Contact Info
WIC Staff Breastfeeding Resources
Related topics: Breastfeeding Resources (for participants)
On this page: Education | Videos/Photos | Prescription Medications | Contraindications | Materials | Partners
Education
Minnesota WIC Breastfeeding Assessment and Planning Tools
- Breastfeeding Assessment and Planning Tool - Staff (WORD)
- Breastfeeding Assessment and Planning Tool: Agency (WORD)
Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition
A resource for health care providers to help families prepare for birth and breastfeeding.
https://www.mnbreastfeedingcoalition.org/resources/prenatal-toolkit
Videos/Photos
Hand Expression of Milk (Video)
International Breastfeeding Center Breastfeeding Videos
Really Good Drinking; Squeezing Nipple Demonstrating Difference Between Poor Latch; 10-Hour Old Baby; 28-Hours Old - Baby-Led Mother-Guided Latching; and 4 Day Old After Tongue-Tie Release with Compression.
Articles for download
Biological Nurturing resources
Sample of Biological Nurturing (video)
Global Health Media Project Breastfeeding Videos.
From this page choose breastfeeding, then the language from the drop down, then select the video that says "for mothers." (Other videos on this page are for training health professionals.)
Academy of Breastfeeding Education Center
Resources and Information for professionals caring for breastfeeding parents an infants.
Prescription Medications
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Breastfeeding - Prescription Medication Use
Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
Medications and Mothers Milk by Thomas Hale (PDF)
Potential Contraindications
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Breastfeeding and Special Circumstances
Materials
Human Milk Storage Guidelines (PDF - printable)
Human Milk Storage Guidelines (PDF - for viewing online)
MN Breastfeeding Laws Card
- Minnesota Laws Protect Pregnant and Breastfeeding Parents (PDF - printable)
- Minnesota Laws Protect Pregnant and Breastfeeding Parents (PDF - for viewing online)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Brochures and fact sheets about labor standards including parental leave, pregnancy leave and nursing mothers, pregnant employees and new parents, and more.
Tips for Talking to Your Employer (PDF)
Conversation tips to help you feel prepared for sharing the news about your pregnancy and pumping needs with your employer.
World Breastfeeding Week Thank You Postcard (PDF - printable)
"Hungry Babies Need to Eat" Clinic Signs
- Hungry Babies Need to Eat - English (PDF)
- Los bebés que tienen hambre necesitan comer - Spanish (PDF)
- Dhallanka gaajayasani cunnuu u baahan yahay - Somali (PDF)
- Hungry Babies Need to Eat - English, Spanish and Somali (PDF)
Partners
Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition
United States Breastfeeding Committee- Resources for parents