Terre Haute is lucky enough to have two organizations to help breastfeeding moms: Breastfeeding USA and La Leche League
La Leche League
La Leche League International (LLLI) was founded in 1956 by seven women who wanted to make breastfeeding easier and more rewarding for both mother and child. Today, LLLI is an international organization active in 66 nations worldwide, reaching more than 200,000 people monthly through a network of nearly 8,000 accredited Leaders who work on a volunteer basis.
LLLI is recognized by the World Health Organization as the world's foremost authority on breastfeeding. LLLI provides health care professionals with continuing education opportunities and access to the latest research on lacatation management through its Center for Breastfeeding Information and publications such as BREASTFEEDING ABSTRACTS.
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
The basic philosophy of La Leche League is summarized in the following statements:
Taken from http://www.llli.org/philosophy.html?m=1,0,1
LLLI is recognized by the World Health Organization as the world's foremost authority on breastfeeding. LLLI provides health care professionals with continuing education opportunities and access to the latest research on lacatation management through its Center for Breastfeeding Information and publications such as BREASTFEEDING ABSTRACTS.
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
The basic philosophy of La Leche League is summarized in the following statements:
- Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.
- Mother and baby need to be together early and often to establish a satisfying relationship and an adequate milk supply.
- In the early years the baby has an intense need to be with his mother which is as basic as his need for food.
- Breast milk is the superior infant food.
- For the healthy, full-term baby, breast milk is the only food necessary until the baby shows signs of needing solids, about the middle of the first year after birth.
- Ideally the breastfeeding relationship will continue until the baby outgrows the need.
- Alert and active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.
- Breastfeeding is enhanced and the nursing couple sustained by the loving support, help, and companionship of the baby's father. A father's unique relationship with his baby is an important element in the child's development from early infancy.
- Good nutrition means eating a well-balanced and varied diet of foods in as close to their natural state as possible.
- From infancy on, children need loving guidance which reflects acceptance of their capabilities and sensitivity to their feelings.
Taken from http://www.llli.org/philosophy.html?m=1,0,1
Breastfeeding USA
Breastfeeding USA strives to present evidence-based information to mothers so that they can make truly informed decisions related to birth, babyhood, and beyond. We believe that the foundation of these decisions can be rationally based on the biological norm for human mothers and babies.
Taken from https://breastfeedingusa.org/node/145/
Breastfeeding USA strives to present evidence-based information to mothers so that they can make truly informed decisions related to birth, babyhood, and beyond. We believe that the foundation of these decisions can be rationally based on the biological norm for human mothers and babies.
- We believe that the decision to breastfeed is not about lifestyle, but about the total physical and emotional health of the mother and baby, both in the short term and the long term.
- We strive to provide the information and support which mothers and families may need as they make decisions about nurturing their infants and children.
- We believe that it is normal and beneficial for women to interact with, support and encourage each other as they follow the path of motherhood.
- We understand that individual circumstances may sometimes make it necessary for families to make decisions which may be different than those they would have made in ideal circumstances.
- We believe that informed decision making helps families to be comfortable and confident in their choices.
- We believe in the importance of preserving breastfeeding to whatever degree.
- We believe that breastfeeding is the normal way to feed babies.
- We believe that breastfeeding matters.
Taken from https://breastfeedingusa.org/node/145/