WIC Breastfeeding Support
              
    
    
    
    	
      
  
 
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 Services offered by Polk County 
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- One-on-one support
 
- Support from Registered Dietitians and board certified Lactation Consultants
 
- Nutrition education tailored to breastfeeding mothers
 
- Health screening and referrals
 
- Access to breast pumps and equipment
 
- Remote options available
 
 
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| Benefits of breastfeeding | 
- More cost efficient
 
- Increases bonding with baby
 
- Improves the infants digestion
 
- Decreased risk for the infant:
- Ear infections
 
- Asthma
 
- Respiratory infections
 
- Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes
 
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
 
 
 
 
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