Breastfeeding

Resources

Find a local board certified Lactation Consultant:

• ZipMilk - found on the NC Breastfeeding Coalition web site: www.ncbfc.org. Enter your zip code for the closest breastfeeding resources.
• International Lactation Consultant Association - updated every 2 weeks.

Support groups:

• An Easy Guide for Breastfeeding for African American Women - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Women's Health.
• La Leche League of N.C.

Special needs infant breastfeeding tips:

• What about breastfeeding? Cleft Palate Foundation.
• Breastfeeding an infant with cleft lip or cleft palate. Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN.
• Is it possible to breastfeed my baby who was born with Down's Syndrome? La Leche League International.
• Breastfeeding your hospitalized Baby. AboutKidsHealth.
• Breastfeeding Premature Infants. La Leche League International.

Breastfeeding multiples:

• I have just learned I am pregnant with twins. What do I need to know to breastfeed under these circumstances? La Leche League International.

Helping teen mothers with breastfeeding:

• Helping Adolescent Mothers Breastfeed. La Leche League International.

Breast milk storage and power outage guidelines:

• Power Outages and Expressed Frozen Milk. The Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington.

Breastfeeding and previous breast surgery:

• Will the breast surgery I had in the past prevent me from being able to breastfeed my baby? La Leche League International.

Human milk banking:

• Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
• WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC

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Other Links

North Carolina

• DHHS Office of Women's Health
• North Carolina Nutrition Services Branch
• WIC Works

DHHS Customer Service Center

1-800-662-7030 (English/ Spanish) 1-877-452-2514 (TTY)

National

• U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
• Common breastfeeding myths - La Leche League International
• Centers for Disease Control - Breastfeeding
• U.S. Breastfeeding Committee
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

For more health information, search MedlinePlus

International

• International Lactation Consultant Association

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Last updated: October 2011