The Good Latch Cat

02/23/2026

Good morning Mamas! 💜 we have 3 breastfeeding cafes happening this week! Remember, you don’t need to have any issues-come out and meet some new Mama friends! 🫶🏼 ☕️

-Cat Xx

We have three opportunities for breastfeeding support this week. Will you join us?

💗 Tuesday - Mohawk Valley Lactation is at Dunham Library in Whitesboro from 10 - 12

🤱 Wednesday - The Good Latch Cat is at the Ilion Library from 10 - 12

📱 Wednesday evening - Join LLL leader, Chris, for virtual support on Zoom from 6 - 7:30

Zoom Details:
Meeting ID: 837 0750 8686
Password: 760504

If you need more details, please comment or send a message. We hope to see you this week! 🫶

02/17/2026

When a Father takes the time to write a review… it hits differently.

Breastfeeding is not just a Mother’s journey-it’s a family journey.

And having a supportive partner in the room, asking questions, learning, encouraging, protecting that feeding space-it changes everything…

One of the most powerful parts of my work is seeing partners fully present during our consults. Sitting beside her. Listening closely. Wanting to understand latch, supply, positioning, not because they have to, but because they love her and their baby 💜💜💜
Especially when baby arrives Earthside, I love bringing Dad in close to see what I’m doing to support Mama and remind him that he can do the same 🫶🏼

In his review, the Dad shared something that meant so much to me-that the emotional support I offer cannot be replicated 🥹😭🥹😭 That right there… that’s the heart of my work 🙏

Yes, we work on latch.
Yes, we talk milk transfer and feeding plans.
Yes, we make adjustments and strategies.

But what I truly hold space for is the emotional experience of becoming parents. The vulnerability. The exhaustion. The questioning. The identity shift.

And when a Father sees that, when he recognizes that support is not just clinical but deeply human….it tells me we did this together.

To the partners who show up: you matter more than you know!

To the Fathers who advocate for the Mothers of their children: Thank You!

And to this particular dad, your words meant the world to me.

This is why I do what I do. 🫶🏼💜

02/16/2026

Preparing for breastfeeding doesn’t begin when your baby arrives Earthside… it begins in the sacred season of becoming Mama…

This photo was taken while I was pregnant with Luke at my yoga teacher training retreat in the mountains of Arizona. There were three of us Mamas expecting, all due within months of one another. It felt Divinely timed.

There was a moment I’ll never forget, when I look back it was very much like a blessing-way. A ceremony for the expectant Mama, to empower her with strength, confidence, and community love for her upcoming birth. Many women gathered around me, placing their hands on my belly, my shoulders, my feet, pouring their blessings over me… it was beautiful. I felt held, loved and supported.

Every day before the sun rose, we sat in prayer together. We had a ritual fire where we wrote down the limiting beliefs we carried about ourselves and burned them, releasing what no longer served us. I could go on about this experience.

Fun fact about the other pregnant Mamas and I: all three of our babies were born on the 26th day of their birth months! 🥰🙏

That experience shaped me. It taught me that how we prepare matters. That being witnessed matters. That stepping into Mamahood is spiritual work.

Now, when I support my prenatal clients, we prepare for breastfeeding with that same intention: clearing fear, building confidence, and grounding into trust before baby ever takes their first breath…

Birth is sacred. Feeding your baby is sacred. And you deserve to feel prepared for both.

This week I have prenatal Mama clients in labor as we speak 🥰🥰🥰 the support already set in place, as it’s meant to be 💜

You can book with me today-message me at 315-316-2977 or book online www.TheGoodLatchCat.com

Love,
Cat Xx

02/14/2026

Hey Mamas! Please reach out to my mentor Ania if you have an abundance of milk that you can donate to a family in need 🩷❤️💚🧡💙💜💛

02/12/2026

✨ 💜Another year around the sun💜 ✨

Let me reintroduce myself.
I’m Cat. An IBCLC in private practice. A Mother to my sweet boy, Luke. A woman whose life and work have been shaped by deep love, growth, grief, and resilience.

I nursed my son for 3.5 years- a sacred, demanding, life-altering devotion that rewired my body and my soul. It taught me that feeding a baby is never just about feeding a baby. It’s a deep, sacred bond between Mother and Child. It’s ancient, beautiful, and Holy…

When our lives shifted in 2017, our whole worlds began experiencing earthquakes daily, I’m talking magnitude 7 quakes. It was breastfeeding that kept us grounded. And I remember thinking I’ve only really heard about the nutritional benefits of breastfeeding. But the bond. This sacred bond was rarely spoken about…and it was everything to my son and I.

I became passionate about helping other Mamas when I had to go back into the workforce. Luke was 2 and I promised myself that whatever work I was going to do, will be worth my time away from him and it will be something I’m passionate about.

Cue the Universe aligning me into one of my souls purposes here on Earth.

My friend told me that WIC was hiring a breastfeeding counselor for Herkimer County. I decided to check it out….

