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Local Support, LActation, CHildbirth, Pregnancy and Postpartum Resource List

This is an ever evolving list of resources. Please note that resources on this list are to inform; it should not to be used to diagnose or treat conditions nor as an endorsement of services. Please collaborate with your Healthcare Provider and Lactation Consultant if you have concerns.

Topics are referenced under Local, Lactation and Perinatal (Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum)  

Local Resources

Local Lactation Support (please see further down for helpful non local resources

  • La Leche League of North Carolina 
  • Nursing Mothers of Raleigh
  • WakeMed Nursing Support Group
  • Triangle Mothers of Multiples and Triplets

Breast Specialists

  • UNC's Dr Stuebe, must call warm line for an appointment  984-974-8078
  • Duke's Dr. Rosenberger 
  • Emerge Ortho Dr. Baerman


Local Postpartum Mental Health Support- You are not alone

  • Postpartum Support International (NC Chapter)
  • Postpartum International 1-800-944-4773   24 Hour Help Line in English and Spanish
  • UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders
  • Moms Supporting Moms
  • Women's Birth and Wellness Center, Coping with Motherhood Support Group
  • Three Oaks Behavioral Health and Wellness


Local Loss Support Groups

  • Perinatal Loss Support Group, UNC


Local Parent Groups- There are so many, this is just the tip of the iceberg! 

  • Triangle Babywearers
  • Triangle Mamas of Color 
  • SODU Parents Posse


Local Birth Support Groups

  • International Cesarean Awareness Network, Triangle Chapter

Lactation Resources

Books

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, LLL
  • Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk, West & Marasco
  • Mother Multiples, Gromada
  • Adventures in Tandem Nursing, Flower
  • Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, Bumgarner
  • Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby,Gotsch
  • Breastfeeding and Diseases, Buescher, Hatcher
  • Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby and Relactation, by Elizabeth Horman

Magazine Breastfeeding Today

Handouts and Resources, General

  • Lactation Education Resources
  • Jack Newman
  • Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
  • Kelly Mom
  • Jewish General Hospital
  • Spanish Breastfeeding Support
  • Breastfeeding Outlook
  • Breastfeeding Made Simple
  • Hale Publishing
  • Best for Babes
  • Nancy Mohrbacher
  • International Breastfeeding Journal
Allergies/ Intolerance
http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol24_English_120211.pdf

Breastpumps and Pumping (Also See Hand Expression)

  • Videos: Ameda Pump Instructions
  • Videos: Medela Pump Instructions
  • Videos: Hygeia Pump Instructions
  • Handout: Selecting a Breastpump
  • Video: Hands On Pumping
  • Flange Sizes: Note, there is no industry standard as to where the flange is measured, so the same size may differ from one brand to another. Here's a guideline for finding the right size:http://pregnancy.about.com/od/bottlesbreastpumps/qt/5-Ways-To-Tell-If-Your-Breast-Pump-Flanges-Fit.htm
  • Using a Pressure Gauge to Check Pump

Breast Reduction and Augmentation

  • Breastfeeding after Breast and Nipple Surgeries
  • CDC: Breastfeeding with Implants

Candida, See Thrush

Cleft Palate

  • https://breastfeedingusa.org/content/article/breastfeeding-baby-cleft-lip-and-or-palate-red-carpet-treatment
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpqqYQlKDeA
  • http://cleftlipandpalatebreastfeeding.co.uk/medical-articles/
  • http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol_17.pdf
  • www.llli.org/nb/nbmarapr09p12.html
  • http://www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/cleft-palate-and-craniofacial-institute/tips-feeding-infant-cleft-lip

Colic
Dr. Newman

Complementary/ Supplemental Feedings

  • Bottle First Method
  • Cup Feeding
  • Video: Finger Feeding
  • Video: Supplemental Nursing System
  • Video: How to Use a Haberman Feeder
  • Paced Bottle Feeding
  • Video: Inserting a Lactation Aid

Contraception and Breastfeeding
http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Contraception%20During%20Breastfeeding.pdf

Dieting While Nursing
Research on Calorie Restriction and Breastfeeding
Kelly Mom, Tips on Weight Loss During Lactation

