Moms helping moms : meet your WIC breastfeeding peer counselor

Abstract

Peer counselors provide basic breastfeeding information and support for WIC mothers, contact mothers regularly during pregnancy, the early days of breastfeeding, and until the mother chooses to wean her baby, refers non-WIC mothers to other community breastfeeding resources if they are not eligible for WIC and refer mothers with concerns outside the peer counselor’s scope of practice to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals