- Home
- Government
- Departments A-I
- Health
- Community
- Breastfeeding Resources
Breastfeeding Resources
Breastfeeding resources can come in the form of support groups, breastfeeding classes, education, birth centers, pump instructions and distributors, helplines, and breastfeeding friendly designations. If you are interested in breastfeeding in the future, are breastfeeding currently, or supporting a loved one who is breastfeeding, this informative page is for you!
Hospitals and Birth Centers
Onslow Memorial Hospital
910-577-2200
https://www.onslow.org/about-us
Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
Lactation Line: 910-450-4291
Pediatrics: 910-450-3125
Tricare beneficiaries only
Bella Donna Midwifery
910-621-4266
https://www.belladonnamidwifery.com/services-9
Outpatient Lactation Support
Bosom Babies Lactation
910-408-2257
https://bosombabieslactation.com
Wilmington Health Pediatrics
Lactation Consultant:
Kristy Harley, RN, IBCLC,
910-362-3419
Wilmington Health patients only
Community Support
PEERS Family Development Center
910-333-9725
Parenting Classes and Child Care
One Place
910-938-0336
Childcare and Parenting Resources
Peer Support Groups
Onslow County WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors
Jennifer Hall: 910-989-3999
Sonja McMorris: 910-989-3989
Kimberly Warnstaff: 910-937-1485
https://www.onslowcountync.gov/216/WIC
Bella Donna Midwifery
910-621-4266
Breastfeeding Support Group Meets every first Monday of each month at 5:00 PM.
310 New Bridge Street Jacksonville, NC 28540
Mom2Mom Global
252-503-4866
https://www.mom2momglobal.org/
Navy Marine Corps Relief Society
Budget for Baby
910-451-5346
Tricare beneficiaries only
La Leche League Jacksonville
910-378-9877
http://lalecheofjaxnc.weebly.com/
Special Concerns
Post Partum Support International
1-800-273-8255
Helpline: 1-800-944-4773
https://www.postpartum.net/
Wake Med Mothers' Milk Bank
919-350-8599
Milk Bank
1900 Kildare Farm Road
Cary, NC 27518
Onslow Women's Center
910-347-4000
https://www.onslowwc.org/
Peer to Peer Milk Sharing
www.eatsonfeets.org
Educational Classes
Onslow County Health Department
In-Person Breastfeeding Classes
Held every second Wednesday of each month from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Virtual Breastfeeding Classes
Held every fourth Wednesday of each month from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Call 910-989-3999 for questions.
Virtual Classes
Virtual Breastfeeding Class: Ready, Set, Baby Prenatal Education Class
Onslow Memorial Hospital
910-577-2581
In-Person Classes
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune
910-451-3712
In-Person Classes
National Help Lines
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
1-800-943-5746
https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline
Women's Health & Breastfeeding
1-800-994-9662
https://www.womenshealth.gov/
Online Resources
WIC Resources
Call WIC to enroll: 910-347-5002
www.wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
https://www.bfmed.org/
Breastfeeding USA
612-293-6622
https://breastfeedingusa.org/
Breastfeeding Friendly Designations
- Breastfeeding- Friendly Designations
- Breastfeeding- Friendly Community Partner
- Breastfeeding- Friendly Employer
- Breastfeeding- Friendly Child Care
- Breastfeeding- Friendly Maternity Center
Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Partner
Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Partners are organizations that follow standards to aid in support to breastfeeding families within their business.
Standards
To be considered eligible to receive this award, all standards listed below must be met:
- Publicly commit to support breastfeeding parents and children.
- Provide a welcoming atmosphere for breastfeeding.
- Never ask a breastfeeding individual to leave, cover up, or to move while feeding.
- Do not advertise instant formula to your consumers.
Benefits
Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Partners can gain a variety of benefits!
- A window cling to display, demonstrating commitment to the community.
- Recognition at the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Regional Meeting.
- Awardees listed on the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Website.
Application and Current Awardees
If your organization is interested in applying to be a North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition recognized Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Partner, you can access the application here.
