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Breastfeeding Resources
Online Breastfeeding Resources
Breastfeeding Your Baby – City of Toronto online resource
- Provides information on how to breastfeed.
- Please note that the “Where to go for breastfeeding help” section relates to the Toronto area. See Windsor Essex County Breastfeeding Resources below for local breastfeeding resources.
La Leche League website
- Provides a list of frequently asked questions. Go to “Breastfeeding Info” and search for “frequently asked questions.”
- See Windsor Essex County Breastfeeding Resources below for local La Leche League support.
Dr. Jack Newman website
- Provides articles and video clips on breastfeeding. Go to “breastfeeding help” to access these resources.
- You can also email breastfeeding questions to Dr. Jack Newman or Edith Kernerman.
Windsor Essex County Breastfeeding Resources
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
- Provides breastfeeding education, telephone support, and hands-on support from the prenatal period until weaning
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All services are provided by Public Health Nurses
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Breastfeeding Help Line - 519-258-2146 ext. 1350 (Mon. – Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
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Breastfeeding Clinic by appointment only - 519-258-2146 ext. 1350
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Prenatal Breastfeeding Classes - For dates and locations call: 519-258-2146 ext. 1340
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Healthy Babies Healthy Children Home Visiting Program – To make a referral to program call: 519-258-2146 ext. 1350
Leamington District Memorial Hospital Newborn Clinic
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Provides hands-on breastfeeding support for babies up to 6 weeks
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Services are for clients who give birth at Leamington hospital
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For more information call: 519-258-2146 ext. 4131
Windsor Regional Hospital – Met Campus Maternal Newborn Clinic
- Provides hands-on breastfeeding support for babies up to 6 weeks
- Services are for clients who give birth at Met hospital
- For more information call: 519-254-5577 ext. 52231
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
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Provides breastfeeding education from the prenatal period through baby’s first year of life
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Prenatal Breastfeeding classes are taught by a lactation consultant
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Other services are provided by Registered Nurses
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For more information call: 519-254-4866 (a fee may be charged)
Sandwich Community Health Centre
- Provides breastfeeding education, telephone support, and hands-on support from the prenatal period until weaning
- Services are for clients who live in the Centre’s catchment area
- For more information call: 519-258-6002
La Leche League
- Provides breastfeeding education, telephone support and hands-on support at monthly meetings
- Mother-to-mother support
- For more information contact one of the following leaders:
- Tracy: 519-978-3241
- Brenda: 519-735-8552
- Diana: 519-736-3058
- Leah: 519-973-1119
- Michelle: 519-682-2360
- Helen: 519-948-1968
Doulas
- Provide breastfeeding education, telephone support and hands-on support from the prenatal period until baby is 6 weeks old
- A fee is charged
- To locate a qualified doula in the area contact the following professional agencies:
Midwives
- Provide breastfeeding education, telephone support and hands-on support from the prenatal period until baby is 6 weeks old
- Services are for current clients of midwives
- To locate a qualified midwife in the area contact the following professional agencies:
Teen Health Centre
- Provides breastfeeding education and telephone support from the prenatal period until weaning
- Services provided by Registered Nurses
- Services are for teen moms up to the age of 24
- For more information call: 519-253-8481
Sunparlour Pregnancy Resource Centre
- Provides breastfeeding education, telephone support and hands-on support from the prenatal period until weaning
- Services are provided by Registered Nurses
- For more information call: 519-972-2727 ext. 5407
Regional Breastfeeding Information Lines
Motherisk
- 1-416-813-6780
- Provides information about medication and illness when pregnant or breastfeeding
Telehealth Ontario
- 1-866-797-0000
- Registered Nurses are available to answer questions 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week