All of our local Leaders are accredited by La Leche League International.
We have three groups in northern Arizona: Flagstaff, Cottonwood and Prescott.
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I have been a La Leche Leader for four and a half years. My children are Aliyah 3 and Dylan 7. Soon after my first child, I knew I wanted to support other women to breastfeed. Little did I know, the “natural” way to feed my baby did not also mean easy. I thought if I felt like giving up, then I knew other women must to. I learned through my breastfeeding experiences the power of mother to mother support. However, Dylan was my number one teacher of breastfeeding. He knew how to, and that he wanted to, but he was to small too. Born at 37weeks he had to grow into feeding and I had to grow into trusting my insticts as a new mother. I was grateful to have been assigned, in my childbirth class, to read the Womenly Art of Breastfeeding. I have used it hundereds of times since then.
I attended my first La Leche League meeting when my son was 6 months old. I went with a friend. I had overcome my early breastfeeding challenges, why would I need a support group? Then I went to the meeting and it was clear to me La Leche League is sooo much more than a support group and that breastfeeding is sooo much more than just feeding. It is the BESTFEEDING.
I have a son, Damian, who was born Feb 2005, and another son born Dec 2007. At the time of my first son’s birth I was living south of Tucson, and we hit many breastfeeding speed bumps in his first 3 months of life. Since I had been working full time before his birth I was not able to attend a La Leche League meeting, and I had not felt the need to, thinking that breastfeeding was a natural and “automatic” thing that happened between a mother and baby. During all of our speed bumps I did not feel comfortable attending a meeting or even calling a stranger for help, I then saw the importance of attending a meeting while pregnant if possible in order to feel more comfortable reaching out for help once the baby is born. When my son was 3 months old, we moved to Cottonwood, where I was born and raised .
I attended my first La Leche League meeting when my son was about a year old, thanks to a former co-leader who invited me. I instantly realized how important this support group was and I was hooked at once. I saw how this was lacking in our communities — not just the support, but correct breastfeeding information. With the help of Pam and Sheri (both my former co-leaders) I was accredited in Feb 2007. I am enthusiastically trying to spread the word about this vital resource. I encourage all moms who are currently breastfeeding or will be in the future, to come to a meeting and feel comfortable with these new found allies.
“Breastmilk it is every baby’s birthright”
I have been involved with La Leche League for more than 14 years. I have been serving as an Accredited La Leche League Leader for about 7 years now and love it! I have breastfed 3 babies with varying degrees of challenges. I enjoy helping families with breastfeeding questions, concerns, and challenges that may come up in their breastfeeding relationships. I am also a Certified Breastfeeding Educator through the Evergreen Hospital Lactation Course.
I enjoy working part time in the maternal and child health field helping families with nutrition and breastfeeding education.
I attended my first LLL meeting in 1992. I am so grateful to La Leche League for encouraging me to mother my babies in a way that feels most natural.
One of LLL philosophy statements: “Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.”
I have 3 daughters – born in 1992, 1994, 1997. I became a Leader in 1994 because I wanted to help other moms and babies to experience the unique joy and satisfaction that only comes from the breastfeeding relationship.
I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, (IBCLC) and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program Coordinator for Yavapai County WIC.
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