Lactation Learning Collective

Offerings

  • Our lactation support groups are 90 minute group meetings led by an IBCLC, International Board Certified Lactation Consultants.

    New families will receive support and guidance in common challenges such as assistance with attaining a more comfortable latch, better positioning baby at the breast, milk transfer/ infant weight gain concerns.

    During the support group, the Lactation Consultant will help assess concerns and make recommendations for ongoing support, if needed.

  • Lactation Learning Collectives aspiring mentorship program aims to offer clinical lactation support hours and mentorship through lactation support group settings.

  • Observation hours available for birthworkers fulfilling an obligation to their certifying organization

  • Sharing local vetted resources in support of lactating families

Lactation Learning Collective’s mission is to create more access to lactation support. We aim to do this by offering access to affordable lactation support groups in communities throughout NYC. Through these groups access for opportunities for aspiring IBCLCs to gain clinical lactation hours toward the requirements to sit for the IBCLC exam.

Growing the access to lactation support from IBCLCs for more families of all socio-economic , and ethnicities throughout NYC especially underserved communities. Growing and expanding the lactation profession by mentoring to all individuals of socio-economic and ethnicities to reflect the diverse community of NYC