Mid-Michigan District Health Department
\nIt makes children and their mothers healthier and stronger. It boosts babies\u2019 immune systems, protecting them from illness and infection. It guards them against childhood obesity and diabetes. It gives them a solid foundation for life-long health and wellness. It reduces women\u2019s chance of breast and ovarian cancer and protects against post-partum depression. Pediatricians, healthcare experts, and millions of mothers all swear by it: breastfeeding is a true super power!
\nWomen have the amazing ability to give their baby the best start in life by breastfeeding, and in a perfect world, all mothers and babies would reap the benefits of breastfeeding. In Clinton, Gratiot and Montcalm counties the breastfeeding initiation rate is 82%, up from 65% just four years ago, due in large part to Mid-Michigan District Health Department\u2019s (MMDHD) Breastfeeding Peer Counselor program.
\nThe program, which is offered to mothers enrolled in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offers:
\n– Support and encouragement to moms about to deliver, to those who have just delivered, and to those going back to work.
\n– Prenatal breastfeeding classes
\n– Education to pregnant women and mothers as their baby grows
\nAccording to Andrea Tabor, MMDHD Community Health and Education Division Director, \u201cHelping mothers overcome breastfeeding challenges increases the number of babies who are fed this \u2018super milk\u2019 and increases the likelihood that they will stick with it long-term.\u201d
\nThose interested in the program should contact one of MMDHDs Breastfeeding Peer Counselors at 989-227-3137 in Clinton County, 989-875-1043 in Gratiot County, or 989-831-3625 in Montcalm County.
\nJust as MMDHD is doing what it can to support mothers and babies who breastfeed, individuals and communities are encouraged to do the same \u2013 in the hospital, in the home, in the workplace, and in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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