Whether you’re expecting or your baby has already arrived, you can sign up to receive free breastfeeding counseling services or prenatal classes from Nursing Mothers Counsel today.
Anyone, anywhere, can use this number to get more information. For urgent questions, click on Request a Counselor above.
We have counselors who speak Cantonese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, and Portuguese.
All of our services are available online or over the phone—even our classes are now available online. Sign up below to get in touch and start getting free lactation help today.
Nursing Mothers Counsel has pump rental stations throughout the Bay Area. A counselor will meet you at the rental station with the pump, everything you need to get started, and walk you through the process.
Redwood City, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Our next training will be in SF Bay Area, CA. most likely in 2027. If there is enough interest, we may conduct a 2026 training.
Our Mission
NMC is a non-affiliated, non-profit organization whose goal is to help parents and their babies everywhere enjoy a relaxed and happy feeding relationship while offering support through feeding challenges. Our highly trained volunteers provide FREE one-on-one support globally via phone, text, email, and video, and offer free education through lactation classes, counseling, and support groups. For residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, we offer home visits and pump rentals.
Although our name is Nursing “Mothers” Counsel, we are here for ALL nursing parents, regardless of gender.
Every year we compile our numbers into an annual report. See below for some of the highlights from October 2023 – September 2024.
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volunteer counselors
An NMC counselor often covers more than just lactation. Dads, grandmas, partners, siblings—they’re all a part of the equation, and our counselors are here to answer any questions you might have, milk-related or not. NMC was able to help 378 families thru classes, counseling sessions and pump rentals.
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phone calls answered
NMC counselors answered 201 phone calls (local as well as across the U.S. and even internationally) 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 7 days a week; 67% of calls in the SF Bay Area were received on weekends, holidays, or after 5 p.m. when lactation centers are closed.
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free home visits
When a phone call or email isn’t enough, our counselors are available (in the SF Bay and Santa Cruz Areas) to conduct visits in your own home.
Nursing Mothers Counsel provides lactation information to nursing parents through a help line and pre-natal breastfeeding information talks. We offer training to NMC member counselors as well as other professionals who work with and want to advise nursing mothers. We offer breast pumps for rent and supplies for sale.
“I took a breastfeeding class through NMC a week before my daughter was born. Out of all the preparation I did before she was born, this was the most valuable. And I also was able to sign up to have a counselor contact me after she was born.”
