Where to turn for breastfeeding help: trusted organisations in Czechia, Europe, the UK and the USA

As a certified lactation consultant, I know how much it helps to know where to turn. That is why I wanted to gather, in one place, organisations and helplines where we can find breastfeeding support, wherever we live.

Links and contacts were checked on 13 October 2026. For each organisation there is a short note on what it offers, a phone number if one is published, and whether the help is free or paid.

I write about my own breastfeeding experience and why a consultant’s help means so much in the article Breastfeeding: a miracle we sometimes have to learn.

Czechia

• Laktační liga — Certified consultants by region, recommended by the National Institute of Public Health; phone and online advice. (free)
• MAMILA — Consultants in Czechia, Slovakia and the EU, support groups and an online advice service. (mostly free)
• La Leche League ČR — Mother-to-mother support. Phone: +420 776 307 764. (free)

Slovakia

• MAMILA — List of certified lactation consultants in Slovakia. (mostly free)
• Inštitút pre podporu dojčenia — Find IBCLC lactation consultants. Phone: +421 908 873 750. (paid)

Europe

Austria

• La Leche Liga Österreich — Help by phone, e-mail and in groups. (free)
• VSLÖ — Find IBCLC consultants and groups. (paid)

Belgium

• Infor-Allaitement — Breastfeeding support phone line.
• BVL — Find IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)
• La Leche League Vlaanderen — Volunteer La Leche League leaders, mother-to-mother support.

Bulgaria

• NAPK — Volunteers advise by phone, online and in person. Phone: 0896 418 488. (free)
• La Leche League Bulgaria — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Croatia

• RODA — SOS telefon za dojenje — breastfeeding SOS line (weekdays 5–8pm, weekends 3–8pm). Phone: +385 91 22 77 220.
• HUSD — Croatian breastfeeding support organisation.

Cyprus

• Gift for Life — Meetings and a free helpline.

Estonia

• SIET — List of consultants and a helpline (Tue 5–8pm, Fri 10am–1pm). Phone: 5909 5500. (free)

Finland

• Imetyksen tuki ry — Finnish breastfeeding support organisation.

France

• La Leche League France — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Germany

• AFS — Counsellors, support groups and a hotline. Phone: 0228 / 92 95 9999. (free)
• La Leche Liga Deutschland — Find a leader by postcode. (free)

Greece and Cyprus

• Galaxias IBCLC — IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)

Hungary

• Szoptatásért Magyar Egyesület — List of consultants.

Ireland

• La Leche League of Ireland — Mother-to-mother support. (free)
• Cuidiú — Counsellors and local branches.
• ALCI — IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)

Italy

• La Leche League Italia — Find a leader. (free)

Latvia

• ZIDIT — Free breastfeeding help. Phone: +371 27054346. (free)

Malta

• Health Promotion Directorate — Breastfeeding Walk-in Clinic, state breastfeeding advice service. Phone: 2545 4445/7.

Moldova

• Mămica Alăptează — Breastfeeding support. Phone: +373 607 81 118.

Netherlands

• Borstvoedingorganisatie LLL — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Norway

• Ammehjelpen — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Poland

• Centrum Nauki o Laktacji — List of certified CDL consultants.
• PTKiDL — Polish society of lactation consultants.
• La Leche League Polska — Mother-to-mother support, also for families from Ukraine. (free)

Portugal

• APCLC — IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)

Romania

• ProMAMA — Lactation counselling. Phone: 0727 766 262. (paid)

Serbia

• Dojenje nije bauk — Breastfeeding support. Phone: +381 69 633 094.

Slovenia

• Društvo svetovalcev za laktacijo in dojenje — Slovenian association of lactation consultants. Phone: +386 3 490 23 18.

Spain

• La Liga de la Leche España — Support groups. (free)
• FEDALMA — Network of support groups.

Sweden

• Amningshjälpen — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Switzerland

• La Leche League Schweiz — Mother-to-mother support. (free)
• Stillförderung Schweiz — Directory of professionals.

Turkey

• La Leche League Türkiye — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

Ukraine

• La Leche League Ukraine — Mother-to-mother support. (free)

United Kingdom

All of these are recommended by the NHS.

• National Breastfeeding Helpline — National helpline, 24/7. Phone: 0300 100 0212. (free)
• The Breastfeeding Network — Support for breastfeeding families.
• Association of Breastfeeding Mothers — Support for breastfeeding mothers.
• NCT — Infant feeding line (option 1, daily 8am–midnight). Phone: 0300 330 0700.
• La Leche League GB — Mother-to-mother support, callback service. Phone: 0345 120 2918.
• LCGB — IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)

USA

• National Women’s Health and Breastfeeding Helpline (OWH) — National helpline staffed by trained breastfeeding peer counsellors, in English and Spanish, Mon–Fri 9am–6pm ET. Phone: 1-800-994-9662. (free)
• La Leche League USA — Find local groups. (free)
• USLCA — Find an IBCLC — Find IBCLC lactation consultants. (paid)
• ILCA — Find a Lactation Consultant — Directory of IBCLC consultants with a map. (paid)

Worldwide

• La Leche League International — Map of groups worldwide. (free)

Contacts checked on 13 October 2026 and may change. This content is for information only and does not replace individual care from a midwife, doctor, or lactation consultant.