Engorgement

  • Kelly Mom, Reverse Pressure Softening

Growth and Weight Gain

  • WHO Growth Chart for Breastfed Babies

Hand Expression
Video: Håndmelking
Video: Marmet Hand Expression Technique
Video: Hand Expression, Stanford University

Video: The Basics of Breast Massage and Expression
Hypoglycemia 

  • http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/HypoglycemiaEnglish922.pdf

Hypoplasia

  • http://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/insufficient-glandular-tissue/
  • http://www.lowmilksupply.org/abs.shtml (2 types of at-breast supplementers pros & cons)
  • http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=vid-lactaid (video of insertion)
  • http://www.bestforbabes.org/yes-you-can-breastfeed-successfully-no-matter-how-much-milk-you-make
  • http://www.007b.com/breast_size_breastfeeding.php
  • http://www.sonic.net/~mollyf/igt/ has pictures
  • http://mommynewsblog.com/every-drop-matters-why-breastfeeding-is-not-all-or-nothing/
  • http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2d427022#/2d427022/8 (Diane W & Diana W write about at long-term breast supplementer)
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/normal/picture-of-success/

Jaundice
What is Jaundice?

Laws of Public Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding Law and Advocacy

Let Down and DMER

  • What is a Let Down Reflex?
  • Video: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex 

Maintaining and Building a Milk Supply

  • Video:  Establishing & Maintaining an Adequate Milk Supply For the Mother with a Preterm or High Risk Infant Who is Unable to Breastfeed at Birth
  • Video: Maximizing Milk Production: Hands on Pumping

Mastitis
What is Mastitis?, Dr. Sears
Newman, Mastitis
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol

Medication

  • Nice Breastfeeding, Non Prescription
  • Lact Med, Tox Net
  • Hale, Infant Risk
  • Meds Milk

Milk Supply, Increasing

  • Dr Sears, Tips on Increasing Supply
  • Herbs Used to Help Increase Supply (please note that information is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe herbs for low milk supply. Please consult your healthcare practitioner)
  • Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Galactogogues

 
Nursing Strikes/ Breast Refusal

  • LLL Nursing Strikes

Nutrition

  • Kelly Mom: Nutrition Section

Overactive Letdown

  • http://overactiveletdown.com/
  • http://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com/ask-an-expert-how-to-deal-with-fast-milk-flow/

Oversupply

  • Video: Reverse Pressure Softening
  • Video: Hand Expression
  • Engorgement
  • Breast Compression
  • Video: Breast Compression

Plugged Ducts, Blebs, Also see Mastitis

  • Nipple Bleb
  • Dealing with a Plugged Duct
  • ILCA's Dealing with Mastitis
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/mastitis/
  • Lecithin
  • Blisters on Nipples
  • Newman on Blebs and Plugged Ducts

Positioning, Nursing

  • Video: The Breast Crawl
  • Video: Baby Led Nursing
  • Breastfeeding Positions
  • http://www.llli.org/nb/nbearlyweeks.html
  • http://www.llli.org/faq/enough.html
  • http://www.llli.org/faq/positioning.html

Preterm Infants and Breastfeeding

  • Video:The Biology and Chemistry of How Mother’s Milk Optimizes Preterm Infant Health
  • Video:  Establishing & Maintaining an Adequate Milk Supply For the Mother with a Preterm or High Risk Infant Who is Unable to Breastfeed at Birth
  • The Late Preterm Infant, ABM

Radiation, MRI, CATSCAN, Contrasts

  • http://www.infantrisk.com/content/recommendations-radiocontrast-agents
  • http://www.clinicallactation.org/article.php?id=16&journal_id=6 
  • http://www.breastfeedingmaterials.com/publicdownloads/Contrast-Dye-Poster-back.pdf
  • http://www.drugs.com/breastfeeding/technetium-tc-99m-medronate.html
  • http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/breastfeeding/a/bfing_drugs_3.htm

Reflux

  • http://www.kiddsteeth.com/articles/aerophagia_2011.pdf
  • http://www.medical-hypotheses.com/article/S0306-9877%2805%2900008-3/abstract
  • http://kellymom.com/health/baby-health/reflux/
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/child/fussy-while-nursing
  • http://www.choosingwisely.org/doctor-patient-lists/american-academy-of-pediatrics/ 

