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Community Resources
Health Department Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinators
Each Health Department or District in Kentucky has a staff Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinator. This staff person has information on area breastfeeding resources, support groups, retailers, and contacts. This staff person can also help with breastfeeding questions. Call your local Health Department to meet this person.
(Local Health Department Address Listing)
Your Local Lactation Consultant
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants are the health professional for breastfeeding. They are often found at hospitals, health departments, in doctors’ offices, or in breastfeeding shops. If you need help finding a Lactation Consultant near you, contact the International Lactation Consultant Association at (919) 787-5181.
Breastfeeding Support Groups
Groups like La Leche League are small, local groups of mothers helping mothers. They are women like you who have experience in breastfeeding their own children and can answer a lot of practical questions. You may be able to find a group in your phone book or by calling your Health Department’s Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinator. Or, you can find local groups by calling the organization or visiting their website: La Leche League: or call 1-800-LA-LECHE
Other Health Professionals
Your obstetrician, pediatrician, family practitioner or other physician should be knowledgeable and supportive of breastfeeding. There may be a nurse or other staff person in the office with breastfeeding knowledge as well. Nutritionists, neonatal nurses, midwives, childbirth instructors and home visiting nurses should also be knowledgeable. When looking for a doctor, be sure to ask questions about their feelings and practices toward breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics has guidelines for supportive pediatric office practices at their website.
Your Local Library
There are numerous books, videotapes, and magazines on breastfeeding and parenting. Below are a number of good choices to try. If your local library doesn’t have the resource, they might be able to order through interlibrary loan or even buy for their collection. You could purchase your own copy. Sometimes local support groups have lending libraries as well.
Some Books for Children
• We Have a Baby by Cathryn Falwell
• We Like to Nurse by Chia Martin
• My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Will There Be a Lap for Me? by Dorothy Corey
• Breasts by Genichiro Yagyu
• Michele, the Nursing Toddler by Jane Pinczuk
Some Books for Families
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League Int’l
• Breastfeeding Pure and Simple by Gwen Gotsch
• Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Baumgarner
• Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby by Gwen Gotsch
• Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
• Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins and More by Karen Gromada
• The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning by Kathleen Huggins
Internet Links
• La Leche League
• Promotion of Mother’s Milk (ProMoM)
• Nursing Mothers Counsel
• Jane’s Breastfeeding and Childbirth Resources
• International Lactation Consultant Association
American Academy of Pediatrics - "Woman’s Guide to Breastfeeding"