Health information on the benefits of breastfeeding and answers to common questions from new moms.

• Breastfeeding fact sheet (PDF, 160KB)

Your Guide to Breastfeeding

This easy-to-read publication has how-to information and support to help women breastfeed successfully.

• Print copies of Your Guide to Breastfeeding by opening the PDF file (2.2 MB) and using your own printer.
• Download the ePub, free of charge, for your tablet, eReader, or smartphone from the U.S. Government Bookstore, Apple iBooks, Google Play, Barnes and Noble, and OverDrive.

OWH videos on breastfeeding cover a wide range of topics, from moms sharing their challenges and experiences with breastfeeding to employers giving tips on how to support new moms in the workplace.

Support for new moms

• Making the decision to breastfeed (YouTube link)(link is external): Moms explain why breastfeeding was such a natural choice.
• Secrets to breastfeeding success (YouTube link)(link is external): Steps and strategies to help soon-to-be moms.
• The benefits of breastfeeding (YouTube link)(link is external): Unique ways that breastmilk can impact a child's health.
• Breastfeeding 411 (YouTube link)(link is external): Resources, people, and places women can turn to for breastfeeding support and information.
• What breastfeeding means to me (YouTube link)(link is external): Moms share what's behind the one-of-a-kind bond that breastfeeding brings.
• Staying healthy and eating well (YouTube link)(link is external): Foods to eat while breastfeeding.
• Overcoming breastfeeding challenges (YouTube link)(link is external): How to work through the learning challenges of breastfeeding.
• Dealing with lack of family support (YouTube link)(link is external): Moms share how they handled negative or unhelpful comments about breastfeeding.
• Is my baby getting enough milk? (YouTube link)(link is external): A pediatrician answers new moms' most common questions.
• Breastfeeding in one word (YouTube link)(link is external): Moms share what breastfeeding means to them.
• Uncovering breastfeeding misconceptions (YouTube link)(link is external): Find out how moms got past the tall tales about breastfeeding commonly told in their communities.
• Building a breastfeeding support network (YouTube link)(link is external): Moms reveal how help and encouragement from others empowered them to breastfeed.
• Daddy duty (YouTube link)(link is external): Breastfeeding isn't a "moms only" gig. There are many meaningful ways dad can be there for mom and baby during nursing.
• Breastfeeding as a single mom (YouTube link)(link is external): Single moms share their stories of support.
• Breastfeeding and back to work (YouTube link)(link is external): See how other women planned for their return to work and made arrangements with their employers.
• Handling stress (YouTube link)(link is external): Women share what helped them ease into their new role as a mom.

Support for breastfeeding mothers in the workplace

• Making a difference for your employees (YouTube link)(link is external)
• Breastfeeding support: time and space solutions: Share these videos on time and space solutions, including permanent and multi-use spaces, to help nursing moms in large and small businesses.