Image Source: United States Breastfeeding Committee
In Person:
“Becoming a Mom” is an incentive-based program consisting of six two-hour sessions designed to promote healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. One of the sessions covers breastfeeding. Find a Becoming a Mom class near you HERE.
FREE live, online classes (English & Spanish) from Ready, Set, Baby 75-90 minutes, facilitated by lactation training students and staff at the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute and always have an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in the classroom.
Online:
The following are high-quality, trusted online resources for parents seeking education about breastfeeding:
- Ready, Set, Baby – five self-paced, interactive online modules (Spanish)
- Breastfeeding Basics (Canada)
- 4th Trimester Project – website to inform postpartum planning
- Birth & Beyond – phone app access to Global Health Media videos, currently only for iPhones
- Coffective – phone add (Android)(iPhone)
- Droplet – short videos and written content
- Global Health Media – online video library, phone app access
- The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education – online video library
- It’s Only Natural– videos and written information for Black families
Other options: