PROFESSIONALS
Dianne Weissinger’s website, Common Sense Breastfeeding, is a great site for support and resources for mothers who are breastfeeding (or want to).
Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP is a pediatrician (and lactation consultant) located in Santa Monica, CA whose motto is, “No one knows your child better than you do.” His website has an incredible amount of information about attachment parenting, breastfeeding, alternative medicine, nutrition, and vaccines.
Bill Sears, MD is a pediatrician located in Orange County, CA. His website has a plethora of information regarding attachment parenting, breastfeeding, and children’s health. He also has an “Ask Dr. Sears” page where you can write to him with questions about your child.
Jack Newman, MD is one of the creators of Breastfeeding, Inc. an extensive breastfeeding resource.
Nils and Jill Bergman are some of the world’s leading experts in kangaroo mother care for premature babies and full-term infants. KMC is a practice that has three components: Immediate and continuous skin-to-skin contact for newborns, exclusive breastfeeding, and preservation of mother-baby relationship (ie. no separation).
James J. McKenna, PhD is the world’s leading expert on co-sleeping with your baby. He teaches at the University of Notre Dame and is the head of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory.
BOOKS
Breastfeeding Made Simple by Kathleen Kendall Tackett
Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast-Reduction Surgery by Diane West
The Breastfeeding Cafe by Barbara Behrmann
Sleeping with your baby by James J. McKenna, PhD
The Stone-Age Baby in a Techno Society by Nancy Williams
Mothering Multiples by Karen Gromada
MILK SHARING AND BANKING: This list is for mothers who want to give or receive mother’s milk. Help build this community!
Human Milk Banking Association of North America
La Leche League, International
NON PROFITS
BreastfeedLA is a non-profit based in Los Angeles doing incredible work. Currently, they are working to make more hospitals baby-friendly in LA County, empowering women to know their rights about breastfeeding in the workplace, and organizing around family-friendly policies. Breastfeed LA is also a great resource for policy, outreach, and advocacy for breastfeeding mothers and families.
Best for Babes is a non-profit advocacy group for mothers, and the website serves as a powerful resource for moms and dads alike. And you can also become an activist on one of their many campaigns.
The US Breastfeeding Committee is an independent nonprofit coalition of more than 40 organizations that support its mission to improve the Nation’s health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.
First 5 LA - great information on Baby-Friendly hospitals
HELPFUL BLOGS
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
US Department of Health and Human Services
The Business Case for Breastfeeding
World Health Organization on Breastfeeding
HISTORIC BREASTFEEDING PHOTOS
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Lactation Consultants Association
US Lactation Consultant Association
ONLINE MAGAZINE, FORUM AND RESOURCE
PRODUCTS