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.

Naomi Riall
Naomi joined NMR in 2008 after her daughter was born.  She is currently breastfeeding her 1.5 yr old son who was born prematurely, overcoming many challenges along the way.  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.

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.

Becky Holmes
Becky came to NMR when her daughter was a newborn in 2009 looking for breastfeeding support (and a scheduled time to get out of the house!)  As a parent with minimal previous baby experience she discovered that so many " baby issues" could be remedied with breastfeeding. She has had a beautiful nursing relationship with her daughter and wants to help other women and their babies experience the joys of breastfeeding.
 

Mary Rose Tully (In Memorandum)
One of the founding members of NMR, Mary Rose remains in our hearts.  "She loved children and babies, but what she loved more was making sure mothers had support to feed their babies"-Mary O.  Her passion and work live on in the Mary Rose Tully Education Fund.
Helping New Mothers was Her Passion    A Sad Day for Lactation

 

  
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