Resources for Families

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Latching:  

• Biological Nurturing: Laid back position

• When Latching

• How Do I Position My Baby To Breastfeed?      

• Dr. Jack Newman's VIDEO Clips on various latch styles                                                                                                           

Nursing Frequency:

• What to Expect in the Early Weeks of Nursing Your Newborn

• Frequent Nursing

• Does My Baby Need to be on a Schedule?

Is Baby Getting Enough:

• Is Baby Getting Enough?

• Protocol to Manage Breastmilk Intake

Hand Expression or Pumping:     

• How Much Expressed Milk Will My Baby Need?

• Hand Expression VIDEO

• The Basics of Breast Massage and Hand Expression VIDEO

• Hands On Pumping VIDEO

• Oxytocin Playlist for Pumping YouTube Channel

Yeast/Thrush of the Breast or Nipple:

• Candida Protocol

• Diflucan

• Thrush FAQs

 Painful Nipples:

• All-Purpose Nipple Ointment (APNO)

• Sore Nipples FAQs

 Engorgement/Plugged Ducts/Mastitis:

• Blocked Ducts and Mastitis

• Engorgement-Reverse Pressure Softening

• Engorgement FAQs

• Recurrent Mastitis FAQs                                                                         

 Low Milk Supply:

• Domperidone Getting Started

• Recipe for Increasing Milk Supply

• Low Milk Supply Resource

Baby Care:

• Getting to Know Your Baby VIDEO

• The First Hour After Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages

• Sleeping With Your Baby

• Dangers of "Crying it Out"

• Infant Sleep

• The Period of Purple Crying

BabyWearing:

• Beginning Babywearing Class

Tongue-Tie/Lip-Tie or Restricted Frenulums:

• Is My Baby Tongue-tied?

• Tongue Tie: From Confusion to Clarity

• Breastfeeding Should be Fun and Enjoyable

• Tell Me About Tongue-Ties

• Reflux and Tongue-Tie

• The Basics of Tongue and Lip Tie: Related Issues, Assessment and Treatment

• Congential Tongue-tie and its Impact on Breastfeeding

• Luna Lactation’s YouTube channel page with post-frenotomy care videos

• Frenotomy Home Care Video

Depression and Breastfeeding:

• Treatments and Resources

• Postpartum Depression

• Postpartum Blues/Depression

Bottle Feeding:

• Paced Bottle Feeding

• Breast and Bottle Feeding

Adoptive Breastfeeding:

• The Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource

• Breastfeeding Without Birthing

Dads/Partners:

• Just For Dad

• New Dad Manual

Grandparents:

• What Grandparents Can Do to Support a Breastfeeding Mother

Preemies:

• Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition (SPIN)

Working:

• Working and Pumping

• Supporting Nursing Moms at Work

• Work Well NC

Medications:

• LactMed

• Infant Risk Center

• Safe Fetus

LGBTQ:

• Two Women and a Baby

• Penn Medicine

Twins or Multiples:

• Breastfeeding Twins

• Mothering Multiples

• Nursing Multiples

Milk Sharing:

• Eats on Feets

• Human Milk 4 Human Babies

• Human Milk Banking Association of North America

• WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank

Cleft Palate or Cleft Lip:

• Australian Breastfeeding Association

• Breastfeeding a Baby with a Cleft Lip and or Palate - The Red Carpet Treatment

• Cleft Palate Foundation Providers

Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery:

• Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries

• Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction-It is Possible

• Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery

 

Breastfeeding Websites:

KellyMom

La Leche League International

Breastfeeding Made Simple

Ask Dr. Sears

International Lactation Consultant Association

United States Lactation Consultant Association

Kathy Dettwyler

North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition

La Leche League of North Carolina

La Leche League of Buncombe County

Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Best for Babes

The Boob Group

Baby Friendly Hospitals

Breastfeeding Online

DIY Breastfeeding

Mothers Overcoming Breastfeeding Issues

Natural Breastfeeding for an Easier Start

 

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Bookstore on Amazon

 

 

Your Breastfeeding Rights

Federal and North Carolina Laws

Workplace Support in Federal Law

 

Why You Should Choose an IBCLC

How to Choose a Lactation Consultant