Lactation Support Program | Patient Resources

Breastfeeding family education information sheets are available on many topics and in several languages (English, Spanish, and Arabic) including:

• instructions for use of a breastpump
• instructions for labeling and storage of human milk
• meals for breastfeeding parents while inpatient at Boston Children’s Hospital

A video from Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis shows how to use a breastpump.

• view in English
• view in Spanish

Human milk donation:

• Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast
• Human Milk Banking Association of North America

Medication use while breastfeeding:

• Drugs and Lactation Searchable Database (Lactmed)
• Infant Risk Center at Texas Tech University (telephone at 806-352-2519)

Massachusetts resources:

• find a lactation consultant in your area by zip code
• Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition Resources
• Boston Association for Childbirth Education and Nursing Mothers' Council: breastfeeding help by peer counselors, telephone warm line.