References & Links

Breastfeeding Information

La Leche League International

Best Beginnings – From Bump to Breastfeeding

Best Beginnings – Latching at the Breast

Healthy Children Project and Dr Kajsa Brimdyr – Happy Birth Day

Healthy Children Project and Dr Kajsa Brimdyr – The nine stages babies go through after birth during Skin-to-Skin contact with their mothers

Laid Back Breastfeeding

Infant Sleep Information Source

Infant Sleep Information Source App

Kids Health Breastfeeding

Infant feeding cues

Immune System of human milk

Illness Prevention

Breastfeeding in Aotearoa New Zealand

La Leche League NZ

Facebook Breastfeeding Support La Leche League New Zealand

Resources for breastfeeding in other languages – Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Niuean – La Leche League NZ

Breastfeeding your baby – Te Reo Māori version- Ministry of Health resource

Breastfeeding resources – Ministry of Health – viewable on-line and some resources may be ordered

Infant and young child feeding in emergencies and disasters. Ministry of Health

Kids Health Breastfeeding – Breastfeeding information in different languages available

Human Rights Commission – The Right to Breastfeed – Your rights as a breastfeeding mother in New Zealand Aotearoa

BreastFedNZ (App available to download for free) Information about breastfeeding – when you want it, where you want it, as you want it

BURP (Breastfeeding’s Ultimate Refuel Place)

Breastfeeding Support Otago and Southland – SOS – finding breastfeeding peer support in Southland

West Coast Breastfeeding

Auckland Breastfeeding Support

Taranaki Breastfeeding Support

Northland Breastfeeding support

Nelson and Tasman Breastfeeding Support

Lakes Breastfeeding Support

Hamilton Breastfeeding Support

Hawkes Bay Breastfeeding Support

Wellington Breastfeeding Support

New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance

Women’s Health Action Auckland Breastfeeding Activities

The Big-Latch-On 2020

Ministry of Health

National Breastfeeding Strategy

Donor Breast Milk

Interested in donating breast milk to the CWH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Milk Bank? Information about becoming a donor here –http://www.cdhb.health.nz/Hospitals-Services/Specialist-Care/Canterbury-Neonatal-Service/Human-Donor-Milk-Bank/Pages/default.aspx

Email milkbankNICU@cdhb.health.nz

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Interested in donating breast milk to the Rotary Community Breast Milk Bank?

This community milk bank is based at St George’s Hospital. St George’s has generously donated the use of a space for the milk bank which is run by volunteers. The donor milk comes from screened women and it is pasteurised prior to dispensing.

Check out the Facebook page here

Or leave a message here (03) 3756281

Facebook pages

Canterbury Breastfeeding

La Leche League NZ

Facebook pages with useful information about the different groups in Canterbury

Canterbury Breastfeeding Peer Support
Breastfeeding Groups Otautahi
Richmond Cottage Breastfeeding Group

Mother4Mother Breastfeeding Support
Breastfeeding Mid Canterbury
Breast Start La Leche League Christchurch

For Men

Father Child Trust Christchurch

Dads and Breastfeeding

Being a Great Dad – Ministry of Health

Midwifery Care

Find your midwife Canterbury

Useful websites for breastfeeding information

KellyMom – evidence-based information about breastfeeding and parenting

La Leche League International – helping mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education

Best Beginnings – From Bump to Breastfeeding. A charity in the UK providing practical, simple, educational and interactive tools to support parents-to-be and new parents. From Bump to Breastfeeding is a set of films following the journey of four mums, who decide to breastfeed their babies. The films have lots of great information about breastfeeding.

Best Beginnings – A video about latching a baby at the breast

Healthy Children Project and Dr Kajsa Brimdyr – Happy Birth Day. The trailer for Happy Birth Day which is a series of educational webisodes depicting childbirth for the expectant parent. Shows skin-to-skin between mother and baby and the start of breastfeeding

Healthy Children Project and Dr Kajsa Brimdyr – The nine stages babies go through after birth during Skin-to-Skin contact with their mothers

Laid back breastfeeding – demonstrating comfortable semi-reclined positions for mothers to breastfeed where every part of their body is supported

Infant Sleep Information Source – research evidence about biologically normal sleep for human babies

Infant Sleep Information Source App – This app provides key information from the ISIS website in a handy format for mobile devices. Covering normal sleep development, sleep location and sleep safety

Infant feeding cues – Newborn babies have several instinctive behaviors they use, which tell you that they’re hungry and ready to feed

Babies’ output – Whether or not baby is getting enough milk is one of the most common concerns of new moms and this article explains about baby weight gain and what to expect in the nappies

Skin-to-Skin – More about skin-to-skin contact from paediatrician Dr Jack Newman

Immune System of human milk – Human milk provides many substances that benefit babies’ immune systems, including antibodies, immune factors, enzymes, and white blood cells. These substances protect babies against a wide variety of diseases and infections

Immune System of human milk – How breastfeeding protects newborns from illnesses

Breastfeeding resources in other languages from the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative – Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Mirpuri, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu