La Leche League
Support Groups
Private Practice Lactaction Specialists
Breast Pumps
Doulas
Professional Organizations
Childbirth Educators, Midwives, and Birth Centers
Health Care Providers
Hospitals and Hospital
Based Lactation Specialists
Public Health
Retail Providers
Espaņol (Spanish)
Milk Banks
Education and Web Links on Special Issues
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Support Groups
Breastfeeding
Birth
Parenting
Working Mother
Mutiples and Premies
Single Parent
Postpartum Depression
Grief
Other
Breastfeeding Support
African-American Breastfeeding Alliance, Washington Chapter
Contact: Delores Baccus, President, WA Chapter
Phone: 253-548-8278
E-mail: afox4ever2luv@yahoo.com
Web site: African-American Breastfeeding Alliance
Services: Breastfeeding support for the African-American community in Washington State. Meetings held regularly. Contact Delores Baccus above for more info.
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Phone: 1-800-322-2588
Web site: www.hmhbwa.org
Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington "Working & Breastfeeding" free information packet for both mothers & employers.
New Mother support groups are available at many hospitals. Contact your local hospital or the hospital where you had your baby to learn if they have a support group. See the hospital section under resources for information on the hospitals in King County.
The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
Helpline
Phone: 1-800-994-WOMAN (9662)
Web site: www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/bf.cfm?page=ask
Services: Get your breastfeeding questions answered. Call the Helpline Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., EST. If you call after hours, you will be given the option to leave a message, and a Breastfeeding Information Specialist will return your call on the next business day.
NWHIC has partnered with La Leche League International to train our Information Specialists so they can help you with common breastfeeding issues such as nursing positions, questions about pumping and storage, and provide you with the support moms and dads need to make breastfeeding a success. The Helpline, which operates in both English and Spanish, can provide tips for working moms who would like to continue breastfeeding and offer suggestions for financial support. The Helpline is open to nursing mothers as well as their partners, families, prospective parents, health professionals, and institutions seeking to better educate new mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding. Please note: the Helpline is an information and referral service only and we cannot provide a medical diagnosis, or answer medical questions. All medical questions should be directed to a healthcare provider.
Birth Support
Cesarean/VBAC Support Groups
Phone: Seattle, 206-361-5926 Eastside, 425-885-6860
Kent, 253-859-0611
International Cesarean Awareness Network, Seattle Chapter
Contact: Michelle Smilowitz
Phone: 206-721-1806
Contact: Verushka Goerz
Phone: 206-932-0668
E-mail: icanseattle@juno.com
Web site: ICAN-Online.org
Services: Free support group for women who have had Cesarean births and those who support them; info for women who want VBACs. The network works to lower the Cesarean rate, provides telephone support and referrals for help; Monthly Meetings: PM, second Tuesday, AM, fourth Thursday; join the e-mail list at groups.yahoo.com/group/ICAN-Seattle/
Parents of Prematures
Phone: 206-283-7466
Services: Supports parents of children born prematurely. Meets at hospitals in the Seattle and Eastside areas monthly on the third Thursday, 7:309:00 p.m.
Sidelines of the Northwest
Phone: 425-489-1027
Web site: www.sidelines.org
Services: Offers resources, peer counselors and referrals to support women who have complications in their pregnancy.
Parenting Support
Attachment Parenting International, Seattle Chapter
Contacts: Mike and Beth Ritzman
Phone: 425-355-6273
E-mail: m_b_ritzman@yahoo.com
Web site: www.SeattleAPI.org
Services: Membership support group for parents who want to breastfeed and use other attachment parenting techniques for raising children; referrals for help; monthly meeting in Seattle.
Attachment Parenting International, South King County Chapter
Contact: Wendy Werner
Phone: 253-520-3266
E-mail: wendywerner1@comcast.net
Web site: South King County API
Services: Membership support group for parents who want to breastfeed and use other attachment parenting techniques for raising children; referrals for help; monthly meeting on third Saturday of the month in Kent.
