EXPERTS & PEER COUNSELORS
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Peer Counselors
Central District Health is pleased to provide an evidenced based Peer Counseling program to assist in breastfeeding promotion and support. A [WIC] breastfeeding peer counselor is a mother in the community with personal breastfeeding experience who is trained to give information and support to new moms. She will help give mothers basic breastfeeding information, counseling, support, and help them meet their breastfeeding goals, including:
- Basic information about breastfeeding.
- Ideas on how your family and friends can support you.
- Ways to get a good start with breastfeeding.
- Tips for a healthy supply of breast milk for your baby.
- Support when you have breastfeeding concerns.
- Tips on how to breastfeed comfortably and discreetly, even in public.
- Advice to help you stick with breastfeeding after you return to work or school.
Peer Counselors will contact mothers regularly during the pregnancy and during the early days and weeks of breastfeeding. Peer Counselors also assist with prenatal breastfeeding classes and are available to new mothers outside the usual working schedule who are having breastfeeding questions.
Peer Counselors refer mothers to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals if the mother’s concerns are outside the peer counselor’s scope of practice.
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