Breastfeeding support groups in the kansas city Metro area

***Due to recent concerns about COVID-19 / Coronavirus, please contact the facility to ensure their breastfeeding support group has not been cancelled. Some facilities may have an online group option. Contact that facility for more information***

If you are attending a support group for the first time, please call ahead to verify the times/locations.  Support groups are free and open to pregnant and postpartum mothers and babies. Outpatient services may vary in cost and availability, but can provide an individualized approach to more complex breastfeeding concerns.

Click HERE for a list of private practice IBCLCs who do home visits.
 
La Leche League offers mother-to-mother breastfeeding support groups and online and phone support around the metro. For more info, click HERE or call 816-361-0909.
 
Breastfeeding USA KC Chapter offers online and phone support in the KC area. For more info, click HERE. ​

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MISSOURI

Jackson County

​Centerpoint Medical Center
19600 E. 39th Street S, Independence, MO 64057
​3rd floor
816-698-7399
Mondays 5:30-7pm
Fridays 10-11am

Children's Mercy Hospital 
3101 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111
7th floor, Community Connections conference room
Tuesdays 11a-12p
This is a group for Spanish speaking families. Baby must be a CMH patient. 

Research Medical Center
2316 E. Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64132
816-276-3145
Outpatient visits available on a limited basis.  No breastfeeding support groups. 

Saint Luke’s Hospital
4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64111
816-932-2511
Outpatient lactation services on a limited basis.  

Saint Luke’s East
100 NE St. Luke’s Blvd, Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
816-347-4680
Mondays 10-11:30am
1st and 3rd Wednesdays 6:30-8pm 
Groups meet in the Legacy Conference room on the 3rd floor. 

Truman Medical Center
2301 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64108
816-404-0474
Tuesdays 1-2:30pm on the 6th floor in the Family Education Center.  Spanish speaking mothers are welcome. 
Outpatient lactation services.  

Truman Medical Center Lakewood
7900 Lee's Summit Road, Kansas City, MO 64139
816-404-8260
Thursdays 12:30-2 pm in Truman Room 1.

Uzazi Village
4232 Troost, Kansas City, MO 64110
913-486-8568
Walk-in breastfeeding clinic hours are Wednesdays and Friday 9am-5pm.  Home visits are offered within the urban core on a sliding scale fee basis. There are scholarships available. Chocolate Milk Café 4th Saturday 10am-12pm.

In the Northland

​Clay County Public Health Center
800 Haines Dr, Liberty, MO 64068
816-595-4293
1st and 3rd Thursdays 1-3pm 
Conference Room 1

Health Care for Children
9051 NE 81st Ter, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64158
816-792-1170 ext 4
Group is for patients in this practice only.
Tuesdays from 2:30-4:30 pm
1st Tuesday of each month from 2:30-6:30 pm

Liberty Hospital
2525 Glenn Hendren Dr, Liberty, MO 64068
816-792-7219
Wednesdays 1-3pm in the Education Center 

Mosaic Life Care
5325 Faraon St, St. Joseph, MO 64506
816-271-7984
Mondays and Thursdays 4:30-6:30pm

North Kansas City Hospital
2800 Clay Edwards Dr., Kansas City, MO 64116
816-691-5177
Tuesdays 11am-12:30pm in the Frontier Room

Priority Care Pediatrics (Liberty)
1540 NE 96th St, Liberty, MO 64068
816.412.2900
Thursdays 10-11am

Priority Care Pediatrics
9405 N. Oak Trafficway, KC, MO 64155
816-412-2900
Thursdays 3:30-5pm 

Redwood Pediatrics
9151 NE 81st Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64158
816.207.0070
1st & 3rd Thursdays 6-7:30pm

Saint Luke’s North
5800 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO 64154
Entrance #3, Classroom #B
816-880-2746
Wednesdays 11am-12:30pm

KANSAS

Johnson County

Advent Health (Shawnee Mission Medical Center)
7315 E. Frontage Rd. Shawnee Mission, KS 66204
913-632-4330
Tuesdays 10-11:30am
3rd Thursday from 6-7pm
Woodland Hills Building Flint Hills & Tallgrass Room 
Outpatient lactation services by appointment only.

Home Holistic Breastfeeding Support Group
7927 Floyd St, Overland Park, KS 66204
913-396-9595
Wednesdays at 10:30am

Menorah Medical Center
5721 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS 66209
913-498-6322
Tuesdays noon to 1pm
Wednesdays 4:30-6pm
Ladies & Babies Room, 3rd floor, Family Birth Center entrance
Outpatient visits are available for those who delivered at Menorah.  

Olathe Medical Center
20333 W. 151st St. Olathe, KS, 66061
913-791-4415
Tuesdays 1-2:30pm 
Parent Education Rooms A & B, located on the first floor of the Birth Place

Overland Park Regional Medical Center
10500 Quivira Road, Overland Park, KS 66215
913-541-5208
Mondays 5:30-7pm,
Wednesdays 9:30-11am
Fridays 2:30-4pm
Sunflower Café Conference Room

Pediatric Care Specialists
12541 Foster, Suite 260, Overland Park, KS 66213
913-906-0900
1st and 3rd Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm

Saint Luke’s South
12330 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66213
913-317-7813  ​
Mondays 12:30-2:30pm
Horner Wellness Conference Room
          
Wyandotte County

University of Kansas Medical Center
4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS 66160
913-588-5640
Outpatient lactation services.
No support groups  

Wyandotte County
619 Ann Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101
913-573-6720
2nd Wednesday 10:30am-noon in Spanish
2nd Wednesday 12-1pm in English

*Updated April 2020