Outside Resources
The American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding
Resource Center
This is the breastfeeding
resource center for the AAP, the main professional
organization for America's pediatricians. Included
are resources for families, communities, and health
care professionals
Breastfeeding Advice
Features breastfeeding FAQs,
resources for moms, and an 'Ask an LC' Q&A sessions.
Breastfeeding fact sheets by Jack Newman, MD
Comprehensive Breastfeeding
Information Sheets for parents and professionals!
Topics include beginning to breastfeed, blocked
ducts, bottle feeding, breast compressions, colic,
engorgements, expressing milk, extended nursing, and
almost every other breastfeeding topic imaginable.
Breastfeeding Resources from the California WIC
Association
Features a variety of
educational and professional breastfeeding resources
in English and Spanish.
Dr. Jack Newman's Breastfeeding Resources
This website has information
sheets for parents, new and improved video clips,
and information about ordering materials including
books (one of which is translated into French), a
breastfeeding DVD (English and French), the E-lite
tool for helping mothers learn to help the baby
latch on well, the Game Plan for the first few days
after birth, the breastfeeding decision tree and
more (several tools available in English, French and
Spanish and should be available soon in Portuguese).
Easy Guide to Breastfeeding.
This publication, courtesy of
the Women's Health Information Center, provides
information and encouragement to women on
breastfeeding. It explains the benefits for baby,
mom and society, and also provides frequently asked
questions and answers about breastfeeding. The
guide is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
La
Leche League International
The resources page of LLLI has
a wide variety or resources for parents and
providers, including mother-to-mother forums,
educational materials, and information on
breastfeeding and the law. Resources are available
in several languages.
LactMed- Drugs and Lactation Database
A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of
drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.
Among the data included are maternal and infant
levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed
infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to
consider.
The
Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
Contains breastfeeding
resources for parents and providers, including
handouts, as well as advocacy tools and resources
for worksite lactation.
Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory
Are you interested in
information regarding co-sleeping with your baby,
and how to construct a safe co-sleeping/bed-sharing
environment for your infant?
World Breastfeeding Week
This year's theme for the annual event is: Just Ten
Steps! The Baby-Friendly Way
