feeding this to your baby, please read the advisory about this may be dangerous for early babies and share this with your baby's practitioner.

Issue 2: The CDC announced that clinicians should use the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts to assess the growth of infants up to age 2. These charts are based on breastfeeding as the normal standard for growth for all infants.

Issue 3: The September 2010 recall of 5 million cans of formula was anxiety provoking for parents who fed formula to their babies. If you feed your baby some formula, check the Food and Drug Administration's latest information on formula recalls and make sure to check expiration dates as well. If you need help to reduce your use of formula, feel free to check out our services.

Issue 4: : Some companies that market formula also market "feeding experts" that they claim are "lactation consultants". The term "lactation consultant" is not trademarked. Anyone can claim to be a lactation consultant. No one can claim to be an International "Board Certified" Lactation Consultant without meeting the rigorous criteria of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). NYLCA has verified that all the lactation consultants on this website are cerified by the IBLCE as of January 2011. Furthermore, NYLCA reinforces the IBLCE requirement to follow the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes by requiring any service provider on this website follow this code. Following this Code ensures that recommendations are based on your baby's needs, not on the need to sell a product.