There are many resources available online to help with breastfeeding and related topics. Special thanks to Deschutes County WIC for assembling most of this list.
For those planning a hospital birth:
- Materials from the Joint Commission
Many resources for breastfeeding help are available online:
- Kelly mom: Breastfeeding information and more from a mom who is also a lactation consultant
- La Leche League International: A non-profit that provides information and support to nursing mothers
- Breastfeeding: Real stories and great general advice about many breastfeeding issues
- Breastfeeding Inc: Up-to-date information for parents
- Breastfeeding Made Simple: A lactation consultant offers specific guidelines to make breastfeeding easier
- Breastfeeding information: A general guide
- Mothers Overcoming Breastfeeding Issues: Solutions and closure for women who are having difficulty breastfeeding
- Low Milk Supply: Provides information and support to mothers who are experiencing low milk production
- Baby Center: Type in your due date and your baby’s birth date and see how your baby is growing
- Post Partum Depression: Learn more on this topic at this site
- Baby Blues Connection: Help and support when having a new baby is not a joy-filled experience
- Breasts: Information on how breasts are viewed in western culture, their purpose in feeding infants, and a gallery of breast photos
Working and Breastfeeding:
- Work and Pump: Information for mothers combining working outside the home and breastfeeding
- The Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business and Babies — And How You Can, Too.
- Oregon WIC Website: Workplace Support
- Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon: Support one mother to another. Reduced cost breastpumps come with education and support. Help to communicate and advocate for yourself in the workplace as a breastfeeding employee
- Every Mother: OWH is building an online searchable database to promote creative solutions to workplace constraints. Share the story of great companies on this website.
Other Breastfeeding-Related Topics
- Hand Expression information
- Secrets of Baby Behavior
- Attachment Parenting International
- CDC-Breastfeeding
- Office on Women’s Health
- Northwest Mothers Milk Bank: For mothers that want to donate breast milk for babies in need
- United States Breastfeeding Committee: Advocacy information, national breastfeeding news and even more links
- Best for Babes: An online community of support to help mothers avoid “the Booby Traps”