2 interviews later and one month of PC training-I received my first caseload of Mamas. A couple hundred at least ( that was just for the first few months before it started to grow!) And it wasn’t long after when I realized ohhhh, this, this right here is where I’m called to be…

7 years later, I’m now board certified running my own private practice. I have the work life balance I’ve dreamed of and serving others which my heart has always called me to do. It took awhile to figure it out! 30+ years! Serving Mamas and babes, I couldn’t be happier 🥰 It’s funny how when we root ourselves in our self worth, the Universe meets us there and opens up doors we didn’t even know were waiting…

My reach continues to grow and now I’m serving in the infertility world-a very underserved population with very little support. I host free monthly pregnancy loss support groups Coffee and Grief which have been so healing ❤️‍🩹 as I walk my own path of secondary infertility, openly, honestly, and sharing that journey through my VLOGs Becoming Mama Again | Cat’s Journey on YouTube. Not for sympathy. For truth. For the women quietly carrying hope and heartbreak in the same breath.

The silence that we deal with every moment of every day is heavy.

But these spaces make room for us to breathe and heal. A space for grief to be spoken, witnessed and honored. No fixing. No rushing. Just community. Most importantly, we are together. Never alone.

This year, my 40th year here on Earth, I’m choosing expansion over contraction.
Presence over perfection.
Depth over ease.

I’m here for the becoming.
I’m here for the beautiful mess.
I’m here for Mothering the Mothers- including myself.

Thank you for walking this path with me.
Here’s to another year of truth, evolving and bold becoming. 💜🫶🏼

02/11/2026

Just in January 2026, I’ve supported Mamas and Babes across: Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Cicero, Hamilton, Waterville, Taberg, Poland, Cold Brook 💜

Are these accurate depictions of where they’re actually located on a map? Definitely not 😆

But do I travel this far and farther? Yes ma’am! All the time!

Every so often I get asked, “Will you ever stop doing home visits?”

And honestly? I hope not.

The drive is meditative for me (I just drove to Kentucky last week with my mentor! 😆) but more importantly, it means Mama doesn’t have to leave her home. In those early postpartum days, comfort matters. Home matters. Feeling safe and supported matter 🫶🏼

Traveling to my Mamas creates deeper trust, connection, and care…the kind that can’t be rushed or replicated.

Near or far, I’ll keep driving. I’ll keep showing up. I’ll keep Mothering the Mothers. 🚗 💜🫶🏼

-Cat Xx

02/10/2026

Grateful for Mama reviews like this one 🥰her breastfeeding journey with baby #2 was a vastly different experience after choosing to add professional lactation support her to prenatal care team. Proof that proper support changes everything! 💜

~Cat Xx

02/09/2026

Hey Mamas 💜

There are TWO Spots Left For This Week!
🏠Home or 💻Telehealth

I offer comprehensive lactation care in but not limited to:

✨Latch, Positioning, Pumping
💫Low Milk Supply
🌸Back to Work
✨Flange Sizing
🍼Bottle Refusal
💫Combo Feeding

Whatever you're going through right now-The Good Latch Cat has got your back! 💜

Many major insurances accepted!

Message or Email at: 315-316-2977 or Catherine@TheGoodLatchCat.com

www.TheGoodLatch.com

02/06/2026

This was an awesome start to my 39th birthday last year! Serving Olympian Erin Hamlin is definitely one of the highlights of my career🏅 🇺🇸 Congratulations Erin on serving as a luge analyst in Italy this year! So excited for this year’s team events! ⛷️🏂 ⛸️ Let’s go Team USA! 💪🏼🎉

02/04/2026

Ok I’m jumping on this caricature bandwagon!

At first it had a b**b pillow and then it was all like oh wait no this violates our rules around nudity, sexual content, etc…🤣

Uh huh.

Anywayyy!

I’m diggin’ “IBCLC caricature Cat”!

She’s there for you when Google, TikTok, and your well-meaning aunt just aren’t cutting it 🤣

Empowering Mamas with knowledge to feel confident, calm, and supported on their lactation journeys—coffee is always encouraged ☕💜 Let’s go! 💪🏼

Oh and that pump is interesting too 🧐 😆

01/28/2026

❄️ Ilion Café Canceled For Today Mamas! ❄️

There is a flood warning until noon due to an ice jam near Newport/West Canada Creek so please be safe and stay off the roads today. My son’s school is currently on a 2 hour delay.

Stay safe out there Mamas! 💜🫶🏼🥶

-Cat Xx

01/27/2026

Breastfeeding Café tomorrow at the Ilion Library from 10 am - 12 pm 💜 ☕️

My first mentor Susie Niedzielski hosted this cafe what seems like a lifetime ago with a few other breastfeeding support Mamas. At the time I was working as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor at WIC and we were allowed to attend these cafés and counsel our Mamas if they attended. Susie always brought so much light and love to the cafes. She would call me over whenever she was helping a Mama “Catherine come over here for a minute. Let me show you something.” And she would go on to teach me. Susie was a breastfeeding guru and I would refer to her all the time. I remember at cafe she said I would become an IBCLC too one day. I laughed and thought no way.

She planted that Divine seed 🌱 💜

Unfortunately, she passed away before I became board certified but I have no doubt that she knows 🙏 she totally knows.

People ask me if I live in the valley. I tell them no but this is where it all started for me. And this café especially will always have a special place in my heart for so many reasons…

Susie “Thank you for living life with love. Thank you for lifting people up. Thank you for all the good you’ve done. You’ve made a difference.”

Love,
-Cat Xx