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Parent Resources:
Learning to parent does not come automatically after the birth of a baby. It is a learning process that takes time,
patience and a sense of humor. Help yourself by reading about an infant’s expected growth and development.
Seek out the support of your friends and family, and pediatric care provider. When the opportunity arises, talk
with other parents or join parenting support groups. Parents need the support of each other during this time. Most
importantly, remember that infancy passes quickly, so enjoy the adventure and discovery of each day as your
family develops.
To support you’re your emotional and physical needs during pregnancy and the postpartum period, we have
compiled this list of available community services, should you need them.
Parenting Support:
1. Isis Maternity
2 Brookline Place
Brookline, MA
617-264-4747
www.isismaternity.com
A place for expecting and new Moms, New Mom groups, mom and Baby Yoga, Postpartum fitness, retail store
and more.
2. Warmlines Parent Resources of Newton
617-244-4636
www.warmlines.org
Runs workshops, new mothers’ support groups, drop-in play groups, “Matching Moms” programs,
computerized childcare referral program and “sitter solutions.”
3. Massachusetts Depression After Delivery
800-944-4PPD
www.postpartum.net
Offers support groups, education and individual referral for women experiencing postpartum mood
changes and depression.
4. Parents Helping Parents of Massachusetts
617-926-5008 or 800-632-8188
www.parentshelpingparents.org
Offers referrals to self-help groups for parents.
5. Mom-To Mom Jewish Family
Services: Framingham
508-875-3100
Provides home visiting programs and drop-in groups for new moms.
6. Visiting Moms Program, Jewish Family and Children’s Service
617-558-1278
www.jfcs.org
Servicing families of all faiths with programs to support new mothers in regards to feeding,
pregnancy loss, postpartum adjustments, etc.
7. Families First
617-868-7687
Helping parents build positive relationships with their children, may charge a fee.
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8. Department of Public Health
617-983-6800
Offers immunization information.
9. Birthing Gently: Doula Services & Professional Education
978-314-5533
www.birthinggently.com
Home Postpartum Care:
The following agencies provide a variety of post-partum care services, including newborn care and homemaking
(meals, laundry, house cleaning, errands and sibling care). These agencies are fee-for-service. Brigham and
Women’s Hospital does not incur any liability for the services of these professionals.
1. Newborn Support Services in Brookline
617-232-5344
Provides at home visits to teach and assess infant care and breastfeeding, and provide postpartum support.
2. Nite Nannies
781-862-5600
3. SOSTEK Home Care: newborn care
617-244-8560
4. MotherCare Services
508-759-6800
5. Bluebirds Childcare LLC: Care o f Multiples
978-440-9948
Breastfeeding Support:
1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lactation Consultants
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-732-8045
Offers daily in-hospital breastfeeding classes. Breast Pump Rental: 617-732-7092
Call for a Lactation consultant contact in your are (fee-for-service)
2. LaLeche League of Massachusetts
617-298-2540
www.llli.org
Provides phone counseling and information about breastfeeding support groups.
3. Nursing Mothers Council of Great Boston
617-244-5102
www.bace-nmc.org
Offers phone counseling, breast pump rental information and support group.
4. Drug Information Center at the University of Rochester, NY
716-275-0088
Offers drug information for breastfeeding mothers (call your pediatrician first).
5. Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
www.massbfc.org
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Breast Pump Rentals:
Some health insurance policies cover breast pump rentals if written as a prescription by the pediatrician for the
baby, especially if the baby is in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
1. BWH Lactation Support Service
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-732-7092
2. Medela, Inc.
800-435-8316
www.medela.us
Offers listing of rental stations, breastfeeding consultants and catalog of breastfeeding products
Hotlines/Help lines/Crisis Intervention Available 24 hours A Day or as Noted:
1. Parental Stress Line
800-632-8188
www.parentshelpingparents.org
Trained volunteers are available 24 hours a day to listen and offer referrals
2. Poison Control Center
617-232-2120 or 800-682-9211
Provides 24 hour information about emergency measure for accidental poisoning.
