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
• Birth Injury Center's "What to Avoid While Pregnant" resource page

Local Lactation Support

State Breastfeeding Support

• Virginia Breastfeeding Task Force
• Breastfeeding in Public Virginia Law

​Lactation Support and Breastfeeding/Pumping Supplies

• Little Free Lactation Library: The library collects new and gently used lactation materials and provide essential resources such as nursing supplies, pumping supplies, lactation-friendly clothing, and other feeding-related items to families in need.
• 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.

Printable Resources

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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)