Support for new mothers, especially with breastfeeding is of vital importance.  Before the prevalence of bottle-feeding, women learned about breastfeeding in a natural way from other women around them. In today's society, most of us have grown up seeing bottle feeding as the norm and receive less support for breastfeeding. We strongly encourage new mothers to seek out other breastfeeding women for support.  Studies show that women who are supported by their partner, their family and their peers are much more likely to have a satisfying breastfeeding experience.  I have seen this proven over the last several years in the For Babies’ Sake group.  The women who have come through the group have overcome breastfeeding issues with the help of other women who have become friends, encouragers and supporters.  One of the more interesting phenomena we have seen with the group is that the women who come during pregnancy tend to experience fewer problems, and have an easier time overcoming those problems than women who have not attended a breastfeeding group prenatally.  The post-partum period is one of the most difficult times in a woman’s life to learn and retain new information, so the more breastfeeding information she can soak in during pregnancy, the easier it will be to continue breastfeeding.  If you would like to try it out for yourself, come visit our For Babies’ Sake Moms' Group. 

For Babies’ Sake meets every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm.  Calvary Baptist Church graciously donates meeting space at 2101 S. Davis Dr., Arlington, TX 76013 (corner of Davis & Pioneer Pkwy.)  For more information, please call Mellanie at 817-504-6947 or Deirdre at 817-995-3615.   

Other sources of support in the D/FW area: 

La Leche League of Arlington/Grand Prairie

La Leche League of Bedford

La Leche League of Grapevine

La Leche League of Fort Worth

La Leche League of Fort Worth/Alliance

La Leche League of Dallas

Sources for on-line support: 

Kellymom.com Forums http://forum.kellymom.net/

Breastfeeding.com Forums http://www.breastfeeding.com/ forums/

LLL Forums http://forums.llli.org/

Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website Forums  http://www.fourfriends.com/ abrw/forum/index.php?