Below you will find an array of resources related to breastfeeding promotion and support. Click below for a listing of resources in each category:

AAP Resources
AAP Breastfeeding Resources
Other Breastfeeding Resources
Breastfeeding Organizations
State Resources

AAP Bookstore - Visit the AAP Bookstore to purchase all of the popular breastfeeding resources including the Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, the New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding, and much more.

AAP Policy - Visit this site to search for all of the AAP policy statements, clinical reports, technical reports, clinical practice guidelines, and parent pages.

Pediatrics - Browse the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Some articles are availble for free and some are only available to AAP members and other subscribers to the journal.

Pedialink - Visit the Pedialink Web site for all of your professional growth needs. Search for online and live Continuing Medical Education Opportunities and look for those related to breastfeeding!

Breastfeeding: Best for Baby and Mother Newsletter - This newsletter is produced quarterly as an activity of the Section on Breastfeeding and the Breastfeeding Promotion in Physician's Office Practices program (Phase III). Keep up to date on the latest AAP Breastfeeding Initiatives!

Ten Steps to Support Parents' Choice to Breastfeed Their Baby - This resource was developed as an activity of the Breastfeeding Promotion in Physicians' Office Practices program (Phase II). Currently it is only available as a PDF file.

Breastfeeding Support and Promotion Speaker's Kit - Download this presentation with accompanying speaker's notes to learn more about breastfeeding support and promotion or to use as an educational tool to teach others.

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

The Centers for Disease Control Breastfeeding Resources

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)

HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding

National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign: Babies Were Born To Be Breastfed!

DHHS Indian Health Service Breastfeeding Resources

* The above Other Breastfeeding Resources are external resources and are not part of the AAP.ORG Web site. AAP is not responsible for the content of sites that are external to the AAP. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an endorsement by AAP of the sponsors of the site or the information presented on the site.

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

American Academy of Family Physicians

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Human Milk Banking Association of North America

International Lactation Consultant Association

La Leche League International

Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

National WIC Assocation

Office on Women's Health

UNICEF

United States Breastfeeding Committee

Wellstart International

World Health Organization

* The above Breastfeeding Organizations are external resources and are not part of the AAP.ORG Web site. AAP is not responsible for the content of sites that are external to the AAP. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an endorsement by AAP of the sponsors of the site or the information presented on the site.

Alaska - Breastfeeding Coaltion

California (Greater Los Angeles) - Breastfeeding Task Force

California (San Diego County) - Breastfeeding Coalition

Colorado - Breastfeeding Task Force

Connecticut - Breastfeeding Coalition

Delaware - Breastfeeding Coalition

Georgia - Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)

Indiana - Indiana State Breastfeeding Plan

Maryland - Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition

Massachusetts - Breastfeeding Coalition

New Hampshire - Breastfeeding Task Force

New Mexico - Breastfeeding Task Force

New York - Breastfeeding Promotion Program

Rhode Island - Breastfeeding Coalition and Physicians' Committee for Breastfeeding

Texas - Breastfeeding: Nature's Health Plan

Virginia - Breastfeeding Task Force

Utah - Utah Breastfeeding Coalition

Washington - Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

Washington, DC - District of Columbia Breastfeeding Coalition

If your state has a breastfeeding support and promotion Web site and it is not listed here, please send an email with the URL to lactation@aap.org.

* The above State Resources are external resources and are not part of the AAP.ORG Web site. AAP is not responsible for the content of sites that are external to the AAP. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an endorsement by AAP of the sponsors of the site or the information presented on the site.