Below is a list of local breastfeeding resources in our community. We hope you find this list to be helpful in gaining the support and information you need while breastfeeding.
COALITIONS
South Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition
www.smbfc.org
SMBFC228@gmail.com
SUPPORT GROUPS
La Leche League
www.lllusa.org
A non-profit, international organization, started in 1956. The mission of La Leche League USA is to help mothers 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 mother. LLL Leaders are parents who have personal experience breastfeeding and have completed an accreditation process.
La Leche League of Biloxi/Ocean Springs
Meeting Times
- 2nd Tuesday at 9:30am
- 4th Tuesday at 6:30pm
Meeting locations vary.
www.lalecheleagueoceanspringsbiloxi.com
lllosbiloxi@gmail.com
Leaders
Bianca: 233-0686 or me@biancawooden.com
Katie: 233-6626 or hughes_katherine@bellsouth.net
Tina: 818-9851 or fritz_tc@bellsouth.net
Baby Café
Baby Cafés are FREE resources for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, offering support from specifically-trained staff, opportunities to share experiences and make friends, refreshments, comfortable seating, and open-forum discussions
www.babycafeusa.org
Singing River Baby Café
Meeting Times
- 1st & 3rd Thursday 9:30am-11:30am
- 2nd & 4th Thurday 6:30pm-8:30pm
Singing River Hospital
2809 Denny Ave
Pascagoula, MS 39581
babycafe@mysrhs.com
228-809-2023
Merit Health Biloxi Baby Café
Meeting Times
- 1st & 3rd Thursday 9:30am-11:30am
Biloxi, MS 39530
228-436-1230
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE IBCLCS
An IBCLCS (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant®) is a healthcare professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding.
Better Beginnings
Bianca Wooden, IBCLC
228-233-0686
Bianca@betterbeginningsms.com
www.betterbeginningsms.com
Gulf Coast Breastfeeding Center
Stephanie Gable, RN, IBCLC
6340 Kiln Delisle Rd Unit B Pass Christian, MS 39571
228-363-0158
GulfCoastBreastfeeding@gmail.com
www.gulfcoastbreastfeedingcenter.com
BIRTHING HOSPITALS
Garden Park Medical Center
228-575-7087
(CLCs & IBCLCs on Staff)
George Regional Hospital
601-673-6200
Highland Community Hospital
601-358-9400
(CLC on Staff)
Keesler Medical Center
228-377-6550
(IBCLC on Staff)
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
The Breastfeeding Center
228-867-4053
(IBCLCs on Staff)
Merit Health Biloxi
228-436-1230
(CLCs & IBCLCs on Staff)
Ocean Springs Hospital
228-818-1111
(CLCs & IBCLCs on Staff)
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock
228-220-5200
Singing River Hospital
228-809-5070
(CLCs & IBCLCs on Staff)
WIC (WOMEN/INFANTS/CHILDREN) PROGRAM
A government funded, federal grant program that targets low-income, nutritionally at-risk pregnant women, breastfeeding women infants and children up to their 5th birthday. Breastfeeding promotion and support in WIC includes anticipatory guidance, counseling and breastfeeding educational materials, breastfeeding aids such as pumps, and trained staff (peer counselors).
Bay St. Louis WIC Center
10222 Hwy 603
Bay St. Louis, MS
228-467-1086
Lucedale WIC Center
10 Suzanne Street
Lucedale, MS
601-947-6352
Carriere WIC Center
7063 Hwy 11
Carriere, MS
601-798-5635
D’Iberville WIC Center
4046 Suzanne Drive
D’Iberville, MS
228-396-5194
Pascagoula WIC Center
4400 Chicot Road
Pascagoula, MS
228-769-0130
Wiggins WIC Center
1061 Central Avenue West
Wiggins, MS
601-928-2139
Gulfport WIC Centers
330 Courthouse Road
Gulfport, MS
228-897-7630
12451 Dedeaux Road
Gulfport, MS
228-539-4220
LACTATION ROOMS
University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Park
Southern Miss Health Center
Hardy Hall 251
228-214-3300
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
George County Jackson County
166 West Ratliff Street
Lucedale, MS
601-947-4217
Jackson County
4600 Lt. Eugene J. Majure Dr
Pascagoula, MS
228-762-1117
Hancock County
856 Highway 90
Bay St. Louis, MS
228-467-4510
Harrison County
1104 45th Avenue
Gulfport, MS
228-863-1036
Pearl River County
7547 Highway 11 North
Carriere, MS
601-798-6212
Stone County
1510 Central Avenue East
Wiggins, MS
601-928-5293
OTHER RESOURCES
Infant Risk Center
The vision of the Infant Risk Center is to create a new body of drug information concerning the safety of medications and their use during pregnancy and lactation. Additionally, the center will expand, enhance and disseminate knowledge regarding the use of medications and other environmental chemicals by pregnant and breastfeeding women worldwide.
Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM
1-806-352-2519
International Breastfeeding Centere
The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic
Dr. Jack Newman is the founder and first pediatrician of the International Breastfeeding Centre. He has been helping breastfeeding mothers and babies for over 34 years.
ibconline.ca
Kelly Mom
This website was developed to provide evidence-based information on breastfeeding and parenting. I am the mother of three lovely children, and I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
kellymom.com
kelly@kellymom.com
About the Author
Amanda Clark Sterling is a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She attended Gulfport High School, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and then the University of Southern Mississippi, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and became a Registered Nurse in 2005. After a year of medical-surgical nursing, Amanda found her niche in the world of maternity nursing. She has worked in all areas, including labor & delivery, newborn nursery, postpartum, maternal-fetal medicine, and also at an OB-GYN office. In 2012 she became an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) and has continued her work with mothers and babies in both the hospital setting and by forming a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization South Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition in 2017. The coalition’s mission is to promote and protect breastfeeding by providing support, advocacy, and resources for a healthier South Mississippi community. Amanda has been married to her husband Beau for 14 years, and they have two children, ages 11 & 8, who were both breastfed. Amanda hopes to continue helping many more moms and babies with their breastfeeding journeys in the future.
