Make the Catholic Nursing Mothers League (CNML) YOUR breastfeeding support organization!

It is time to toot our own horn and talk about all the benefits of being part of CNML in comparison to other secular breastfeeding support organizations!

CNML has no yearly membership fee!  We are able to keep CNML running solely on donations.  Other breastfeeding organizations ask for $35-40 a year.  

CNML has a website with lots of great breastfeeding information and inspiring blog posts.  In the past, magazines were more popular and some breastfeeding support organizations offered support through a magazine as part of your membership.  However, most of them have now gone to weekly blog posts in addition to their websites.

CNML offers support through 3 Facebook groups, 15+ in person groups/mentors and 2 monthly online meetings.  CNML leaders and Mom to Mom Mentors share their personal breastfeeding experience and also find resources for nursing moms who have common breastfeeding concerns.  Secular breastfeeding organizations also offer meetings and help over the phone.

CNML offers spiritual support and is committed to Catholic/Christian values. This is one area in which secular breastfeeding organizations are weak, because volunteers are not supposed to mix their personal faith with their volunteer work.  CNML aims to support the whole person - body, mind, and soul.

CNML offers gifts to nursing moms.  In the past, other secular breastfeeding organizations have offered discounts on books and items in their online store as part of their membership fee.  CNML offers everything as gifts; items that have eternal significance in the life of a nursing mom.  CNML does this because it is first and foremost a ministry.

I hope you will think of CNML as YOUR breastfeeding support organization!