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From small beginnings

Abstract:

Who would ever have thought that a picnic attended by seven friends and their babies in Franklin Park, Illinois, in 1956 would have led to the establishment of a multinational organisation with branches all over the world and affiliates in Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland? The one thing that these women had in common was a desire to breastfeed their babies and to help their friends who wanted also to feel the deep fulfillment of the breastfeeding bond. And now, more that thirty years later that is still the common link between women involved in La Leche League (pronounced la lay-chay league) which simple translated means "the milk". The organisation has grown to be the recognised world authority on breastfeeding. In New Zealand, La Leche League began at a meeting in Cambridge in 1974 and has since grown to cover the whole country. In 1988, La Leche League became an independent affiliate of La Leche International. It is a voluntary non-profit making organisation funded by member's subscriptions, donations and supporting grants.

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breastfeeding support, La Leche League