Welcome to La Leche League East Lothian

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La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation dedicated to providing support, encouragement, information, and education to women who want to breastfeed.  LLLGB  is a registered charity affiliated to la Leche League International - the world’s largest source of breastfeeding information.

La Leche League Great Britain is an organisation of mothers who have breastfed their own babies and wish to pass on help and information to others wishing to breastfeed. 

LLL is for you if you are:

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• Already breastfeeding and want help with particular challenges

• Expecting a baby and want to know more about breastfeeding

• Hoping to meet other breastfeeding mums

• Breastfeeding a toddler and feeling isolated

• Interested in reading more about breastfeeding, birth and parenting

• Looking for accurate information on starting solids or weaning

La Leche League philosophy

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We are guided by a core philosophy, which is composed of the following 10 concept statements:
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  • Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.
  • Mother and baby need to be together early and often to establish a satisfying relationship and an adequate milk supply.
  • In the early years the baby has an intense need to be with his mother which is as basic as his need for food.
  • Breast milk is the superior infant food.
  • For the healthy, full-term baby, breast milk is the only food necessary until the baby shows signs of needing solids, about the middle of the first year after birth.
  • Ideally the breastfeeding relationship will continue until the baby outgrows the need.
  • Alert and active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.
  • Breastfeeding is enhanced and the nursing couple sustained by the loving support, help, and companionship of the baby's father. A father's unique relationship with his baby is an important element in the child's development from early infancy.
  • Good nutrition means eating a well-balanced and varied diet of foods in as close to their natural state as possible.
  • From infancy on, children need loving guidance which reflects acceptance of their capabilities and sensitivity to their feelings.