Breastfeeding benefits you and your baby in many ways,
physically as well as emotionally. The American Academy of Pediatrics
recommends breastfeeding for the first year of a baby’s life.

The Kandiyohi County Breastfeeding Coalition’s mission is to promote, support and protect breastfeeding through education, outreach, and collaboration within our culturally diverse community.

The Coalition’s goals are to:

• Empower families to make informed infant feeding decisions with accurate, evidence-based information.

• Promote the many benefits of breastfeeding to our communities to ensure that breastfeeding is recognized as the normal and preferred method of feeding infants and young children.

• Link healthcare professionals, organizations, breastfeeding families and the community with up-to-date referral and educational materials.

Community Support for Breastfeeding Parents:

• Kandiyohi County Breastfeeding Coalition: 320-231-7863
  Marilyn Kemppainen, RN, Kandiyohi County Public Health

• Lactation Consultant: 320-235-4543
  Jan Maxfield, RN, IBCLC, Rice Hospital

• La Leche League: Meetings are held at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar, Minnesota on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm. Contact Jackie Hedtke, La Leche League Leader: 320-974-3661 or cellphone: 320-295-1976

• Kandiyohi County Public Health Nurse: 320-231-7860

• WIC: Women, Infant, and Children Nutrition Program: 320-231-7066

Recommended Books:

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League

• Breastfeeding…a Heartstart by Illene S. Rice.

• The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins

• The Breastfeeding Answer Book by La Leche League International

• Breastfeeding by Johnson’s

• What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathoway

Recommended Websites:

• La Leche League International

• ProMOM, Inc.

• Breastfeeding Basics

• American Academey of Pediatrics

• MedlinePlus