Outside Resources Center
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding Resource Center
This is the breastfeeding resource center for the AAP, the main professional organization for America's pediatricians. Included are resources for families, communities, and health care professionals
Breastfeeding fact sheets by Jack Newman, MD
Comprehensive Breastfeeding Information Sheets for parents and professionals! Topics include beginning to breastfeed, blocked ducts, bottle feeding, breast compressions, colic, engorgements, expressing milk, extended nursing, and almost every other breastfeeding topic imaginable.
CDC Healthy Worksite Initiative
Includes a lactation support program
CDC Breastfeeding General Information
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practiced in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)
California Department of Public Health-Breastfeeding Program
Dr. Hale's Breastfeeding Newsletter
Subscribe to this newsletter to receive the most recent research on breastfeeding pharmacology
Dr. Jack Newman's Breastfeeding Resources
This website has information sheets for parents, new and improved video clips, and information about ordering materials including books (one of which is translated into French), a breastfeeding DVD (English and French), the E-lite tool for helping mothers learn to help the baby latch on well, the Game Plan for the first few days after birth, the breastfeeding decision tree and more (several tools available in English, French and Spanish and should be available soon in Portuguese).
Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition
In Spanish: Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture
International Lactation Consultant Association
La Leche League International
The resources page of LLLI has a wide variety or resources for parents and providers, including mother-to-mother forums, educational materials, and information on breastfeeding and the law.
LactMed- Drugs and Lactation Database
A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
National Alliance of Breastfeeding Advocacy
National Women's Health Information Center on Breastfeeding
New York State Breastfeeding
Resources page that includes information on breastfeeding grand rounds, best practices, and an interactive learning package
Physician Lactation Education Collaborative
A resource of the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington, focusing heavily on lactation education for physicians
Toxnet
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases by the US National Library of Medicine