First Latch & Counseling Inc.

09/29/2025

Did you know that waiting✋ till you feel full 💥before nursing can lower⤵️ your milk production? Empty breasts 🫗make more milk faster⤴️ than full ones!

The Feedback Inhibitor🛑 of Lactation (FIL) kicks in when milk isn't removed. That's great to reduce an oversupply...but can tank⤵️ a full milk supply 💯if feeds are scheduled or delayed⏰, instead of offered when baby shows cues🤭✊😚.

If you've already got a full milk supply and are also pumping after each breastfeed, your body gets the message that you've got twins📈 -- because you're feeding your freezer❄️.

❓Need a prenatal breastfeeding class for more info, or breastfeeding support once your baby is born?📱Schedule a lactation consultation or class in lower Westchester, the Bronx, or Five Towns (LI), NY with Tova Ovits, BA, IBCLC at 718-974-1647 or tova@firstlatch.com, or an office visit in Bergen County, NJ with Jennifer Leopold, LCSW, PMH-C, IBCLC at 917-750-9708 or Jennifer@FirstLatch.com.

09/18/2025

La Leche League of Pelham has an in-person meeting on Friday. https://facebook.com/events/s/lll-of-pelham-meeting-third-fr/759455476896381/

08/26/2025

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ne16ma3pi/

08/08/2025

Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month at the Community Health Center health fair table in Yonkers, with info about the Royal Baby Café.

08/06/2025

Happy Works Breastfeeding Week!

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08/03/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

07/30/2025

Celebrate with La Leche League of Marine Park/Madison virtually on Sunday.

WBW 2025 Virtual Celebration - https://mailchi.mp/57ceaa361a20/wbw-2025-virtual-celebration

Please join us at our La Leche League August VIRTUAL meeting. As always we are hoping to connect with all families interested in human milk feeding and are looking for lactation support at this meeting.

This month we're celebrating World Breastfeeding Week! We welcome you to bring your families to this virtual celebration to speak about how nursing has changed their lives. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sun, 8/3 @ 10am - 12pm

06/20/2025

The World Health Assembly calls on member states to regulate the *digital* marketing of formulas, bottles, and teats, and even mentions social media influencers!

Thank you to the team at International Lactation Consultant Association for their work at the WHA meeting!

06/19/2025

Have you tried this position if you are triple-feeding? (That's bottle feeding, pumping, and nursing when baby is being supplemented and his mom is trying to increase her milk production.)

06/19/2025

Are you ready?? This year marks 14 years of Black Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 25-31) and we are so excited about this year’s theme lifting up our history of community support and the role of community centered organizations in making breast/body feeding work for Black families.

Plus, we may just need to get a bodyfeeding folx line dance going !!! We can’t wait to see what you all do with this year’s theme.

More details coming soon!
Let’s get ready to celebrate!! 🎉 🎿👢🥾

05/27/2025

Have you breastfed in the last 5 years?

Your 30-second story

can help build better support systems!

Tell us: What healthcare support helped you breastfeed, or what did you wish for?

Record here: qr.link/9gpJzR

05/11/2025

Happy Mother's Day to all of you, from all of us at First Latch & Counseling, Inc.

We're here for every stage of your feeding journey, from prenatal classes through weaning, with virtual or home visits in lower Westchester & Five Towns, NY, and office visits in Bergen County, NJ.