Relactation and Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby

  • Books and Publications:
    • Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby and Relactation, by Elizabeth Horman
    • Australian Breastfeeding Association. Relactation and Adoptive Breastfeeding. East Malvern, Victoria: Australian Breastfeeding Association; 2004 April.
  • Protocols for Induced Lactation

Returning to Work

  • Work and Pump
  • Video: Maximizing Milk Production: Hands on Pumping
  • Dr. Sears, 20 Tips for Working and Breastfeeding
  • Breastfeeding Works
  • http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/blog/tag/for-employed-nursing-mothers
  • http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html
  • http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Employment/WorkplaceSupport/WorkplaceSupportinFederalLaw/tabid/175/Default.aspx
  • http://womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/going-back-to-work/index.html
  • http://www.usbreastfeeding.org 

Reverse Pressure Softening

  • Kelly Mom

Storage of Milk

  • http://www.prolacta.com/research.php
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/frozen-milk-power-outage/
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/milkstorage/
  • http://www.kellymom.com/store/freehandouts/milkstorage01.pdf
  • http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/milkstorage/milkstorage-preemie/
  • http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/2014_Updated_Mastitis6.30.14.pdf

Suck Training

  • Lisa Queen of Rex ENT
  • http://feedthebabyllc.com/suckling-exercises/
  • http://www.justbreastfeeding.com/sore-nipple-management/suck-training-tool-breastfed-baby/
  • http://www.bfar.org/bottlefeeding.pdf 

Supporting The Breastfeeding Relationship

  • Video: Breastfeeding – Why Parents and Healthcare Providers Should Care

Thrush/ Yeast

  • Best for Babes
  • Jack Newman Ointment
  • Dr. Sears, Diagnosing and Treating Thrush
  • NCBI, Gentian Violet

Thyroid Issues

  • http://kellymom.com/health/mom-health/thyroid-faq  
  • http://www.allthyroid.org/disorders/pregnancy/problems.html
  • http://www.theboobgroup.com/thyroid-can-affect-milk-supply/#

Tongue Tie

  • Video of a Release
  • Photos of Ties
  • Video of Hazelbaker Assessment Tool
  • Rex ENT, Dr. Garside

Torticollis

  • http://www.lunalactation.com/011Nov_InsideTrack_toticollis.pdf
  • http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-15/health/ct-met-bumbo-posture-20120315_1_physical-therapists-developmental-benefits-babies

Traveling with Breastmilk

  • TSA Regulations

Triage Tools

  • Nipple Pain

Twins and Multiples

  • http://www.bestforbabes.org/booby-traps-series-booby-traps-for-moms-of-twins-or-more-part-1
  • http://www.bestforbabes.org/booby-traps-series-booby-traps-for-moms-of-twins-or-more-part-2
  • http://www.karengromada.com/faq/
  • http://www.isisonline.org.uk/twins/cobedding/
  • https://www.dur.ac.uk/sleep.lab/projects/twins/ sleep cobedding
  • Triplets: http://themilkmeg.com/breastfeeding-triplets-tips-video-montage-and-pictures/
  • http://www.theboobgeek.com/blog/5-tips-for-early-success-when-breastfeeding-twins-or-more.html

Under Supply, See Milk Supply

Vasospasm/ Raynauds

  • Video of a Vasospasm
  • http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/nipple-blanching.html
  • https://www.facebook.com/notes/breastfeeding-center-of-pittsburgh/a-note-from-dr-brent-on-raynauds-syndrome-vasospasm/348940435160704
  • http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/4/e360.full.pdf+html
  • http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=doc-V-RP

Vitamin D

  • http://blog.vitamindcouncil.org/2012/06/25/the-breastfeeding-mother-breast-milk-as-a-biomarker/
  • http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/20/246393329/how-a-vitamin-d-test-misdiagnosed-african-americans
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24256378
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24290111
  • http://blogs.creighton.edu/heaney/2014/06/05/vitamin-d-and-the-nursing-mother/

