Breastfeeding Coalition of Palm Beach County

Partners with
The Children's
Healing Institute

Helpful Downloads

	Support forBreastfeeding Families (English) Our brochure that provides a guide to getting help with breastfeeding. - Spanish
	Skin to Skin Contact for You and Your Baby Learn how skin to skin contact benefits babies and mothers. Download English or Spanish
	Making Milk is Easy! Learn 10 easy steps to make plenty of milk. Download English or Spanish
	Discharge Instructions Wwhat to know when you go home with your baby, including instructions on safe co-sleeping. Download English or Spanish

Our mission is to ensure a strong, positive climate of breastfeeding promotion, education and support through continued coordination of activities utilizing varied resources and a cooperative network of community individuals, organizations and agencies.

Online Links for Families

US Dept of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health
Frequently asked questions on breastfeeding
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/breastfeeding.cfm

Breastfeedingonline.com hopes to help empower women to
choose to breastfeed and to educate society at large about the importance
and benefits of breastfeeding. This site features handouts available for
free download written by Dr. Jack Newman.
http://www.breastfeedingonline.com/newman.shtml

Thomas Hale, PhD,
clinical pharmacologist and author of “Medications and Mother’s Milk” is a world renowned expert in the field of human lactation and the use of medications. Download free pamphlets on a variety of breastfeeding topics.
http://www.ibreastfeeding.com/pages/pamphlets_free.html

Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP
http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/bf/index.asp

La Leche League International strives to help mothers worldwideto breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, andeducation, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. Do you need help with a breastfeeding question? La Leche League has many sources of breastfeeding information. http://www.llli.org/resources.html?m=0

La Leche League of Wellington is a local chapter of La Leche League International. Visit this site for information on current meetings and activities.

http://www.lllwellington.org

Kellymom breastfeeding and parenting
was developed to provide evidence based information on breastfeeding, sleep and parenting. Free handouts are available to download andyou can participte in moderated forums.

http://www.kellymom.com/

ProMom is dedicated to promoting the awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding. Visit this site’s popular “101 Reasons to Breastfeed”, discussion forums and breastfeeding information.
http://www.promom.org

BlackWomensHealth.com
“What every sister should know about breastfeeding!”
http://www.blackwomenshealth.com/2006/articles.php?id=1

Food and Drug Administration's Breast Pump Website
This site provides general information on breast pumps, medical devices used by a lactating woman to help extract and collect her breast milk. Link to Web Site

Ameda The first name in breast pumps for over 60 years. On this site you'll find articles that give you the ins and outs of both
breastfeeding and breast pumping including: Downloadable and printable PDFs of our popular Q&A Series, Fun and informative podcasts from our resident expert, Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, and Videos available to view online. http://www.ameda.com/community/elibrary.aspx

Medela Breastfeeding U.S. For over 25 years, it has been the commitment of Medela to provide the highest quality breastfeeding and breast pumping products available for mothers and professionals.
http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/