Virtual Breastfeeding Support Group
with Stephanie Heintzeler
Join our virtual Lactation Support Group!
Our drop-in virtual support group is a warm and welcoming space where you can find guidance for many common breastfeeding and bottle feeding challenges. Every week, we’ll focus on one topic for about 20 minutes (see below), before diving into your questions (whether they’re related to our topic of the day or not).
These sessions will provide valuable insights, practical strategies, and support to help you navigate your postpartum journey with confidence and care.
ONLINE (via Zoom)
Registration is available until one hour prior to the group. To join, you’ll receive a Zoom link via email 10 minutes before the group starts.
Thursdays from 11:00am - 12:00pm
January 16, 23, 30, and February 6
Drop In: $35
IMPORTANT: Buying a class doesn't automatically enroll you. After purchase, please either sign up via our schedule page or email info@prenatalyogacenter.com for help.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy: Drop in's must be cancelled at least 8 hours prior to class to avoid being charged.
Upcoming Topics
Thursday 1/16: How to up-regulate or down-regulate your milk supply
This session will focus on how to manage your breastmilk production, whether you need to increase or decrease it for your unique postpartum needs. We’ll discuss techniques to naturally boost milk supply and explore methods for reducing milk supply if you’re experiencing an overproduction.
Thursday 1/23: Daily schedule optimization and how to get more sleep during your postpartum weeks
In this session, we’ll delve into the importance of (some) structure during the demanding postpartum period and how optimizing your daily schedule can help you get more rest. We’ll offer practical dvice on creating a flexible yet consistent daily routine that balances newborn care with your own physical and emotional needs.
Thursday 1/30: Mental health and physical recovery from birth
This session will focus on both the emotional and physical healing journey that follows childbirth. We’ll discuss how to recognize and recognize common mental health challenges postpartum, including baby blues, postpartum depression, and anxiety, and explore the importance of seeking help when necessary.
Thursday 2/6: Latching issues and slow weight gain
In this session, we’ll focus on the common issue of latching difficulties, which can interfere with breastfeeding and cause frustration for both parent and baby. We’ll explore various techniques to improve latching, from adjusting positions to ensuring your baby is properly aligned.
Meet Your Facilitator
Please note: Stephanie is an active midwife and doula. In the event she is called in to a birth or is otherwise unavailable, a substitute will be sent in her place.
Stephanie Heintzeler
Stephanie is a German-educated midwife and acupuncturist, as well as a US-certified birth and postpartum doula and lactation consultant (IBCLC). She was born in New York City but raised in Germany, where she found her enthusiasm for midwifery already when she was 12 years old (thanks to her “not-so-little-anymore” brother who was born then. She became a midwife at the midwifery school Black Forest in 2000 and worked in Frankfurt for several years as well as in Munich from 2008-2012.
Stephanie cares for women with all kinds of births- whether her clients choose a hospital birth, birthing center or home birth; she wants them to follow their own intuition about which birth place feels best. Stephanie has seen it all- breech births, many successful VBACs (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean), planned and unplanned c-sections, vaginal twin births and LGBTQ-families.
With her “former midwife-approach” her clients feel taken care of from a holistic-medical perspective. She uses breathing techniques, TENS and positions to open the pelvis as well as her acupuncture background and massage techniques to make birthing as comfortable as possible- whether it is a natural or medicated birth. Using evidence-birth-techniques she and her doula-partner Alice (who is a midwife from the UK) make sure their clients have continuous support during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum weeks. After birth she takes care of her clients for several weeks postpartum to ensure a smooth transition into parenthood, breastfeeding, recovering from birth and their new life as a family.
As of 2023 Stephanie has delivered over 2,500 babies and attended over 3,100 births. She is the founder of the New York Baby where she puts expecting parents/mothers in touch with doulas and baby nurses.