Weaning, Including Introducing Solids

  • Baby Led Weaning
  • Whole Foods for Babe, not Rice Cereal

Weight Loss, Infant Includes IV and Weight Loss Due to Edema

  • http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/9
  • http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/10
  • http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aslow-weight-gain-following-early-good-weight-gain&catid=5%3Ainformation&Itemid=17
  • http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/blog/2011/10/31/newborn-weight-loss-and-iv-fluids-in-labor.html
  • http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/pdf/1746-4358-6-9.pdf
  • http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/1/e171.abstract
  • http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol%203%20English%20Supplementation.pdf
  • http://www.drjen4kids.com/soap%20box/newbornweight.htm

Weight Gain, Infant

  • http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/who/grchrt_boys_24lw_9210.pdf
  • http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/who/grchrt_girls_24lw_9210.pdf
  • http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/growth/weight-gain.html

Additional Info
Medical Dictionary
Pronunciation of Medical Terms
Medical Terms, LER
Medical Abbreviations
Pictures of Infant Interventions and Anatomy 

Perinatal: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum

. Websites

  • DONA
  • Childbirth Connection
  • Rights of the Childbearing Woman
  • Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices
  • Spinning Babies
Books
  • The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth With Confidence, Lothian, Judith, and DeVries Charlotte * Included in Childbirth Class
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newbornc Simkin, Penny, Whalley, Janet, and Keppler, Ann
  • The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman through Childbirth.Simkin, Penny * Included in Childbirth Class
  • A Child Is Born,  Nilsson, Lennert
  • Ina Mae’s Guide to Childbirth. Gaskin, Ina Mae
  • The Doula Book.  Klaus, Marshall, Kennell, John, and Klaus, Phyllis 
  • Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth.  Goer, Henci
Birth Plans
Remember that this a preference sheet. Include things that are most important and refrain from including things that you can control (temperature, music, etc). Topics can include anything from sharing your fears, to who you'd like to catch your baby, should it not be your HCP. Remember to bring this sheet with you to prenatal appointments so that your Doctor or Midwife and get to know your desires. This is also a wonderful way to open dialogue and be sure that your expectations are in line with the practice you have chosen.

  • http://americanpregnancy.org/labor-and-birth/birth-plan/
  • Childbirth Connection

Relaxation Techniques- Both Guided and Scripts

  • Calming Color Relaxation
  • Chopra Guided Meditations
  • Floating on a Cloud Relaxation
  • Stretch and Relax
  • Sleep Scripts
  • Autogenic Relaxation
  • Relaxation During Pregnancy Script

Videos

  • Healthy Birth Practices:
    •  Let Labor Begin On It's Own
    • Walk, Move Around and Change Positions in Labor
    • Bring a Friend or Doula for Continuous Support
    • Avoid Interventions that are Not Medically Necessary
    • Avoid Giving Birth On Your Back and Follow Your Urge to Push
    • Keep Mother and Baby Together
  • Birthing Positioning and Comfort Measures
    • Pros and Cons of Positions
    • Rebozo Techniques
    • Labor with an Epidrual
    • Pushing with an Epidural
    • Chatham-Kent Health- Excellent Recap of Comfort Measures
  • Labor and Birth
    • Transition
    • Animation of Labor and Birth
    • Into the Womb
    • Everyday Miracles
    • Woman Centered Cesarean
  • Other
    • Birth by Numbers


    Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder

  • UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders, www.womensmooddisorders.org  919-966-5217
  • UNC Support Group – Christena Raines, NP, 919-966-3115
  • Moms Supporting Moms - www.momssupportingmoms.net
  • Anxiety Treatment Center – Chapel Hill 919-962-2507, Durham 919-361-5384
  • Bipolar/Depression Support Group – Chapel Hill 919-942-8083


Food Scheduling (for friends to schedule bringing meals to family)

  • Meal Train
  • Food Tidings

Books

  • Your Amazing Newborn.  Klaus and Klaus.  
  • The Baby Book: Everything you Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age 2. Sears and Sears.
  • Touchpoints, Brazelton
  • Your Baby and Child, Penelope Leach


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