About Us


Nursing Mothers of Raleigh is a group of experienced mothers encouraging breastfeeding through the education and support of women who want to nurse their babies.

History of Nursing Mothers of Raleigh

In the fall of 1968, a mother moved to Raleigh and began looking for support in the area that she had previously experienced from La Leche League. She advertised in the newspaper for other mothers to join her in creating an LLL Interest group in Raleigh. A leader was found for the group who was nursing her sixth child. Due to friction in the group over bylaws, and a lack of certified LLL leaders, some mothers suggested going out alone and building a local support group. The group began meeting with a similar outline as LLL and all of the original members were counseling mothers. Meeting leadership alternated between a single leader and a panel. Meetings were held in homes.
In 1973, La Leche League pushed for formation of a chapter in Raleigh and it was created. Nursing Mothers of Raleigh was such an active viable group that the remaining Counseling Mothers decided to keep the group as it was, rather than merging with LLL.


Meet Our Volunteers:

Mary Overfield
Mary breastfed 3 children and has been a volunteer with Nursing Mothers of Raleigh since 1974. She holds a Master's degree in Pediatric Nursing and is a Board Certified lactation consultant on staff at WakeMed, providing mandatory in-service lactation and breastfeeding training. In addition, Mary has been the Co-instructor for the annual five-day Lactation Consultant Comprehensive Update course since 1992. She is also involved in advocacy work as Chair of the Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance (TBA) and Secretary for the NC Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC).

Amy Veatch
Amy joined NMR in 1990 as a breastfeeding mom in need of support. She breastfed two children, and loved it! Amy is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant as of 2009

Kathryn Haddad
Kathryn is the mother of two children. She has been involved with NMR since early 2000 when she came to the group looking for help with nursing her first child.

Elaina Lee
Elaina has been with NMR since 2001 and has enjoyed breastfeeding her 3 children.  She practices Family Medicine and enjoys sharing her breastfeeding knowledge and experience with her patients and the mothers who come to Nursing Mothers of Raleigh for information and support.  She serves as a member of the Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance (TBA) and the NC Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC), and she has participated in the planning of the annual TBA Conferences and Art of Breastfeeding Conferences for several years. 

Tara Stanford
Tara has been involved with Nursing Mothers of Raleigh since the birth of her first child in 2004. She continued volunteering as a counseling mother after the birth of her second child in 2006. Tara is grateful for the support of NMR for helping her meet and exceed her breastfeeding goals.

Nena Woods
Nena is a stay-at-home mother of three children and is currently nursing her third child. Nena had a lot of problems when she began nursing her first child and NMR helped a lot.

Naomi Riall
Naomi breastfed one child for 22 months, overcoming a bad latch and low milk supply.  She is currently nursing her second child. She has a real passion for wanting others to have the support she missed before joining this group.

Caroline Hanemann
Caroline is a stay-at-home mother of one son.  She has been involved with Nursing Mothers of Raleigh since the birth of her child in 2007. After gaining tremendous support and knowledge from the group to overcome challenges, and enjoying a wonderful breastfeeding relationship with her son,  she developed a passion for breastfeeding and decided to become a volunteer.

Haley Wertz
Haley is a mom of two little ones, and is nursing her second child. She has loved nursing for the closeness and bond with her children, and also is so proud of learning what her body can do - feed a child! She is currently a preschool teacher for blind and visually impaired children, and greatly enjoys volunteering with NMR so she can give others the support she counted on when having nursing issues.

Joanne Fontaine
Joanne is a stay-at-home mother to two little girls. She is currently nursing her second child and doing wonderfully.

Alicia Barbour
Alicia is a stay-at-home mother of one son. She overcame many obstacles with her son's birth, postpartum depression and latching issues. She is very grateful for the help and wealth of information she has received from NMR. She looks forward to providing support to other nursing moms.

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