"While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby." Amy Spangler
Local Breastfeeding Help / Support Numbers:
Breastfeeding information in any MN community 1-877-214-BABY
Lactation services at St. Francis Medical Center, Shakopee
Lactation services at Ridgeview Hospital, Waconia
Lactation services at Fairview Ridges, Burnsville
Health Partners Breastfeeding & Parent Support Center 651-641-6200
Minnesota WIC Program, to get local number 1-800-WIC-4030
Carver County Public Health
Scott County Public Health

Web Sites:
For Professionals:
August World Breastfeeding Week/ MN Breastfeeding Awareness Month
International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes “WHO Code”
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant site / Becoming a Lactation consultant.
Organization of Teratology Informaiton Service (fact sheets)
For Parents and Families:

Recommended Reading:
For Parents:
“Breastfeeding With Confidence”, Sue Cox
“The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 7th Edition Revised”, La Leche League Intl.
“The Breastfeeding Book”, Dr. Sears
“How Weaning Happens”, Diane Bengson
“The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning”, Kathleen Huggins and Linda Ziedrich
“Mothering Your Nursing Toddler”, Norma Jean Bumgarner
“Our Babies, Ourselves”, Meredith Small
“Adventures in Tandem Nursing” Hilary Flower
“Breastfeeding Made Simple, Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers”, Nancy Mohrbacker and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
“So That’s What They’re There For!”, Janet Tamaro
“Spilled Milk, Adventures and Advice from Less Than Perfect Moms”, Andy Steiner
“Nursing Mother, Working Mother” Gale Pryor and Kathleen Huggins
“The Latch and Other Keys To Breastfeeding Success”, Jack Newman MD and Teresa Pitman
“The Nursing Mothers Companion”, Kathleen Huggins
“Breastfeeding Your Baby”, Sheila Kitzinger
“Milk, Money, and Madness”, Naomi Baumslag and Dia Michels
“Breastfeeding: Keep it Simple”, Amy Spangler
“Breastfeeding: How to Breastfeed Your Baby”, Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms
“Mother’s Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture”, Bernice Hausman
For Kids and Families:
“We Like to Nurse”, Chia Martin and Shukyo Linn Rainey
“The Best Gifts”, Martha Skrypuch
“Mamma’s Milk”, Michael Elsohn Ross
“On Mother’s Lap”, Ann Herbert Scott
“If My Mama Were a Platypus”, Dia Michels
“Supermom”, Brita Granstrom
“Michelle, the Nursing Toddler”, Jane M. Pinczuk