Click here to view the current Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Partner awardees!
Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer
Breastfeeding-Friendly Employers are recognized by the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition as places of work that have made accommodations to support their breastfeeding employees.
Standards
To be considered eligible to receive this award, all standards listed below must be met:
- Create/implement a policy to allow flexible breaks to pump or breastfeed.
- Provide employees access to a private room containing a comfortable chair, an accessible hand hygiene station, an electrical outlet, and a lock on the door to pump or breastfeed. It is mandatory that this safe space is not a bathroom.
- Refrain from advertising infant formula.
Benefits
Employers that become Breastfeeding-Friendly can gain a variety of benefits!
- A window cling to display, demonstrating commitment to the community.
- Recognition at the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Regional Meeting.
- Awardees listed on the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Website.
Application and Current Awardees
If your organization is interested in applying to be a North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition recognized Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer, you can access the application here.
Click here to view the current Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer awardees!
Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designations
Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designations are recognized organizations that promote and support breastfeeding across the state. Each Child Care Designation follows a set of standards to support and offer a breastfeeding-friendly environment within the facility.
Standards
To be considered eligible to receive this award, all five standards listed below must be met:
- Written Policy
- Community Connections
- Professional Development
- Environment
- Curriculum
Benefits
Child-Care Designations that become Breastfeeding-Friendly can gain a variety of benefits!
- Free Marketing! Awardees will have a special feature on the North Carolina Division of Public Health website under the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education profile.
- In North Carolina, over 80% of mothers choose to breastfeed. Mothers will be more likely to choose your child care facility if it offers an environment supportive to breastfeeding and can meet the needs of the family.
- Children who breastfeed tend to be sick less often, offering less absences and more consistent attendance for your child at the child care facility!
- Supporting breastfeeding as an employer and child care provider, parents are more likely to return to work. This can influence better employee retention for child care programs!
Application and Current Awardees
If your organization is interested in applying to be a NCDHHS recognized Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designation, you can access the application here.
Click here to view the current Designated Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care NCDHHS recognized awardees!
Breastfeeding-Friendly Maternity Center Designations
Breastfeeding-Friendly Maternity Center Designations are recognized organizations that promote and support breastfeeding across the state. Each Breastfeeding-Friendly Maternity Center Designation follows a set of standards to support and offer a breastfeeding-friendly environment within the facility.
Standards
There are 10 standards that can be met when applying to be a NC Maternity Center Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation. The awards are given in tiers, in the form of stars. For every 2 steps fulfilled, the Maternity Center will earn 1 star, with the potential to earn a total of 5 stars.
- Written breastfeeding policy.
- Have all health care staff trained in skills necessary to implement the policy.
- Communicate the benefits of breastfeeding and management of breastfeeding to all pregnant women.
- Help all mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth .
- Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation even if they should be separated from their infants.
- Give newborns no food or drink other than breastmilk, unless medically indicated.
- Practice rooming in (allow mothers and infants to remain together) 24 hours per day.
- Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
- Give no artificial teats or pacifiers.
- Foster the establishment of breast-feeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.
Benefits
- Improving the health of both the mother and baby.
- Increasing satisfaction with maternity care services in your facility.
- Public recognition of the Maternity Center efforts towards becoming breastfeeding-friendly.
- Free marketing to the public about the efforts of the Maternity Center.
- Contributing to the improvement of breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity in NC.
Application and Current Awardees
If your organization is interested in applying to be a NCDHHS recognized Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designation, you can access the application here.
Click here to view the current designated Breastfeeding-Friendly Maternity Center NCDHHS recognized awardees!
Onslow County Mobile Breastfeeding Stations
A Breastfeeding Station is a portable, private area to provide a clean and safe environment for nursing moms. Breastfeeding stations can be set up at your event indoors and outdoors. If your organization is interested in using one of our Breastfeeding Stations, please call 910-989-3963 or email community_relations@onslowcountync.gov to select an available day and time. The Onslow County Health Department can also supply health education materials upon request.