Resources and Helpful Links

A Mother's Boutique would like to pass along the information on this page to help you be successful in your efforts to breastfeed your baby. All links are broken down by category - some are related to breastfeeding and some are related to other items a new mother may need. We hope that you find this section of our website useful!

Breastfeeding Support Resources

• La Leche League Interntional- This is a great site for finding breastfeeding support. You can also look up local meetings near you. La Leche League is committed to helping mothers breastfeed their babies - so check here for all of your breastfeeding needs.
• Kelly Mom - this is a great site for finding answers to just about any breastfeeding or parenting question you may have.
• Breastfeeding.com - this is another great site for breastfeeding resources.
• The Lactivist Blog - this is a great blog for you to keep up to date on what is going on in the world with respect to breastfeeding. Take some time to browse and read what is posted here. Written by WAHM Jennifer Laylock.

Local Pittsburgh Resources

• Expectant Mother's Guide to Pittsburgh - a great resource for new mother tips and products and services in the local area
• Pittsburgh Babyzone - another great site for finding local resources for new mothers
• Pittsburgh Mothers Center - a great local resource for mothers to find support and information
• Urban Mommies - This is a great group designed to get new moms out and about with their babies! Meet new friends on fun cultural outings throughout Pittsburgh - planned especially for you along with your baby.
• Buzzy Photography - This is a great photographer and she specializes in babies! She has a package where she will take photos of you before the baby comes. Then two weeks after the baby comes she comes to your house to photograph the baby and six months down the road, you go to her studio for the final series of photographs. She also photographed our son's first birthday party. I met her through my lamaze class - so she is a mother, a friend and great local photographer! Check out the photo on my "About Us" page, she took that photo of me with my son when he was 2.5 weeks old.

Local Pittsburgh Events

• Healthy Child Healthy World Presents: Creating Healthy Environments for Children

Published Support Articles

• Breastfeeding Tips from a New Mother's Perspective
• Breastfeeding and Working - Helpful advice for pumping mothers
• Breastfeeding Article - Breast vs. Bottle - how long should I breastfeed? This article is great because it gives a very interesting perspective - no matter how long you breastfeed 2 days or 2 years - you are doing something wonderful for your baby! It is definately worth reading and passing on!

Breastfeeding in the News

• Breastfeeding Cuts Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis by 50%! 5/13/08: Women who breast-feed their babies longer are less likely to get rheumatoid arthritis, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday. Read more.
• Breastfeeding may boost children's IQ 5/6/08: A new study provides some of the best evidence to date that breast-feeding can make children smarter, an international team of researchers said. Read more.
• Milk Therapy: Breastmilk compounds could be a tonic for adult ails, Science News Online, Dec 9, 2006. This is a great article highlighting some of the cancer preventing and illness preventing properties of breastmilk.
• Breastfeeding Makes Top Ten List of Cancer Preventers
• Breastfeeding may reduce risk of multiple sclerosis 5/28/04: This study investigated the association between multiple sclerosis and breast feeding in a case-control study. Read More

Other Sites We Like

• A Better Bib - I met the woman who runs this business at a recent La Leche League Conference. These bibs are great!
• E A Poos - This site has cloth diapers and accessories. I also met this woman at the same LLL conference and found her products to be very unique. Take a look.
• Tiffany Blitz - This site has a listing of other work-at-home-mother business which offer discount coupons to visitors of the site. It is a great resource to find great products for you and your baby. Take a look at the blog as well for some great stories!
• Inspired by Emilie - This is a great site for home-made baby products. I met the owner of this site on some of the Yahoo Breastfeeding Support groups and she has been a great resource for me. Take a look at the things she has made for other moms - inspired by her own daugher!
• Newborns in Need - This is a charity designed to help take care of sick and needy babies and their families. They also provide support for families when their babies do not survive. This is a great charity serving a very important niche - please take a look at their website.
• Gymboree Play & Music - The Gymboree Play and Music Classes are a great way for new moms to get out and meet other new moms. They offer classes for children from age 0-6months all the way up to 5 years. All of the kids in the classes are similar age, so it is a great way to meet other moms who have a child the same age as your own. I started going with my son when he was just 5 weeks old and we are still going today (he is now 2.5 years old!). Check out their website to find a class near you.
• Urbanmommies - Urbanmommies.com is an Online Resource for New and Expectant Parents

The Mom Pack - this is a Yahoo Group designed to support mothers in business. Please click on the logo to take a look around.

Women's Small Business Association, Pittsburgh - do you own your own business? Are you local to Pittsburgh? Then this is the group for you - join today to network and get business advice.

Breastfeeding Webrings - these are sites on the internet that all have information on breastfeeding - use the navigation panels below to explore the other member sites.

• The Breastfeeding Webring - The breastfeeding WebRing was founded in October 1996 to make it easier for people interested in breastfeeding and infant nutrition to find high quality informational sites. People interested in natural parenting, pregnancy and birth should also find this ring useful as many of the participating sites also have excellent information on these topics


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• A Mommy's World Breastfeeding Supporters Webring - A place for those who support breastfeeding to gather.