Local & Online Resources for Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

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Online Breastfeeding Support

• Black Women DO Breastfeed​
• Kelly Mom​
• Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere
• BMBFA | Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association
• Uzazi Village
• La Leche League International
• Black Breastfeeding Week
• Kimberly Seals Allers - Shifting Health Communication
• Happy Milk - LGBTQIA Resources
• 1,000 Days
• Lactation Community | Normalize Breastfeeding
• pumpspotting and the pumpspot podcast

Pregnancy

• Find a birth & postpartum doula and PRIVATE birth classes with Doula Match​
• Lactation Connection-- Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Store  in Roanoke 540.774.7202

Local Breastfeeding Support

• My Village Lactation: Erin VandeLinde is an IBCLC providing in-home professional lactation support. Video consultations available. (Hablamos español.)
• Star Lactation Roanoke: Katherine Havener IBCLC RLC is a private practice lactation consultant making home visits. Call or text - 540-926-4111
• Breastfeeding Classes at Carilion Clinic: Intro and Working Mom options available, call 540.266.6000
• La Leche Leagues of Roanoke and Floyd
• Check Events & Happenings tabs for local meet-ups

State Breastfeeding Support

• Virginia Breastfeeding Task Force
• Breastfeeding in Public Virginia Law

Printable Resources

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Lactation Support and Breastfeeding/Pumping Supplies

• Lactation Connection: 3142 Brambleton Ave, Roanoke (540.774.7202)
  Contact can be made on Lactation Connection's Facebook Page as well as the phone number listed above. Private (one-on-one) Breastfeeding classes are available, scheduled at client's convenience.
  

Breastfeeding Law in Virginia

​Va. Code § 2.2-1147.1 (2002, 2015) guarantees a woman the right to breastfeed her child on in any place where the mother is lawfully present, including any location where she would otherwise be allowed on property that is owned, leased or controlled by the state. The bill also stipulates that childbirth and related medical conditions specified in the Virginia Human Rights Act include activities of lactation, including breastfeeding and expression of milk by a mother for her child. (HB 1264, HB 1499)

Va. Code  18.2-387 (1994) exempts mothers engaged in breastfeeding from indecent exposure laws.

Va. Code 2.2-1147.1 (2002) guarantees a woman the right to breast-feed her child on any property owned, leased or controlled by the state. The bill also stipulates that childbirth and related medical conditions specified in the Virginia Human Rights Act include activities of lactation, including breast-feeding and expression of milk by a mother for her child. (H.B. 1264)