Below are resources for both Families and Healthcare Practitioners.
Web Links for families
Breastfeeding Made Simple—also a good book, by Mohrbacher and Kendall-Tackett
- The case for breastfeeding
- Videos showing how babies look for and find the breast
- Common challenges
- The “seven natural laws”–NOT rules, just the laws of nature
KellyMom.com—Lots of good info about breastfeeding and parenting
Stanford University Breastfeeding Videos
Women’sHealth.Gov Breastfeeding pages
Women’sHealth.Gov Your Guide to Breastfeeding (pdf)
Web Links for healthcare professionals
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol
American Academy of Pediatrics, breastfeeding pages for pediatricians
AAP Breastfeeding Residency Curriculum
AAP Policy Statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, 2005
The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
US National Library of Medicine LactMed–NIH/NLM/Toxnet resource for looking at medications in mother’s milk
The International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation
International Lactation Consultant Association
UNICEF Breastfeeding Initiatives
United States Breastfeeding Committee
United States Surgeon General’s Call to Action
- Executive Summary
- The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding [PDF – 1.96MB]
- Fact Sheet
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
WHO Child Growth Standards–the new growth standards adopted by the CDC and AAP