Breastfeeding websites

  • Breastfeeding — Best for Baby, Best for Mom

http://www.womenshealth.gov/Breastfeeding
This comprehensive Web site from the Office on Women’s Health offers breastfeeding information and a breastfeeding helpline.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breastfeeding Pages

http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/
The CDC has basic information about breastfeeding including the safety of vaccinating pregnant women, traveling and breastfeeding, and other helpful information about breastfeeding and disease prevention.

  • International Lactation Consultant Association

http://www.ilca.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Visit this site to find local International Board Certified Lactation Consultants by zip code.

  • La Leche League International

http://www.llli.org/nb.html

La Leche League International offers many resources for families including breastfeeding help, breastfeeding laws, breastfeeding publications, links to local LLL leaders and groups, and more.

  • Best for Babies

http://www.bestforbabes.org/

Best for Babies is a non-for profit website with basic breastfeeding information

  • Lact Med

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT-

LactMed allows you to search the safety information of over the counter and prescription medications while breastfeeding.  It is a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed to.

  • Stanford University NICU

http://newborns.stanford.edu/Breastfeeding/

This website offers general information on a variety of breastfeeding topics.