Resources
Photo by Isabel Avellan
Recommended Reads (always adding to this!)
Herbal Healing for Children (2011) by Demetria Clark
Free to Breastfeed: Voices of Black Mothers (2014) by Jeanine Valrie Logan & Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka
Resources
Charitable Support
AIO Interfaith Outreach Food assistance, energy assistance, weekend meal support and diaper program. Market hours: M/W 10am-6pm, F 10am-12pm
1A Gordon Drive, Rockland, Maine
Mail: P.O. Box 113, Rockland, ME 04841
email@aiofoodpantry.org
(207) 596-1043Maine Families Midcoast Maine Families is offered to all families who are expecting or have a new baby at home. Whether it is your first or your third baby, Maine Families certified family visitors can provide information, encouragement and support around the topics that matter to you regarding health, nutrition, safety, development and your family's well-being. Best of all, they come to you at your convenience and at no cost to you!
377 Manktown Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572
Contact Person: Jennifer Doherty (jennifer.d.doherty@maine.edu)
Phone: 207-832-0343
Fax: 207-832-0377
Nursing
Affordable Care Act Coverage for Breastfeeding Support, supplies, and counseling
Mental Health
Postpartum
Postpartum Support International Emotional support for parents
pinestatefamilies@gmail.com
(800) 944-4773
Urgent, non-emergency
Maine Help Line Immediate access to a wide range of health support.
(207) 774-HELP
Nursing
LactMed U.S. National Library of Medicine searchable database on drugs and lactation.
La Leche League International
(800) LALECHEHealthy Children Project, Center for Breastfeeding
327 Quaker Meeting House Road, East Sandwich, MA 02537
(508) 888-8044ROSE (Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere) Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), Inc. seeks to enhance, encourage, support, promote, and protect breastfeeding throughout the USA, by working to reduce the breastfeeding disparities among African American women, and to strengthen the health of their babies and families through, mentoring, training, breastfeeding support groups, social support, outreach, education, legislation, health policies, and social marketing.
Academy of Lactation Policy & Practice (AALP)
P.O. Box 1288, Forestdale, MA 02644
(508) 833-1500Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Journal: Breastfeeding Medicine
(914) 740-2115Julia's Way Support for nursing children with Down Syndrome.
Advocacy
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action World Breastfeeding Week themes and activities
The United States Breastfeeding Committee Protecting, promoting, supporting breastfeeding in the united states
(202) 367-1132Birth Injury Center - Compilation of information around the different types of birth injuries, with a notable section discussing cerebral palsy.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD Maine) — Work to increase awareness of FASD through outreach to families, providers, agencies, teachers, law enforcement, community stakeholders, legislators.
Family Care
National Library of Medicine/PubMed PubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Baby-Friendly USA
(518) 621-7982Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
(800) 673-8499Cerebral Palsy Guide is committed to raising awareness about cerebral palsy. The organization also aims to provide important information and support for families affected by cerebral palsy.
Nutrition
Women’s Health
Office on Women's Health National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign
Advocacy
Moms Rising Advocacy for legislation ad policy changes to benefit mothering.