Resources for breastfeeding mothers
Education and counseling
Breastfeeding classes,
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula |
625-4704 |
| Childbirth Education League |
375-5737 |
| Doula Services, www.domco.org |
647-9307 |
Lactation Education Service
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula |
625-4987 |
| La Leche League |
645-6767 |
| Medela |
800-435-8316 x534 |
| Mothers' Milk Bank |
408-998-4550 |
W.I.C. (Women, Infants, and Children Nutritional Program).
This program offers free breastfeeding education and
counseling, nutrition counseling, food coupons, and
breast pump loan information for qualifying women,
infants, and children. |
757-7651
(Salinas) |
Support groups
Lactation Education Service, Family Birth Center
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula offers prenatal classes and phone and outpatient consultations. Call for more information (English only). 625-4987.
La Leche League of the Monterey Peninsula
Monthly support group for pregnant women and new mothers. $30/year membership fee but nobody will be turned away because of insufficient resources. Call for times and locations (English only). 645-6767.
Nursing Mothers Council, Salinas Adult School
Free 11 a.m. meetings held every second Thursday of each month in the toddler room. Free telephone counseling and support. (English and Spanish). 758-0179, 753-4273.
W.I.C. (Women, Infants, and Children Nutritional Program)
Free breastfeeding peer support group for W.I.C. clients during and after pregnancy. (English/Spanish). 757-7651 (Salinas).
Breast pump resources
- Advanta Care (sales), 646-0303.
- Mums the Word (sales and rentals), 375-6867.
- Ordway Pharmacy (sales), 372-8085.
- Star Pharmacy (sales), 422-9004.
- W.I.C. (Women, Infants, and Children Nutritional Program). (Free for W.I.C. clients). 393-3251 (Seaside); 757-7651 (Salinas).
Books
The Nursing Mother's Companion, Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S.
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League International
Breastfeeding Your Baby, Sheila Kitzinger
Breastfeeding Success for Working Mothers, Marilyn Grams, M.D.
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, Norma Jane Burngarner, La Leche League International