First Weeks Community Birth Center
Contact: Judy Herrigel, RN, IBCLC
2200 24th Avenue E, Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-2869
E-mail: judyherrigel@aol.com
Services: A drop-in support group for new moms and their partners with babies up to 12 weeks of age. Focuses on issues such as infant feeding, sleep, crying, and adjustment to parenthood. Meets every Thursday 12:002:00. Cost: $5 suggested donation. No pre-registration necessary.
Listening Mothers: A Program of Family Services
11911 NE 1st St, Suite 306, Bellevue, WA 98005
Phone: 425-450-0332
E-mail: listeningmothers@family-services.org
Web site: www.family-servies.org
Services: Listening Mothers is a small group program for new mothers and their babies (up to one year old) that identifies and explores the emotional needs, concerns, frustrations, and joys of motherhood in a safe and intimate environment. The goal of Listening Mothers is to enhance a healthy and secure relationship between mother and baby by focusing on emotional interaction. $80 for 8 weeks or scholarship available, classes meet at different locations around King County.
Northwest Attachment Parenting
Contact: Holly Eckert, NAP Director
Phone: 206-624-0677, 206-522-6714
Web site: www.nw-ap.org
Services: Support groups (weekly and monthly), parenting workshops, open play groups. Publish Kangaroo Kids, a quarterly parenting journal with articles by professionals, stories by parents, practical tips, book reviews. Breastfeeding is encouraged (this group offers support but does not give advice).
Parents Anonymous Family Help Line
Toll-free Phone: 1-800-932-HOPE
Seattle Phone: 206-233-0139
Services: The place to call when you are feeling overwhelmed by parenting, or afraid you might hurt your child.
PEPS (Program for Early Parent Support)
Contact: Sandra Wallace, MEd, Psychologist, Manager of Neighborhood Program
Phone: 206-547-8570
E-mail: sandra@pepsgroup.org
Web site: www.pepsgroup.org
Services: Refer for breastfeeding help to La Leche League, topic of discussion each week, speakers as parents choose, meet every week for 4 months, groups chosen by geography, day and evening groups. Cost: $100. Scholarships if qualify.
Snoqualmie Valley Postpartum Support Group
Contact: Lisa
Phone: 425-831-5123
Contact: Natalie
Phone: 425-888-4785
2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, 7:009:00 p.m. Free. Mt. Si Senior Center, North Bend
Working Mother Support
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Phone: 1-800-322-2588
Web site: www.hmhbwa.org
Services: Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington "Working & Breastfeeding" free information packet for both mothers & employers.
Mama Works Support Group, Community Birth and Family Center
Contact: Kristin Kali
2200 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112
Phone: 206-325-8794
E-mail: Kristin_kali@hotmail.com
Services: Support group for all moms, meets on Tuesdays from 1:003:00; drop-ins welcome; no up front cost; any age baby welcome.
Multiples And Preemies Support
Eastside Mothers of Multiples
Phone: 206-297-2628
Web site: www.emoms.org
Halls Lake Mothers of Twins Club
Phone: 425-423-8055
Website: www.hlmotc.org
North Seattle Families of Multiples
Phone: 206-297-2628
Web site: www.orgsites.com/wa/nsfom
Northwest Association of Mothers of Twins Clubs
Web site: www.nwamotc.org
Parents of Prematures
Phone: 206-283-7466
Services: Supports parents of children born prematurely. Meets at hospitals in the Seattle and Eastside areas monthly on the third Thursday, 7:309:00 p.m.
Valley Mothers of Multiples
Phone: 206-878-3719
E-mail: valleymothersofmultiples@yahoo.com
Single Parent Support
Divorce Lifeline
Phone: 206-624-2959
Support for divorced parents.
Parents Without Partners
Seattle phone: 206-440-7596
Bellevue phone: 425-454-9997
South King County phone: 425-270-7666
Solo Parenting Alliance
Phone: 425-720-1655
Services: Support for single parents, including a family home share program.
