Welcome to the Support Members section. Here you will find important and evidence-based information to help you support your loved one during their breastfeeding journey.
Resources for Grandparents
Resources for Support Members
- Applying for WIC
- Benefits for Baby
- Benefits for Mom
- Breast Milk is the Perfect Food for Your Baby
- Breast Size & Breastfeeding: Does Size Matter
- Breastfeeding Benefits Both Baby and Mom
- Breastfeeding Reduces Women’s Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- Calming a Crying Baby
- Cost Benefits of Breastfeeding
- Everyone Can Help Make Breastfeeding Easier
- Hear Her: Partners, Friends, and Family of Pregnant or Postpartum Women
- Help from Friend and Family
- Importance of the First Milk – Colostrum
- Is There a Difference Between Breastmilk and Formula?
- Know When Your Baby is Hungry by Recognizing Hunger Cues
- LGBTQIA+ Resources- Breastfeed Durham
- Need Food? Find Help Here
- Resources for New Fathers
- Survival Guide for First Two Weeks
- The Fourth Trimester: How my Partner Can Help
Lactation Concerns
- Breast refusal (Lactation Education Resources)
- Colicky baby (Lactation Education Resources)
- Engorgement (Lactation Education Resources)
- Flat or inverted nipples (Lactation Education Resources)
- Increasing milk supply (Lactation Education Resources)
- Latch and positioning (Lactation Education Resources)
- Milk let down (Lactation Education Resources)
- Plugged Milk Duct and Mastitis (Lactation Education Resources)
- Signs of a good feeding (Lactation Education Resources)
- Sore nipples (Lactation Education Resources)
- Thrush (La Leche League GB)
- Tongue tie (Lactation Education Resources)
- Waking a sleeping baby (Lactation Education Resources)
Finding Support
Find Lactation Support in Your Area
- Find Lactation Support in Your Area (North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Resources by County)
- NC A&T Community-Based Outpatient Clinic
https://www.ncat.edu/caes/departments/family-and-consumer-sciences/lactation-cert.php
Link to book appointments: https://intakeq.com/booking/d9hefb
336-285-3176 - Cierra Murphy-Higgs
After Birth Postpartum & Lactation Studio
https://www.afterbirthstudio.com/lactation-support
info@afterbirthstudio.com
- Dr. Sierra Bizzell
Ultimate Fertility Consultant
https://ultimate-fertility.com/
info@afterbirthstudio.com
Breastfeeding Classes
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
- Breastfeeding Classes Charlotte, NC
- Cape Fear Valley Health
- Carolina East Health System
- Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (Virtual)
- Catawba Valley Medical Center
- Cone Health
- ECU Health Chowan Hospital
- Gaston County Health Department t
- Mission Health
- Onslow County Health Department
- Scotland County WIC
- UNC Health Johnston
- UNC Health Wayne
- UNC Medical Center
- UNC REX Healthcare
- Wake Med
Maternal Health Support
- Baby Love Program (Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, and Pitt counties)
- Nurse Family Partnership (For First Time Moms)
- Sister Song - Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Postpartum support
- 4th Trimester Project
- HEAR HER
- National Maternal Mental Health Hotline 1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP 4 MOMS)
Find Breastfeeding Support Groups and Safe Public Spaces
Add Your Support Group Here- Alimentación Segura Infa
- Asian-Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Resources Library- Breastfeed Durham
- Baby Cafe USA
- Black Maternal Health Organizations- Breastfeed Durham
- Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association
- Breastfeeding and Autism Spectrum Disorder- Breastfeed Durham
- Chowan Breastfeeding Support Group
- Carolina East - Mommy and Me Postpartum and Breastfeeding Support Group
- Chocolate Milk Café - Raleigh – Second Tuesday of Every Month from 6:30-8pm EST, open virtually statewide. Join our Raleigh Facilitators for a Virtual Chocolate Milk Café meeting. Chocolate Milk Café provides a FREE peer-led support group for families of the African Diaspora on their lactating journey to provide their children with human milk. Our virtual meetings are monthly and intended to provide a sacred space for the families within our community. This event has a time restriction and is scheduled to last 1 hour 30 minutes. Ending at 8pm eastern. Please try to be on time. Facilitators may choose to end a session after 30 minutes, if no attendees enter the session. Registrants of our meetings will be added to our email list to receive reminders for our chapter's upcoming meetings and updates from our national organization.
- Daddy BEANS - mentoring program serves as a forum for African American fathers (Virtual, last Saturday of the month, 1-2:30pm)
- La Leche League
- LGBTQIA+ Resources- Breastfeed Durham
- LLL of Ballantyne Support Group for expecting and nursing parents.
Location: Atrium Health Waxhaw (2700 Providence Road S. Suite 300, Waxhaw, NC 28173) in the Community Room and online; meets every third Saturday 10 am; serves Mecklenburg, Union, Statewide (Virtual) - Mahogany Milk Support Group
Mahogany Milk Drops (Teen & Young Adult Support)
Meetings every 3rd Thursday from 6-7 pm at the Greensboro YWCA
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1669020316698427/members/ info@mahoganymilk.com
Link to register for virtual meetings: https://www.instagram.com/mahoganymilk/ - NC State MILK Club — Mondays 9:30-11:00am. Amplify Church, 2884 NC-42, Willow Spring, NC 27592. As a program housed at a land-grant institution, we have an outreach and extension program dedicated to the support of breastfeeding within North Carolina communities. Our goal is to reach underserved geographic areas; therefore, we meet at a location that reaches multiple populations with limited or no access to breastfeeding support (i.e. residents of Southern Wake County, Western Johnston County, and Northern Harnett County).
- North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition
- North Carolina Regional Breastfeeding Coalitions
- Nursing Mothers of Raleigh — 1st Thursday at 7 pm, 3rd Thursday at 9:30 am. Our target audience is any breastfeeding/nursing dyad. We have been supporting and educating parents feeding their infants human milk for over 50 years in the Raleigh area. Serving Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Orange, Wake, Statewide (Virtually). Contact nmraleigh@gmail.com for more information.
- Queen City Cocoa BEANS - (Virtual Cafes, 1st Saturday of the Month 1-2:30pm or 3rd Wednesday of the month 6:30-8pm)
- Triangle Area Parent Support
Equity Focused Resources
- Asian-American Breastfeeding Resources
- African American/Black Breastfeeding Resources
- Hispanic/Latinx Breastfeeding Resources
- LGBTQIA+ Resources
Interested in Becoming a Lactation Support Professional?
- Human Lactation Pathway 2 Programs:
- North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Human Lactation Pathway 2 Program
Graduate Certificate Program
https://www.ncat.edu/caes/departments/family-and-consumer-sciences/lactation-cert.php
ncatp2p@ncat.edu
336-285-3176 - Johnson C. Smith University
Human Lactation Pathway 2 Program
Certificate Program
https://www.jcsu.edu/academics/lactation-program
lctp@jcsu.edu
- North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University