City Lactation
IBCLCs in New York City
In-Network with Aetna, United Healthcare & Anthem BCBS
Breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and infant feeding support in Queens & Brooklyn. Virtual too!
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Home Visits
Available in Queens and Brooklyn. We bring a scale for weighted feeds and will support you and your family to meet your individual goals.
“The moment Annie walked into my home, she carried with her a sense of calm, professionalism, and assurance. As a first time mom, the hormones, the anxiety, and uncertainty was overflowing. Annie helped ease all concerns and gave me the confidence I had been lacking. My mom and Annie sat on the floor of the nursery as I nursed my son and it was within that moment that we exchanged tears of raw emotion. I had never cried so openly with a stranger but Annie didn’t feel like one at all. I am grateful for the opportunity and serendipitous turn of events that lead to our session! I hope to work with Annie again!”
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Office Visits
Located inside Earth + Sky Healing Arts in Long Island City, our office has everything you need to feel comfortable and relaxed while working on breastfeeding with us. We have a scale for weighted feeds, a changing table, and room for you and your support person.
“It was a great pleasure to work with Annie for both my children. She provided great information and help in the early days of parenthood when it’s hard to make sense of a lot of what’s going in. She is a great listener and always give you the support needed to do what’s best for you and baby. Her knowledge is so deep and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to work with a lactation consultant”
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Virtual Consults
When in person isn’t an option, we can connect using our HIPAA compliant platform and work together on your goals.
“It was a great pleasure to work with Annie for both my children. She provided great information and help in the early days of parenthood when it’s hard to make sense of a lot of what’s going in. She is a great listener and always give you the support needed to do what’s best for you and baby. Her knowledge is so deep and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to work with a lactation consultant.”
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Prenatal & Induced Lactation Consults
Available virtually and in our office. We help you prepare for breastfeeding/chestfeeding so that you can be ready when your baby arrives. If you’re inducing lactation for a baby you’re not carrying, we can help with that, too!
“During my prenatal visit, I was immediately put at ease. I did not feel awkward. Even through zoom, the compassion came through and it did not feel like I was talking to a stranger. The amount of information was amazing, and I did not feel alone in this breastfeeding journey. I had a horrible experience trying to breastfeed my first child and for nearly three years, I have struggled with guilt over that experience. Yet for the first time, I realize that I was not doing anything wrong; rather, I lacked the support system I needed. I do not know what is going to happen when my baby is born; however, I am more comfortable and confident, and I will definitely use City Lactation after the birth.”
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Annie is kind, compassionate, experienced, and very thorough. As a first-time mom whose baby was in the NICU I felt very overwhelmed with feeding my baby. I had always envisioned having a strong breast feeding relationship with my baby but he would not latch. I was not producing enough milk and had to supplement with formula. Annie did not make me feel guilty for supplementing with formula and taught me ways to increase my breast milk supply. She also introduced several methods to make latching easier for my baby. She also identified a tongue tie that my pediatrician did not find as my baby was gaining weight on his own. She made a recommendation for an excellent surgeon and speech pathologist. I HIGHLY recommend Annie's expertise to a mom looking for lactation support. Annie is an expert in her field and will make you feel comfortable.
Tricia
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Kara is the best of the best. Kara brings extensive knowledge and skill along with acute awareness and empathy. She listens and connects to your needs- which is vital given how emotional and vulnerable I have been when I needed her support. I wish I could work with her more, but she helped me work through my issues pretty quickly and easily. I wish more of my healthcare professionals were like her.
Leia
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Annie has been a tremendous help to our growing family. We're so grateful for her. Annie is full of knowledge and helpful, giving us an abundance of tools, advice, and guidance we needed to navigate through the first few months with our newborn. She helped put all our worries and concerns at ease. Having Annie by our side gave us the confidence to make better informed decisions on how we wanted to raise and nurture our newborn baby. Thank you!
Eileen
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We are so grateful for the experience of working with Kara! She is incredibly knowledgeable, thoughtful, and above all affirming. As a first time mom, I definitely lacked confidence as I started breastfeeding -- but Kara not only gave me excellent information, she gave me the self-assurance I needed through her supportive coaching and positive support. She offered excellent resources, recommendations, and a high quality network of NYC professionals to help with our son's tongue tie. With her help, I feel so much more prepared to continue this breastfeeding journey, I can't recommend her highly enough!
Hal
About City Lactation
City Lactation is inclusive and anti-racist. We value privacy and informed consent. We believe that babies are people. We affirm that pumping IS breastfeeding. We actively pursue continuing education in clinical skills, ethics, trauma informed care, cultural humility, and equity.
“It was such a pleasure working with Annie. She has a calm and soothing presence to her and she is an incredibly knowledgeable professional. I was blown away by how helpful it was to meet and chat with her. Annie is an excellent and openminded listener; during our meetings she carefully listened to my experiences and questions and was able to provide me with a variety of helpful tips, advice, recommendations and demonstrations. Annie is truly wonderful to work with and I highly recommend her.”
— Julie
City Lactation Clients Say…
“Loved working with Annie! She is incredibly knowledgeable and took time to explain the background/science behind the challenges we were having, instead of just jumping to recommended solutions. Her care plans were extremely detailed and I found the resources she shared very helpful. I also really appreciated that she met me where I was in the breastfeeding journey - exclusive breastfeeding wasn't working for our family, so she helped me figure out how to get the most out of breastfeeding and formula in combination (not the kind of empathy I experienced with other lactation consultants).”
— M
"Kara is one of a kind. She has a kind and peaceful heart. She takes her time and is able to feel the energy in the room. Her knowledge in lactation is fantastic. She never left a question unanswered."— Katherine
Kara was a crucial part of our breastfeeding journey. With her guidance and care we were able to meet our goals and maintain our sanity! My only regret is not engaging with Kara our first week at home.— Carmel
“Annie was a godsend right on time. She listened, affirmed, and provided options much like, or even better than, a therapist. We were provided with several tools, tips, resources, and referrals to help both me and my daughter in the breastfeeding journey. I didn't know that this journey would be a physical one, as well as a mental and emotional one, and I feel more confident and prepared to support myself and my little one.”
— Leconte