La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
Membership in La Leche League USA can be obtained from your local La Leche League Group. Membership fees help to support your local Group, LLL USA, and LLL International. The benefits of membership vary from Group to Group. Ask your LLL Leader how to receive a free electronic copy of New Beginnings.
La Leche League of Long Beach, California
La Leche League meetings offer encouragement and support as well as practical breastfeeding information to nursing mothers and pregnant women planning to breastfeed. Our meetings are informal discussions of breastfeeding-related topics facilitated by trained, accredited, La Leche League Leaders.
Each mother is encouraged to take from La Leche League's philosophy what seems sensible and helpful to her.
All breastfeeding mothers and mothers-to-be interested in breastfeeding are welcome to come to our meetings. The ideal time to begin attending is during pregnancy because the information received at that time may benefit a mother when her baby is born, and to obtain a copy of our manual, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Babies, toddlers, and children are always welcome at our meetings.
The series of meetings follows the course of breastfeeding:
- Advantages of Breastfeeding
- The Baby Arrives - The Family and the Breastfed Baby
- The Art of Breastfeeding and Overcoming Difficulties
- Nutrition and Weaning
La Leche League Leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their own babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothers-to-be with all aspects of breastfeeding. They are available by phone whenever you have breastfeeding questions or concerns.
If you would like meeting dates and times, or if you would like to contact a local Leader, please call our recorded information line:
(562) 804-8725
The La Leche League International mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.
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