virginia breastfeeding resources
King's Daughters Milk Bank at CHKD. The King’s Daughters Milk Bank at CHKD is a nonprofit, hospital-based donor milk bank established to provide the life-saving benefits of breast milk to severely premature and critically-ill infants, improving their potential to survive and thrive.
Postpartum Support VA Postpartum Support Virginia helps new and expectant mothers and their families overcome anxiety and depression.
Virginia Breastfeeding Advisory Committee Mission: To improve the health of Virginia families by protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding throughout the Commonwealth. Vision The Virginia Breastfeeding Advisory Committee envisions breastfeeding as the cultural norm for infant and child feeding throughout the Commonwealth.
Virginia's Baby-Friendly Hospitals
Virginia Breastfeeding Law Cards
Virginia Breastfeeding Welcome Here Decal
Virginia's Guide to Breastfeeding Laws for Businesses
Virginia's Local Support Groups
Virginia Maternity Care Quality Improvement Collaborative. The aim of the Virginia Maternity Care Quality Improvement Collaborativeis for 30 of Virginia’s 59maternity facilities to achieve four of five stars from the Virginia Maternity Care Breastfeeding- Friendly Designation program (equates to eight of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding).
Workplace Breastfeeding Resources - the Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition's list of state and national resources.
national breastfeeding resources
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Only licensed physicians are eligible to become members
Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding Policy Statement
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative USA Non-profit organization implementing the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in the USA
Breastfeeding Legislation and Policy Toolkit. The USBC has developed the Breastfeeding Legislation & Policy Update, a toolkit to provide advocates across the First Food field with information, talking points, and action opportunities. This toolkit makes it easier than ever to get involved and make the important changes that our Nation's families need and deserve. Use it to build talking points for meetings with policymakers, find individual and organizational action opportunities, and much more. Together, we can make positive change for breastfeeding families!
Business Case for Breast-feeding. The Office of Women's Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, provides a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace.
Human Milk Banking Association of North America
International Lactation Consultant Association. Professional association for lactation consultants and breastfeeding promotion advocates
La Leche League. Our Mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
BreastfeedingOnLine A web page developed by Cindy Curtis, RNC,IBCLC,CCE,CD contains general information for mother’s and professionals, as well as the complete and up to date compilation Jack Newman’s MD’s articles
Black Breastfeeding Week. Black Breastfeeding Week was created because for over 40 years there has been a gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. The most recent CDC data show that 75% of white women have ever breastfed versus 58.9% of black women. The fact that racial disparity in initiation and even bigger one for duration has lingered for so long is reason enough to take 7 days to focus on the issue, but here are a few more.
Hand Expression. Dr. Jane Morton’s Stanford University research based video on hand expression.
Infant Feeding in Emergencies (multi-lingual). Resources in 13 languages provided by La Leche League.
Journal of Human Lactation. Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) is the official journal of ILCA. It is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, insights in practice and policy, commentaries, and case reports relating to research and practice in human lactation and breastfeeding. JHL is relevant to lactation professionals in clinical practice, public health, research, and a broad range of fields related to the trans-disciplinary field of human lactation.
National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color. Mission: To cultivate a community of diverse professional and peer lactation supporters to transform communities of color through policy, breastfeeding, and skilled lactation care.
National Breastfeeding Month. In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month (NBM), each year the USBC hosts a social media advocacy and/or outreach campaign inviting breastfeeding coalitions, member/partner organizations, and individual supporters to join online actions and conversations to build support for the policy and practice changes needed to build a "landscape of breastfeeding support." Read on for resources, tools, and weekly themes from 2018.
National Partnership for Women and Children. Family and Medical Leave Act science, public policy and action items. Drafted by the National Partnership and signed by President Clinton in 1993, the FMLA is the nation’s first and only national law designed to help Americans meet the dual demands of work and family.
Paid Family and Medical Leave in the United States: A Research Agenda. The report provides an overview of current research on paid leave, including its effects on individual health and employment outcomes, business and employee outcomes, and the economy as a whole. It also identifies key outstanding questions that future research could address to help inform public policy.
Postpartum Support International PSI’s mission is to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and the postpartum period. PSI maintains a terrific list of books about pregnancy, motherhood, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
WIC Breastfeeding Support. US Department of Agriculture's page provides many resources, tools and videos to help moms and families prepare to breastfeed successfully.
Women’s Health Info and Breastfeeding from the US Department of Health and Human Services
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action Generates information on World Breastfeeding Week
World Health Organization WHO International Breastfeeding Code
US Medical Policy statements supporting breastfeeding
United States medical organizations dedicated to the health of women and children include but are not limited to the following:
The American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Pediatrics
The American College of Nurse-Midwives
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The American Dietetics Association
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
The National Association of Pediatric Nurses Practitioners
The agencies listed above support and encourage mothers to breastfeed. They recognize breastfeeding as the normal method of infant feeding and the best source of nutrition for the health and development of growing infants.
Breastfeeding is the best feeding method for all infants including premature and sick infants, with very few exceptions. Exclusive breastfeeding provides the nutrients a baby needs, with the gradual addition of appropriate complementary foods after approximately six months. Then, breastfeeding should continue throughout the first year and beyond, or as long as desired by the breastfeeding family. To read the specific statements of each organization go to their websites.