Postpartum Depression Support
Beyond the Baby Blues: A Program of Family Services
Contact: Jane Soderberg, ARNP or Veronique Burke, LICSW
11911 NE 1st St, Suite 300, Bellevue, WA 98005
Phone: 425-450-0332
Web site: www.Family-Services.org
Services: Treatment for prenatal and postpartum mood disorder and adjustment to parenthood.
Services provided: Individual and couple therapy, consultation, medication evaluation and
referral, free drop-in support groups (call for location and time).
Postpartum Support International of Washington
Contact: Shannon Armitage
PO Box 15535, Seattle, WA 98115
Toll free phone: 1-888-404-PPMD (7763)
Web site: www.ppmdsupport.com
Services: free support groups, telephone support, referrals for help.
Grief Support
A Small Victory
Contact: Liz Allen
26953 189th Ave SE, Covington, WA 98042
Phone: 425-985-9376
E-mail: liz@asmallvictory.org
Web site: www.asmallvictory.org
Services: Providing Loss Kits to parents of children lost through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss as well as training nurses on how to properly deal with these types of loss. A Small Victory will also connect families with one on one or group counseling.
Compassionate Friends (for bereaved parents)
Phone: 206-241-1139
*P.S. My Baby Died
Overlake Hospital, Bellevue
Phone: 425-827-0301
Services: Group meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Support for those experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death.
*P.S. My Baby Died
Contact: Wendy
Phone: 253-863-1791
Auburn General Hospital
Services: Group meets 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Support for those experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death. Free.
*P.S. My Baby Died
Contact: Libby
St. Joseph Hospital Pastoral Care Conference Room, South Pavilion, Federal Way.
Phone: 253-941-4035
Services: Group meets 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Support for those experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death.
P.S. My Baby Died
Central Kitsap Presbyterian Church
Phone: 360-377-4150
Services: Group meets 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Support for those experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death. Free.
Parents of Stillborns
Phone: 206-782-0054
Pregnancy After Loss
Phone: 206-386-6133
Services: Support for parents dealing with pregnancy after the loss of an infant.
Sudden Infant Death
Phone: 206-526-2110
Toll-free phone: 1-800-533-0376
Services: For SIDS families and other parents whose children died suddenly.
Support After Miscarriage
Contact: Verla Hirsch
Phone: 206-386-2796
Widowed Information & Consultation Services
Phone: 206-246-6142
Services: Grief support for widows and for children who have lost a parent or sibling.
Other Support
Eastside Mothers Club
Contact: Vicky
Phone: 425-486-5621
E-mail: heather@choenet.com
Services: A supportive group for mothers and children from birth to school age. Activities include speakers, coffee socials, field trips, playgroups, babysitting co-op, book club, and more. Excellent network for new moms and moms new to the Eastside. The general monthly meeting is on the first Thursday of every month at 9:30 a.m. at the Kirkland Congregational Church, 106 5th Avenue, Kirkland (not church affiliated). Guests welcome. Call ahead for babysitting.
The Fathers' Group
Phone: 206-781-7045
Services: Dads meet the second Monday of each month for support and friendship.
Kaleidoscope
Phone: 206-461-4546
Services: Support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual parents. Free group meets in Seattle and on the Eastside. Free childcare is provided during meetings.
Mothers & More (formerly "F.E.M.A.L.E.")
Sno-King phone: 206-729-7431
Seattle phone: 206-366-9256
West Seattle phone: 206-937-6166
Bellevue phone: 425-646-8607
Redmond/Sammamish Plateau phone: 425-895-9180
Auburn/Federal Way phone: 253-804-5627
Vashon phone: 206-463-6866
Services: National organization for women choosing to alter their careers to focus on their family. Also for those moms who are making the decision to go back to work. Activities include meetings with speakers, moms-only activities, playgroups, book clubs.
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