This self-help group is run by and for breastfeeding mothers.  It provides women with an opportunity to receive support and information about breastfeeding.  Their contact phone for a meeting schedule has been broken for an extended period of time.  You can call 336-6464 for their peer counseling service in English or Spanish. Click here to see their web site for a schedule which is updated about every 3 months; do check by calling the group leader before attending any of these groups for the first time.  (Click for overview of Childbirth and Breastfeeding resources)

This is a sharing group for mothers who are pregnant or who are breastfeeding.   Led by a lactation consultant, it addresses a wide variety of issues.  Call Carolinas Lactation Center at Mercy Hospital South at 541-2943 weekdays 9-4 for meeting times and other details. (Click for overview of Childbirth and Breastfeeding resources)

Post-Partum Depression Support Group (1991)   (116,748/714)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

  La Leche League International  of 4

Click here to visit their site addressing a huge range of breastfeeding issues and questions.  Click on INFO for answers to beginning and advanced questions.   It's well documented, authoritative, and easy to read in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, & Italian.  Last checked 7/29/08; originally posted here 3/28/00.

Want to find more links?  Click below to find Medical information on the web Methods to search the entire web

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.