The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

 

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 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 Promotion and Support in WIC

 

Breastfeeding Resources from the California WIC Association

Features a variety of educational and professional breastfeeding resources in English and Spanish.

 

CDC Healthy Worksite Initiative

Includes a lactation support program

 

Dr. Hale's Breastfeeding Newsletter

Subscribe to this newsletter to receive the most recent research on breastfeeding pharmacology

 

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).

 

Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture

Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition

 

In Spanish: Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture

 

International Lactation Consultant Association

 

Information on Infant and Young Child Feeding In Emergencies for UNICEF Offices and Partners

 

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.

 

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.

 

National Alliance of Breastfeeding Advocacy

 

National Breastfeeding Campaign Slide Presentation (PDF)

 

National Women's Health Information Center on Breastfeeding

 

New York State Breastfeeding

Resources page that includes information on breastfeeding grand rounds, best practices, and an interactive learning package

 

Physician Lactation Education Collaborative

A resource of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington, focusing heavily on lactation education for physicians

 

Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge 

 

The Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition

Contains breastfeeding resources for parents and providers, including handouts, as well as advocacy tools and resources for worksite lactation.

 

Toxnet

Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases by the US National Library of Medicine

 

U.S. Breastfeeding Committee

 

WHO Growth Charts 2006

 

 

 

 

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