LACTATION RESOURCES
Lactation Resources
Below is a list of community resources & informative websites to help you on your breastfeeding journey.
You can register for our FREE Breastfeeding Basics Class here, designed for attendees 30 - 36 weeks pregnant.
Can't find a resource you need? Feel free to contact us.
Online Support
Several informative & helpful videos for parents with a large selection of breastfeeding videos.
Another breastfeeding video & reference resource
The Community Pump Library, supported by MILC in partnership with Youville Community Health Centre, provides families in the Winnipeg community with access to breast pumps along with personalized guidance, breastfeeding support, and helpful resources to support their feeding journey.
The MOM Project helps families of small and sick babies access affordable hospital-grade breast pump rentals, helping remove financial and logistical barriers so mothers can establish and maintain their breast milk supply while their baby is receiving care in the NICU.
Alberta Health Services' website for current, reliable information based on today’s best knowledge, evidence and practices. Infant feeding section here.
Health Link BC
A breastfeeding guide has information and answers questions you may have as an expectant parent or as a new parent. You can share this guide with the people who are supporting you.
Stanford University
Private Practice IBCLC's
International Lactation Consultant Association
Peer Support
Calgary Area telephone help line: 403-242-0277
Doula & In-Home Respite Support
Postpartum Doulas are hired privately & provide in-home help & respite for new parents.
Doulas of North America: Find a Doula
CAPPA
Childbirth & Postpartum Professional Association - Doula & Educator Directory
Doula Association of Alberta
Breastfeeding Support from Calgary Public Health
Families with infants less than 2 months of age:
Can access Postpartum Community Services Follow-Up Clinics for assessment & potential referral to a Lactation Consultant (LC) by:
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Calling the Public Health Nurse (PHN) with whom they had initial contact or their home visit with
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Calling the Early Start Line 403-244-8351 (1-800-756-BABY). If necessary, a referral can be made to Postpartum Community Services
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Nurses are on the line 24/7
Families with infants over 2 months of age:
Can call HealthLink at 811, and if necessary a referral is made to Well Child Services.
Calgary Breastfeeding Clinics with IBCLCs
Please note: not all doctors at these clinics may be IBCLC certified.
Riley Park Maternity & Breastfeeding Clinic
Must be a patient at Maternity Clinic to access breastfeeding support
suite 130, 1402 8th Ave NW, Calgary AB
P: 403-284-3711 ext 230
Circle Medical Clinic
Public Health Nurse/LC referral or physician referral required
Copperfield: Suite 123, 15566 McIvor Blvd SE, Calgary AB
P: 403-726-0524
West Glen Medical Centre Breastfeeding Clinic
No referral needed
Suite 108, 30 Springborough Blvd SW, Calgary AB
P: 403-240-2221
Well-Fed Clinic (Formally the Alex Breastfeeding Clinic)
Airdrie Medical Clinics with IBCLCs
One Health Associate Medical Clinic
Lactation services are available Monday - Thursday (8am-4pm) & Friday (8am-2pm). They offer same day access during those hours for urgent cases.
Unit 201 – 836 1st Avenue NW
Airdrie, Alberta T4B 0V2
P: 403- 948-6422