Breastfeeding help by day of the week:
Download a chart (pdf) showing area resources by day of the week.
Monday
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 12:00-1:30, breastfeeding support group. Childbirth Center conference room. Drop in, free. (413) 582-2096
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Tuesday
- Breastfeeding Group at Amherst Family Center, Tuesdays from 9:45am-11:15am, beginning September 27th, 2011. Baby scale available. Drop in, free.
- Breastfeeding clinic at Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, 12:00-2:00 pm. Free, drop-in, but appointment recommended. (413) 748-7262
- Cradle breastfeeding clinic and weigh-in. 12:15-1 pm, 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton. Drop in, free. Information: (413) 341-5282
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096.
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Wednesday
- Breastfeeding support group at Northampton Area Pediatrics, Amherst office (170 University Drive, Amherst), 9:30 am - 11:30 am. Free, drop-in, open to patients of any practice. Information: (413) 587-3908.
- Breastfeeding support group at Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, 11:00 - 12:00 am. Free, drop-in. Information: (413) 773-8557.
- Chicopee WIC Program Breastfeeding Support Group on the second Wednesday of the month at 11:45am (413) 612-0214 for info.
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Thursday
- Breastfeeding clinic at Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, 12:00-2:00 pm. Free, drop-in, but appointment recommended. (413) 748-7262
- Cooley Dickinson breastfeeding support group, Amherst. 10:00-11:30, 170 University Drive, Amherst. (413) 582-2096
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Friday
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Saturday
- Cradle, individual consultations by appointment. 3rd floor, Thornes Marketplace, Northampton (413) 341-5282
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center - free consults by appointment: (413) 748-7262
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Sunday
- See list of private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital - insurance billed consults by appointment: (413) 582-2096
- Private practice lactation consultants and phone help resources below
Area Private Practice Lactation Consultants
- Mary Carey: (413) 527-6547
- Jacqueline Jones: (413) 539-0094
- Kate Bohne: (413) 253-5280
- Sarah Nacewicz: (413) 454-5775
- Kissy Mathewson: (413) 237-8505
- Judy Hatch: (413) 566-3635
- Tanya Lieberman (no private practice)
Phone help
- Springfield South WIC warmline: (413) 505-9434 and (413)-505-9203
- Chicopee/Holyoke WIC warmline: (413) 612-0206
- 24/7 La Leche League Hotline: 1-877-4-LA LECHE
- Cooley Dickinson lactation services, available daily: (413) 582-2096
- Breastfeeding Center at the Family Life Center, Mercy Medical Center - warm line: (413) 748-7262
- Northampton La Leche League leaders: Lex (413) 268-0141; Lori (413) 247-5993 (phone help only), Lauren (413) 341-3233; Rosemary (413) 537-9755
- WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors: (413) 582-4230
Local La Leche League & Nursing Mothers' Council Meetings
- Nursing Mothers' Council gathering: 3rd Monday of the month at Cradle (3rd floor, Thornes in Northampton), 5:15 pm
- Northampton: 1st Friday of the month at Cradle (3rd floor, Thornes), 9:30 am. More information and LLL leaders for Northampton.
- Northampton - toddler meeting: On the Thursday *after* the Friday regular meeting, from 10:00 - 11:30 am. These meetings are held in a private home, please contact Lauren for details.
- Amherst: Meeting information: Maria, (413) 253-1030.
- West Springfield: 1st Friday, First Congregational Church, 10:00 am
- More information on La Leche League in Massachusetts.
Breastpump rentals
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Medical Center: (413) 748-7262
- Judy Hatch (413) 566-3635
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