feeding support
for every body & every baby
Brooklyn | Bronx | Manhattan | Queens | Beyond
Our Approach
At Ora Feeding, formerly Grace Infant Feeding Support, our team of highly trained lactation consultants and counselors offers evidence-based care and skilled infant feeding support to families in New York City and beyond. We empower families to achieve their feeding goals through identifying the root causes of the challenges they face.
Our comprehensive approach includes strong collaborative relationships with pediatricians, ENTs, physical therapists, osteopaths, and other providers who specialize in infant feeding.
We believe there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to infant feeding. Our goal is to help families make informed, sustainable decisions by prioritizing their unique wants and needs.
Support for every body & every baby
At Ora Feeding, we are here to support you, regardless of how you want or need to feed your baby. When you work with Ora, the feeding plan we create with you is an ongoing conversation, free of judgment and mandates.
In-person and telehealth options
We will travel to your home in all 5 boroughs and beyond. We also have offices conveniently located in Crown Heights and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, Ridgewood in Queens, as well as Bedford Park in the Bronx.
After an initial consult in-person, we can also do telehealth for your convenience!
Telehealth is also available to families seeking support from outside of New York and the United States.
Our Providers
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Co-Founder & IBCLC
Office Visits: Crown Heights
Home Visits: Brooklyn, Manhattan (below 125th)
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Co-Founder & IBCLC
Office Visits: Crown Heights
Home Visits: Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan
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Lactation Provider (CBC, IBCLC Candidate 2025)
Office Visits: Carroll Gardens
Home Visits: Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan
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Lactation Provider (CBC, IBCLC Candidate 2025)
Office Visits: Crown Heights
Home Visits: All 5 Boroughs, New Jersey & Long Island
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Lactation Provider (IBCLC)
Office Visits: Norwood (The Bronx)
Home Visits: Bronx, Uptown Manhattan, northern Queens, Northern New Jersey, lower Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam
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Lactation Provider (IBCLC)
Office Visits: Limited availability upon request
Home Visits: Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, Queens
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Lactation Provider (IBCLC)
Office Visits: Limited availability upon request
Home Visits: Queens, Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn
Our Services
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Our prenatal telehealths include more than the lactation basics! We take a full gestational parent health history & screen for health conditions that could impact nursing and/or milk supply. Our prenatals are tailored to your goals, but generally include information & instruction on colostrum harvesting, what to expect during your baby’s first week of life, and proper latching technique & positioning.
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From the comfort of your home, we provide you with goals-based feeding support, tailored to your specific needs and challenges. Our providers bring a precise scale with them to do a weighted feed. They also assess your baby’s reflexes, suck, and oral anatomy. Whether you would like to exclusively bodyfeed, exclusively formula feed, or combination feed, we help you design a sustainable feeding plan that works for you and your family.
Please note: there is a travel fee associated with all home visits, even if you live near one of our office locations.
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In our offices in Brooklyn and the Bronx, we provide you with goals-based feeding support, tailored to your specific needs and challenges. Our providers will use a precise scale to do a weighted feed. They will also assess your baby’s reflexes, suck, and oral anatomy. Whether you would like to exclusively bodyfeed, exclusively formula feed, or combination feed, we help you design a sustainable feeding plan that works for you and your family.
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For parents who are exclusively pumping, including those with babies in the NICU, as well as parents who are returning to work, we provide telehealth support to help you design a sustainable plan that works for you and your family.
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![Black and white photo of Grace MacNair, IBCLC smiling on white background.]()
“Grace is amazing. Thorough. Knowledgeable about physiology and data backed approaches. She changed my views on what lactation consultants are. She has not only been vital to our breastfeeding journey, but also to my baby’s future oral functioning and health.”
- Sarah
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![Black and white photo of Yukari Li, IBCLC smiling on white background.]()
“Yukari was incredible. I’m so glad I scheduled the visit with her. I learned so much and felt supported and completely not judged as I juggled multiple feeding issues with a premature baby. She was professional, compassionate, kind, and so knowledgeable.”
-Amy
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![Black and white photo of Guramrit LeBron, CLC smiling on white background.]()
“Guramrit was so attentive and thorough with her assessment! I felt heard, well cared for, and empowered to apply what I learned to address my breastfeeding difficulties. My daughter had a tongue tie revision but no improvement in feeding despite all stretches and exercises. I contacted the [Ora Feeding] group when I didn't know what else to try and Guramrit was very helpful in identifying [what] was causing nipple pain."
-Thais
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![Black and white photo of Emma McCabe, CBC smiling on white background.]()
“Emma was incredible! Not only did she help me figure out my baby's needs, she also made me feel more confident as a mother and [about] my instincts! Could not recommend her enough!”
-Holland
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“I could not have been happier with my choice. Simone is kind, caring and so knowledgeable. She really worked with me on nursing my daughter, which was my biggest priority... Not only did she help during our sessions, but was always available [for follow-up questions]. She also is the only person who noticed my daughter's tongue tie and was very useful before, during and after the frenectomy procedure. Simone continues to check in, even at 4 months postpartum, and I'm so lucky that she was able to be a part of this experience with me.”
-Rachel
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![Black and white photo of Cori Pleune, CBC smiling on white background.]()
“Cori is an invaluable resource. She provided hands on feedback and discussed future plans for moving forward as things change. She also followed up with written notes from our visit as summary which is helpful for new parents."
-Samantha
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![Black and white photo of Clare Gagne, IBCLC smiling on white background.]()
“As a first time mom I expected there to be a learning curve, but never expected that breastfeeding could be so difficult...Clare helped us get our latch down, made adjustments and recommendations when my milk came in, taught us to cup feed when my daughter couldn’t latch because of engorgement, helped me figure out how and when to use a pump and eventually guided us through introducing a bottle. As a new mom it is easy to get discouraged and feel like you are failing, and Clare was always so calm, gentle, understanding and supportive. We cannot recommend her enough!”
-Julia
FAQs
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At this time, our practice is in-network with Aetna and select plans of United Healthcare.
For all other plans, you must pay out of pocket, but we will submit the claim and supporting documentation to your insurance company on your behalf so that hopefully you can get some direct reimbursement!
Please reach out to our practice administrator, Jenna Meyer, if you have questions about your insurance coverage.
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Due to the unpredictable nature of birth, we do not book postpartum visits in advance. However, we would be happy to pre-register you while you are pregnant so that the process is faster and easier once baby arrives. Click here to start the pre-registration process.
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Our providers tend to book out a few days to a few weeks in advance. We encourage you to reach out right away, as with cancellations, we can sometimes get new patients in on very short notice.
In general, the more flexibility you have about which provider you see and at which location you are seen (office vs. home), the faster and easier it is to schedule an appointment!
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While not all lactation providers at Ora Feeding have the IBCLC certification yet, we only work with providers who are already operating at the highest level of skill when it comes to lactation and infant feeding.
All providers work very closely with co-founders and IBCLCs Grace and Yukari, who will oversee your case. The providers participate in ongoing training and mentoring with the co-founders, engage in continuing education in the field of lactation.
No matter who you work with at Ora Feeding, you will be in skilled hands!
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For patients who live in and around NYC, we only do telehealth for follow-up appointments. For initial appointments, in order to get to the root causes of feeding challenges, the providers need to have as much information as possible. Much of this information can only be gathered with a hands-on approach, so we require the first meeting in-person. We take serious health precautions to minimize the risk for our patients (e.g. wearing masks, washing hands, using nitrile gloves, etc.).
After your initial, in-person meeting, we are happy to schedule follow-ups via telehealth!