We at Carbon County Public Health understand how challenging breastfeeding can be at first. We offer a variety of breastfeeding support services to assist women in need of counseling. Our highly trained nurses can provide education and support on the following breastfeeding topics: 

• Proper Latch
• Establishing Your Supply
• Breast milk Storage
• Benefits of Breastfeeding
• Newborn Feeding Cues
• Anatomy and Physiology of the breast and lactation
• Positioning at Breast
• Frequency and Duration of a feed
• Milk Expression
• Dietary Requirements of a breastfeeding mother
• Breastfeeding in Public
• Types of breast milk
• Dad’s involvement
• Hand Expression
• Growth Spurts
• Nursing a baby at different stages of growth and development
• Much More!
  
  

It is important to the nurses at Carbon County Public Health to help women to get off to a great start! We have a variety of educational opportunities that help to promote, educate, and encourage women to breastfeed, including:

· Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant Breastfeeding Class
· Pregnancy Counseling
· Nurse Family Partnership
· Prenatal classes that include breastfeeding information throughout
· A variety of videos, handouts, and prepared slideshows
· Lactation Consultation after the baby is born
· Baby Weight checks to demonstrate adequate intake
· Support and encouragement 

Carbon County Public Health, Best Beginnings Office currently has some supplies available for sale. We have the following available:

• Medela Hospital-grade double pumping kits (can be used as a manual or with a hospital grade pump which we also rent for $5) -$27.00
• Evenflo single Electric Breast Pumps- $40
• Medela SoftShells - $8.50