Breastfeeding help
* Click here for a two-page handout (pdf) showing breastfeeding help by day of the week and a checklist to help you determine if you need breastfeeding help.
Breastfeeding help by day of the week:
Monday
- See list of lactation consultants and phone help resources below.
Tuesday
- Breastfeeding support group and clinic at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton. Support group meets from 5:00 - 6:00 pm, clinic runs from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. No appointment necessary, no fee. Pump rentals and sales available. Information: (413) 582-2096.
- Breastfeeding support group and clinic at Mercy Medical Center, Springfield. Support group runs from 1:00-2:00 pm, clinic runs from 2:00-4:00 pm. No appointment necessary, no fee. Pump rentals and sales available. Information: (413) 748-7262.
Wednesday
- Breastfeeding support group at Northampton Area Pediatrics, Amherst office, 10:00 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, open to patients of any practice. Information: (413) 773-8557.
Thursday
- Breastfeeding clinic at Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, 2:00-4:00 pm. No appointment necessary, no fee. Pump rentals and sales available. Information: (413) 748-7262.
- Chicopee WIC program breastfeeding support group, every third Thursday of the month at 1:00 pm. Location: 35 Mt. Carmel Ave., 2nd floor, Chicopee (Willimansett area).
Friday
- For patients of Northampton Area Pediatrics: Individual appointments with a lactation consultant, billed to insurance, are available on Monday mornings at the Northampton office. Call Tanya at 587-3908 to schedule.
- Springfield South WIC Breastfeeding Clinic and Support Group, 1:00-3:00 pm. Free, drop-in, open to all. 860 Boston Road, near the Big Y.
Saturday
- Breastfeeding support group and clinic at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton. Support group meets from 9:00 - 10:00 am, clinic runs from 10:00 - 12:00 pm. No appoinment necessary, no fee. Pump rentals and sales available. Information: (413) 582-2096.
Sunday
- See list of lactation consultants and phone help resources below.
Area Lactation Consultants
- Mary Carey: (413) 529-2200
- Kissy Mathewson: (413) 237-8505
- Judy Hatch: (413) 566-3635
- Ruth Stevens: (413) 949-0910
- Tanya Lieberman (413) 587-3908 (no private practice)
- Baystate lactation consultants: (413) 794-5312
Phone help
- 24/7 La Leche League Hotline: 1-877-4-LA LECHE
- Cooley Dickinson lactation services (for non-urgent questions): (413) 582-2096
- Mercy Family Life Center warm line: (413) 748-7262
- Local La Leche League leaders: Lex (413) 268-0141; Lori (413) 247-5993
- WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors: (413) 582-4230
Local La Leche League Meetings
- Northampton: 1st Friday of the month at Forbes Library, 3rd Thursday of the month at 42 Munroe Street, 6:30-8:00 pm. Information: (413) 268-0141
- Amherst: Second Wednesday of the month, 10:00-12:00 am, at the Jones Library, downstairs. Information: Maria, (413) 253-1030.
- Belchertown: 2nd Thursdays, 6:30 pm, Clapp Library (starting September, 2007). Information: (413) 237-8505
- West Springfield: 1st Friday, First Congregational Church, 10:00 am
- More information on La Leche League in Massachusetts.
Breastpump rentals
- Cooley Dickinson Breastfeeding Clinic: (413) 582-2096
- Tanya Lieberman (email)
- Mercy Medical Center: (413) 748-7262
- Judy Hatch (413) 566-3635
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