Lactation consultants

Lactation consultants are the backbone of breastfeeding support. They are knowledgeable, experienced and empathetic toward the new mother’s needs. A good lactation consultant is worth her weight in gold (and much cheaper than buying formula for a year!).

We have compiled a list of board-certified (IBCLC) lactation consultants that serve the Chicago area. This listing is not an endorsement of any particular professionals; it is simply a resource list. Be sure to do your homework and interview before you hire! 

• Breastfeeding and Parenting Solutions  (Patricia Berg-Drazin. RLC, IBCLC, CST) Website: www.breastfeedingandparentingsolutions.com email: patricia@breastfeedingandparentingsolutions.com phone: 800 LACTATE/ 800 522 8283 Serving: Most of Chicagoland: As far north as Zion/Benton, as far south as Hyde Park, and as far west as Palatine Services: lactation consultant, certified craniosacral therapist, trained in lymphatic drainage and visceral manipulation.

• The Art of Breastfeeding (Cynthia Guzman, IBCLC, RLC and Peggy Healy, LSW, IBCLC, RLC) Website: www.artofbreastfeeding.com e-mail: cynthia@artofbreastfeeding.com and peggy@artofbreastfeeding.com phone: 773-420-7524 Service area: Chicago and surrounding suburbs – Chicago: all of the Northside, Loop and West/South Loop, suburbs: north to around Wilmette, northwest to Arlington Heights, southwest to Elmhurst, and south to Oak Park/Forest Park Services: home visits, phone consultations, pump rentals and sales, bra sales (we’re trying to clear out our inventory, so bras are currently ON SALE until we don’t have any left). We specialize in breastfeeding support, working to connect moms with their babies through breastfeeding. Peggy is also a perinatal social worker, and Cyndi is an energy healer and child/parent mentor.

• Nurturing Transitions: Lactation Consultation and Birth Doula Services (Marcia Barritt CLC, IBCLC, RLC, CD (DONA), ICEA ICD ICCE, LCCE.) e-mail: marciadoula_nurturingtransitions@yahoo.com, phones: (262) 782-6814 H. # and (262) 853- 6267 C.#,  Specialty area: general breastfeeding support, establishing milk supply, returning to work, first few days after birth, planning your birth to ensure breastfeeding will go well, telephone counseling and home visits with mama and baby, independent breastfeeding classes during pregnancy, birth doula service package includes breastfeeding classes, home visits and telephone counseling, Service area: Northern Chicago suburbs and WI / IL state line area.

• Chicagoland Breastfeeding (Sheila Zagone BA, IBCLC, RLC, Beth Bejnarowicz, BA, IBCLC, RLC, CLS, PCD(DONA), Tracy Torgerson MS, IBCLC, RLC) website: www.chicagolandbreastfeeding.com email: info@chicagolandbreastfeeding.com phone: 1-888-570-3878 Service area: Chicago, Chicago area, Chicago’s near and far Suburbs and southern Wisconsin Services: We provide expert support, help and information with our combined experience in lactation of over 53 years.

• BB Babies (Beth Bejnarowicz BA, IBCLC, RLC, CLS, PCD(DONA)) website: www.bbbabies.org email: bbbabies1@gmail.com phone:
  847-987-8079 Service area: 35 miles surrounding the Lake Zurich and Barrington, Illinois areas Services: Provides expert lactation support or postpartum doula support, including lactation support.

• New Mother New Baby (Gail Macklin, RN, BSN, IBCLC) website: www.newmothernewbaby.com email: gail@newmothernewbaby.com phone: 847-272-1500 Service area: onsite in their Northbrook store Services: We are the largest lactation center in the Chicago Area offering many types of lactation services to moms in Chicago and suburbs including on-site Lactation Consultations, Breastfeeding Suport Groups, Twins groups, Corporate Lactation, Pump Rentals, sales and parts etc. We are also the only Certified Nursing Center in IL. We staff LC’s onsite 7 days a week.

• Lactation Partners (Kathy Lipke, RN, BSN, IBCLC & Judy Teibloom-Mishkin, RN, BSN, IBCLC), website: www.lactationpartners.com phone: 847-679-5358 service area: the city of Chicago including the west & south loop, the northern suburbs to Lake Forest, and west to Arlington Heights Services: We each have more than 20 years of practice as board certified lactation consultants & maternal-child nurses; we provide expert support in all matters of lactation as well as postpartum support, transition to motherhood, and newborn care.  Our goal is to promote new families’ growth and development in their early days at home, support maternal choice, and nurture new parents so they are available to their newborns.  We promote the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of new mothers and families and support the process of attachment between parents and their newborns.

• Lactation Education Services (Katy Lebbing, BS, IBCLC, RLC, Sue Prado, BA, LLLL, Sheila Zagone, BA, IBCLC, RLC, Tracy Torgerson, MS, IBCLC, RLC) website: www.lactationeducationservices.com phone: 630-833-1248 email: info@lactationeducationservices.com service area: Western suburbs of Chicago services: Home visits, Office visits. Prenatal Breastfeeding Classes, Working and Breastfeeding Classes, Hospital grade pumps and pump parts, Lactation Supplies

• Currently Breastfeeding Lactation Services (Jennifer Anderson, BA, IBCLC, RLC) website: www.currentlybreastfeeding.com email: jen@currentlybreastfeeding.com and tricia@currentlybreastfeeding.com phone: 847-284-4482 service area: NW suburbs, including Roselle, Schaumburg, and surrounding areas. services: home visits, phone consultations, private or group classes, workplace lactation, back-to-work counseling, and employer support.

• Mothers Express (Assunta Osterholt, BS, IBCLC, Doula) phone: 708/756-3640 email: assuntaosterholt@yahoo.com serving: Chicago South, Southern Suburbs, and Northwest Indiana. services: I have been helping moms for over 25 years in hospitals, clinics, and homes. Lactation Consultations, breastpump rentals and sales. Labor and Postpartum doula services. My doula studies come from Chicago Health Connect-One, The Farm, and Maternidad La Luz.  I speak English, Italian and Spanish.

• Palace of Mommies Milk ™ (Angelique Muhammad,MSN,RN,IBCLC) www.palaceofmommiesmilk.com email info@palaceofmommiesmilk.com, phone 773-798-3086 Service area: Most of City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs; Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Oak Park, Forest Park, and River forest. Services: Welcome to Palace of Mommies Milk ™ where we care for the mother so she can care for her baby. Our Motto “Common Love Common Expression. We provide complimentary prenatal lactation consultations (see website Palace services for details), post-delivery Lactation Consultations, breastfeeding support products/intimate breastfeeding apparel and our weekly Blog “Expressions in the Palace.”

If you are a board-certified lactation consultant, please contact us so that we can list you. There is no fee for this listing. breastfeedchicago@yahoo.com