>If you would like to find an IBCLC (Board Certified Lactation Consultant)
>in your area to assist you...you may  contact the ILCA (International
>Lactation Consultant Association) office and you  will be referred to three
>IBCLC's in your area. You can reach  ILCA at 200 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 300,
>Chicago IL 60601; phone 312-541-1710 or fax 312-541-1271. ILCA can be
>reached at [log in to unmask]
>
>Another wonderful source of breastfeeding assistance  is LLLI,  La Leche
>League International. (Web page
>http://www.prairienet.org/llli/LLLIgeneral.html)...and phone number
>...Phone: (847) 519-7730. La Leche League's Breastfeeding HelpLine is now
>available 24 hours a day. To reach it, dial (1-900) 448-7475, extension 55.
>Numerous topics are listed and can be heard if dialing from a touch tone
>phone. Simply listen to the options and press your preference. This phone
>costs $1.99/minute and can be used by anyone in the USA. Most messages can
>be heard in less than 5 minutes. Availability of this HelpLine in Canada
>will occur sometime in the near future. There is also an  LLLI Web page on
>which  there is a form to submit a breastfeeding question to an
>accreditedLLL Leader at:
>
>http://www.prairienet.org/llli/helpform.html
>
> LLLI volunteers provide free volunteer bf telephone counseling, from
>experienced bf mothers.  You can contact your local LLL Leader by calling
>the postpartum unit at your local hospital..or  LLL can be contacted on the
>WWW at http://www.prairienet.org/llli/.  There is an 800 number also, but
>this may be difficult to reach. That number is (1-800) 525-3243 and can be
>reached 9AM-5PM
>Monday through Friday.
>
>If you prefer on-line chat/email discussions, Parent-L is a good source of
>parent to parent information. PARENT-L is  an alternate listserv list  where
>many families find breastfeeding information and support.  Parent-L is a
>list for mother to mother (and father, grandfather, sister, interested
>bystander, support for breastfeeding and parenting issues.) Parent-L
>contains  all sorts of parenting/breastfeeding issue discussions ,   For
>info on joining PARENT-L, contact [log in to unmask]