Baby Café Bakersfield is a non-profit organization which offers free assistance and education to parents facing challenges providing breastmilk to their infants.

They are staffed with International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) and health professionals, and Certified lactation educators.            

Open to all pregnant and current lactating and/or pumping parents, including those who are supplementing with infant formula.
 

Services include: 

In-person drop-ins 

virtual support groups

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Call or Text: (661) 228-0230

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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) helps individuals who are pregnant or just had a baby, and children up to age 5 eat well, be active and stay healthy. 

WIC welcomes partners, grandparents, foster parents, or guardians who care for eligible children. WIC services are provided at no cost to you. 

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WIC Services Include: 

• Prenatal nutrition 

• Breastfeeding support 

• Healthy eating tips for your family 

• Breast pumps and hospital grade pumps loans for qualifying participants 

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Locate the nearest WIC office: 

Call: 1-888-942-9675 

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Connect with (Kern County) WIC agencies below: 

Community Action Partnership of Kern 

(CAPK WIC)- 

 (866) 327-3074 or Text: 1-888-826-9867

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  Clinical Sierra Vista WIC-  

(661) 862-5422

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 La Leche League International (LLLI), is a non-profit organization, LLL Leaders are volunteer breastfeeding counsellors who have nursed their own children, are passionate about the value of human milk and provide support in their communities. Leaders may offer information and resources in-person and by phone, text, email, and social media. Leaders may run a local group and moderate mother-to-mother/parent-to-parent meetings.

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Currently Active LLLL:

Tehachapi, CA 

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 Last updated: (2/21/23)

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Click button below to find a LLL support group near you or virtual support group. 

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Expert, confidential & no-cost information about medications and other exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding by phone, text, email and chat. 

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MotherToBaby, is a non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialist (OTIS) is the nation’s leading authority and most trusted source of evidence-based information on the safety of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

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The Standford Medicine Newborn nursery website page provides evidence-based resources and videos to help lactating parents get off to a good start with breastfeeding. 

The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is a organization within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OWH addresses critical women's health issues by informing and advancing policies, educating health care professionals and consumers. 

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Droplet is an organization that provides evidence-based lactation support. Droplet's founder, Jane Morton, is a pediatrician and international expert on breastfeeding. 

The following USLCA members offer private Lactation Consultant services to clients. Services offered may include: home visits, consultations in private office or breastfeeding clinic, rental of electric pumps and/or the sale of various products. 

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The use of private IBCLC services from this website is at the discretion of each individual. The USLCA does not take any responsibility for contracts between individuals from the list. 

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