Organization

Website

Medela: producer of breastfeeding products. Website also has important breastfeeding information.

www.Medela.com

La Leche League International: 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.

www.lalecheleague.org

International Board of Lactation Consultants Examiners (IBCLC): tests and certifies lactation consultants.

www.iblce.org

International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA): worldwide organization of lactation consultants.

www.ilca.org

World Health Organization (WHO): for health around the world. Search for breastfeeding.

www.who.int

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund): world-wide focus for helping children. Search for breastfeeding.

www.unicef.org

Texas Department of State Health Services: health affairs in Texas. Search for breastfeeding.

www.dshs.state.tx.us

American Academy of Pediatrics: important source of information on breastfeeding from pediatricians. Search for breastfeeding.

www.aap.org

Jack Newman’s website: significant information on breastfeeding from a doctor who is a breastfeeding advocate.

www.bflrc.com/newman/articles.htm