Resources
Lactation and Breastfeeding Help
Community Healthcare
National Breastfeeding Helpline
p: (800) 994-9662
Hours: M-F 9 AM-6 PM
- A blog packed with expert tips for nursing mothers.
Education
Breast Pump Rentals
- p: (845) 783-6678
- Fax (845) 783-1173
World Wide Surgical (Brooklyn)
- p: 877-605-6005
- p: (855) 87-YUMMY
- Fax (855) 291-5930
Lactation and Breastfeeding Help
La Leche League
Medication Safety
Dr. Hale’s hotline: (806)-352-2519 or go to www.infantrisk.com
Lactation Study Center: 585-275-0088 (for providers of care) or email [email protected]
Mother to Baby (for patients): Call (585) 275-3638 or 1 (844) 352-3420 (toll-free) or email [email protected]
Breastfeeding Coalitions and Networks
New York
Columbia Greene Breastfeeding Task Force
Contact: Mary at [email protected]
Dutchess County Breastfeeding Coalition
Pivotal Public Health Partnership
Maternal Infant Services Network Inc
New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition
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Rochester Regional Breastfeeding Coalition
Sullivan County Breastfeeding Coalition
Contact: Stephanie at 845-492-9027
New Jersey
Connecticut
Vermont
BIPOC
Local Organizations in New York State and Westchester Area
- Ancient Song Doula Services is an international doula certifying organization founded in the Fall of 2008 in Brooklyn, New York with the goal to offer quality Doula Services to Women of Color and Low- Income Families who otherwise would not be able to afford Doula Care and training a workforce of full-spectrum doulas to address health inequities within the communities they want to serve.
- Join this in person support group for breastfeeding individuals. Trained professionals provide practical breastfeeding support, including assistance with latching and milk supply.
- Birth Net is a birth justice organization dedicated to eliminating inequities in birth outcomes for all childbearing individuals and ensuring that every birthing family receives respectful, supportive maternity and infant care.
- Everyone deserves an empowered birth experience where they are honored and respected for who they are, not treated differently, disrespectfully, or inadequately because of who they are.
- Bold Doula strives to support: teens, same-sex partners, C-Sections, VBAC's, members of the armed services, first-time mothers, single mothers, inductions, plus-size pregnancies, high-risk, and special needs pregnancies. Bold Doula has experience in home births, birth centers, and hospital environments.
Chocolate Milk Cafe (Brooklyn, Bronx, Yonkers)
- Sacred space for families part of the African Diaspora.
- Lauren J. Turner produces powerful and beautiful artwork of black women birthing and breastfeeding.
- MidHudson Chocolate Milk is a Black-led 501(c)3 non-profit organization that engages in community outreach in the form of informative emotional support. Their focus is maternal mental health, they actively advocate lactation as a form of investment in postpartum care.
Supporting Our Mothers Initiative
- Charline is a proud NICU mom and Owner of Supporting Our Mothers Initiative, LLC a company created to address the needs of birthing individuals in Queens, NY and beyond. She is a School Counselor, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Full Spectrum Doula, and Lactivist.
National Organizations
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance. That centers Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.
Black Mother’s Breastfeeding Association
- The mission of the Black Breastfeeding Caucus is to mobilize families, communities, and public/private institutions to create strategies, make decisions and implement action steps that result in equitable breastfeeding support for black families.
African American Breastfeeding Network
- AABN’s mission is to promote breastfeeding as the natural and the best way to provide optimal nourishment to babies and young children.
- Eliminate the stigma against breastfeeding in Black communities
- Educate Black communities about the importance of breastfeeding
- Educate Black families on the elements of breastfeeding
- Support Black breastfeeding families on their breastfeeding journeys
- Increase the visibility of Black breastfeeding families in our communities
- Improve the rates of breastfeeding in Black communities
Facebook Groups
Virtual Support
National Breastfeeding Helpline
p: (800) 994-9662
Hours: M-F 9 AM-6 PM
- A blog filled with well-informed tips for nursing mothers