3. Child At Risk: Department of Social Services
800-792-5200
Offers phone consultation on suspected child abuse cases. Available after 5 p.m. and on weekends. During the
week, call local Department of Social Services office at 617-748-2000.
4. Statewide Alcohol and Drug Hotline
800-327-5050
Provides counseling and referral to a wide variety of drug and alcohol services, including mother-baby
programs. Available until 11 p.m.
5. Massachusetts Coalition of Battered Women: Jane Doe, Inc.
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
617-248-0922, Available 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
www.janedoe.org
6. Transition House (Domestic Violence)
617-661-7203
www.transitionhouse.org/get-help/what-domestic-violence
24 hour hotline offering counseling, shelter and referral for women and their children. Spanish-speaking
counselors available.
7. Samaritans Suicide Prevention
617-247-0220 or 877-970-4673
www.samaritansofboston.org
24 hours hotline for depressed and suicidal individuals
8. National Consumer Product Safety Commission
617-565-7730 or 800-638-2772
www.cpsc.gov/
Product safety hotline
9. Massachusetts Hearing Evaluation Program for Infants and Toddlers
800-882-1435 or 617-624-5959
www.mass.gov
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10. Massachusetts Auto Safety Information Line
800-CAR-Safe (800-227-7233)
11. Auto Safety Hotline: U.S. Department of Transportation
800-424-9393
For information on recalls, safety notices and replacement parts for car seats.
12. MA Citizens for Children (MCC)
800-CHILDREN or 617-742-8555
Protecting children against sexual abuse.
www.masskids.org
13. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
800-843-5678
www.missingkids.com
14. Safelink
877-785-2020
24 hour hotline for battered women.
www.janedoe.org/safety/safety_dv_shelters.htm
15. Childhood Injury Prevention Program: Boston Public Health Commission
617-534-5197
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www.bphc.org/programs/cib/healthyhomescommunitysupports/injuryprevention/Pages/Home.aspx
16. Car Seat Check
866-SEAT-CHECK
www.seatcheck.org
17. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
www.nhtsa.gov
Childcare Resources:
1. Harvard University Center for Parenting
617-432-1615
Offers assistance on a variety of family related issues
2. Child Care Resource Center, Inc., Cambridge
617-547-1063
www.ccrcinc.org
Offers information and referral for parents seeking childcare.
3. Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Boston
617-983-5800
www.mspcc.org/Page.aspx?pid=408
Provides information regarding parent education, mothers’ support groups and referrals to community
resources
4. Child Care Choices of Boston
617-542-5437
www.childcarechoicesofboston.org/index.asp
5. Project Baby at Boston Medical Center
617-414-6012
www.bmc.org/pediatrics-birthplace/services/projecthealthprojectbaby.htm
6. Parents in-a-Pinch Child Care
617-739-KIDS (5437)
www.parentsinapinch.com/ParentsInAPinch.aspx
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Financial Assistance:
1. Boston Mayor’s Health Line
617-534-5050 or 800-847-0710
www.bphc.org/programs/cib/civicengagement/mhl/Pages/Home.aspx
Offers information and referrals to health care for Boston residents with low income and no health insurance.
Available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday
2. WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
800-942-1007
www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
Provides health food and nutrition education to breastfeeding women and children under five years of age.
3. Greater Boston Legal Services
617-371-1234
www.gbls.org
Multiples Support Groups:
1. MA Mothers of Twins
781-646-TWIN
2. Keeping Pace with Multiple Miracles
508-559-0040
www.keepingpace.org
3. Bluebirds Childcare LLD: Mother/Infant Care for Multiples
978-440-9948
4. Twins: The magazine for Multiples
www.twinsmagazine.com
(Update: 3/4/2011; EL)
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