La Leche League
La Leche League
Montgomery County East
Montgomery County East
What We Offer
LLL Leaders are volunteers who have personal human milk feeding experience.
Leaders are accredited by LLL International.
Ask questions, help others, make friends, and share experiences
Send us a message to set up a one on one phone call, Facetime, or Zoom
Connect with other parents in our Facebook group. Ask questions online, share experiences.
Meeting information
Meetings
are always FREE!
Meetings are led by an accredited LLL Leader. Children are always welcome. We offer four meetings per month.
Meetings are welcome to anyone who is currently, would like to, or has fed their child human milk. They are casual gatherings and a great place to meet like-minded parents.
Morning Virtual
Second Sunday of the month
3:00 PM Eastern Time
Text us for Zoom link
We hold “Series Meetings” based around themes such as breastfeeding in the early days, sleep, taking care of yourself, etc. We also have drop-in meetings with open discussion.
When you come to an LLL meeting, you don't just learn from other parents; they have a chance to learn from you. You become part of the parent-parent support that began at the first LLL meeting in 1956.
Evening Virtual
Third Monday of the month
8:30 PM Eastern Time
Text us for Zoom link
Morning in-person*
Fourth Wednesday of the month
11:00 am @ Elkins Park Library
563 Church Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027
*It’s a good idea to check our Facebook Event page or text us
before you leave for the meeting - times can change based on library events.
Text us at 267-293-9303
to join our Messenger meeting reminder list!
Our Leaders
LLL Leaders are volunteers who have personal breastfeeding experience.
Leaders are accredited by LLL International.
Andy
Leader since 2003
Specializes in: helping parents work through difficult times, tandem nursing
Fun fact: I love to cook Indian food!
Annette
Leader Since 2018
Specializes in: introducing solids, night-time breastfeeding, pumping
Fun fact: I was a commercial pilot and am a personal finance enthusiast
Mary Ann
Leader since: 1973
Specializes in: long term nursing
Fun fact: I won a twist dance contest when I was in 9th grade!
MyLisa
Leader since: 2016
Specializes in: breastfeeding through medical challenges
Fun fact: I’m a master gardener and homeschool teacher!
Georgiana
Leader since: 2021
Specializes in: extended breastfeeding, tandem nursing, pumping at work
Fun fact: I used to be a trout farmer!
Grace
Leader since: 2022
Specializes in: tandem nursing, premature/NICU babies, pumping and working
Fun fact: My favorite way to relieve stress is to swim in cold water
About LLL
La Leche League (LLL) was started in 1956 when a group of mothers started meeting in a park and other mothers would ask them questions about nursing their babies. They realized that more people would have met their feeding goals with the right support. LLL has grown into an international organization. For more information visit www.llli.org
Our goal is to help you reach your feeding goals. We provide information and support to parents who want to nurture their children and feed them human milk.
Support LLLMontCoEast
Please help us support more families! The knowledge, information, and support we give is free of charge, but reaching the families we support costs us money.
Funds raised will
help us provide:
Leader training |
Public outreach |
Library books |
Continuing education |
Get the book that started it all
The ideals and principles of mothering which are the foundation of LLL beliefs are further developed in The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, the most comprehensive handbook on breastfeeding and parenting ever published. It has provided needed answers to multiple generations of nursing mothers and parents on every aspect of breastfeeding. Available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Audio Books Now.
The 9th edition of our core book will be published as The Art of Breastfeeding in October 2024!
Breastfeeding is warmth, nutrition, and love all rolled into one. We’ve been supporting mothers and nursing parents for over 66 years. If you need support with breastfeeding, chestfeeding or feeding your child human milk, the LLLI website has lots of resources to help you!
Resources
We respect the right of all individuals to make decisions about feeding their baby and to describe their feeding experience in the terms that suit them, including human milk feeding, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, nursing, suckling, and exclusively expressing.
Information and resources about breastfeeding, challenges, your legal rights, working and more.
The InfantRisk Center (IRC) is a world-wide call center established to help moms, lactation consultants, and doctors evaluate the risk to the infant from exposure to multiple drugs, and keep the mom breastfeeding.
Learn the SAFE SLEEP 7 and more about sleeping with your baby
LLL Philosophy
- Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.
- Human milk is the natural food for babies, uniquely meeting their changing needs.
- Alert, active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.
- Mother and baby need to be together early and often to establish a satisfying breastfeeding relationship and reliable milk supply.
- Breastfeeding is enhanced by the loving support of the baby’s father, a co-parent, a partner, and/or close family members who value the breastfeeding relationship.
- In the early years, the baby has an intense need to be with his mother which is as basic as his need for food.
- For the healthy, full-term baby, human milk is the only food necessary until the baby shows signs of readiness for complementary foods, about the middle of the first year after birth.
- Good nutrition means eating a well-balanced and varied diet of foods in as close to their natural state as possible.
- Ideally the breastfeeding relationship will continue until the child outgrows the need.
- From infancy on, children need loving guidance which reflects acceptance of their capabilities and sensitivity to their feelings.
Feeding your baby human milk is amazing. Whether you are breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping, receiving donor milk or some combination, La Leche League is here for you. We recognize the power of human connection, for our babies and for ourselves! Our Leaders and group members all found help, information, and friendship through La Leche League and we are ready to welcome and support you!
267-293-9303
LLLMontCoEast@gmail.com
