Helpful BREASTFEEDING websites:

www.askdrsears.com

www.breastfeeding.com

www.thelaboroflove.com

www.breastfeedingcafe.com

www.breastfeedingonline.com

www.lalecheleague.com

www.motherwear.com
Motherwear's Essential Breastfeeding Guide can be downloaded from the Breastfeeding Resources.

www.nursingmother.com

www.pumpingmoms.org

www.promom.org

www.bflrc.com

www.epinion.com
Breastfeeding Peer Counseling
Rose Straeter is the Breastfeeding Peer Counselor for both offices.
She breast-fed for a total of 4-1/2 years and would also like to use that
experience to assist you in any way that she can.

(618) 548-3878 Salem Office
(618) 532-6518 Centralia Office
Email Rose at: rstraeter@ ussonet.net (remove the space after the @ to
send email)
Rose would like to hear from you regarding your thoughts and feelings about breastfeeding.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact her.  
She can provide you with any information you may need to help you decide how to feed your baby.  
She can also provide you with answers to most of all your questions about breastfeeding.
The Marion County Health Department has a Breastfeeding Support Program. This program has
been designed to assist mothers or mothers-to-be with all the information they may need to
breast-feed successfully.

Breastfeeding Peer Counselors are everyday women who have breastfed and who want to help
provide moms-to-be and new moms with information and encouragement. Peer Counselors answer
your questions and share their own personal experiences so that you, too, can have a successful
breastfeeding experience. They also help moms-to-be and new mothers learn what to expect in the
first days and weeks.  Our Salem office Breastfeeding Peer Counselor is Debra Reincke
.

Our Senior Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, Rose Straeter, is available during and after business
hours, seven days a week,  to answer any questions or concerns new moms may have; and is also in
the office two days a week.

Rose is here to encourage and to educate -- but more importantly -- she is here to connect with new
moms, like you, in a special way, for a very good reason . . . to help you and your baby.  
Breastfeeding gatherings are available to help you receive information, support and advice about
breastfeeding. By having our Peer Counselor to talk and share with, new mothers become more
confident and comfortable with learning to breastfeed.

Join us on our facebook page;
www.facebook.com/borntobreastfeed
World Breastfeeding Month is held in August.Pediatricians recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six
months and continuation till at least the end of the first year. The health department sponsored two celebrations
for this event.       
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Breastfeeding Staff:
Right to Left:
Rose Straeter, IBCLC
Kellie Grapperhaus, RN