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Breastfeeding Resources

Community resources are also available to assist you in your breastfeeding efforts.

 

 

Lactation Consultants

For questions following discharge, lactation consultants are still available to you.  Please call the Lactation Office at the facility where your baby was born.  If you reach voice mail, rest assured your call will be answered promptly.

 

St.Vincent Women's Hospital Indianapolis           317-415-7441

St.Vincent Carmel Hospital Carmel                        317-582-7461

 

 

Breastfeeding Support Groups

Get together with other breastfeeding moms and their babies to share experiences, concerns and problem solve.  Baby scales are available to see how your baby is growing.  You may participate at any location, regardless where your baby was born.

 

 

St.Vincent Women's Hospital ~ Indianapolis

Wednesdays   12:00 - 2:00pm

Fridays              10:00 - 12:00pm

No fee and no registration required. 

Please call the Lactation Center at 317-415-7441 for questions or more information.

 

 

St.Vincent Women's Hospital ~ Carmel

Mondays           10:30 - 12:00pm

No fee and no registration required.

Please call Lactation Services at 317-582-7461 for questions or more information.

 

 

 

Suggested Reading


The Breastfeeding Book 
Dr. William Sears

Breastfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You
Mary Renfrew, Chole Fisher, Suzanne Arms

The Nursing Mother's Companion Kathleen Huggins
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding The LaLeche League International

Eat Well, Lose Weight While Breastfeeding Eileen Behan, RN
Nursing Mother, Working Mother G. Pryor

The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning
Kathleen Huggins, Linda Ziedrich
 


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