Cayuga County Health Department offers free breastfeeding support

Cayuga County — The Cayuga County Health Department says local breastfeeding supports are available in the county. The department offers free education and consultations with Certified Lactation Counselors by phone or in person for anyone in need of breastfeeding support, and it invites residents to connect with local resources for encouragement, education and care.

Local breastfeeding resources for community members include:

Maternal Child Health Program

Cayuga County Health Department — contact (315) 253-1560

Kaitlyn Jirinec, RN, CLC; Marcy North, RN, CLC

WIC (for enrolled participants)

Cayuga County WIC — contact (315) 253-1406

Brooke Broader, CLC (315) 253-1406 ext 4; Heather McEnelly, RN, RD, CLC (315) 253-1406 ext 4; Olivia Martin, Lactation Peer Counselor (315) 209-9029; Lauren Smith, Lactation Peer Counselor (315) 209-9197

Upstate University’s Breastfeeding Medicine Program at Community Hospital

Phone: (315) 464-MILK (6455)

Website: www.upstate.edu/breastcenter

Jayne Charlamb, MD, FACP, FABM, IBCLC; Kathleen Tindall, FNP-C, IBCLC, CBCN, CGRA; Cheryl Dumond-Martinez, MD, IBCLC

Children’s Health Specialists, Auburn, NY

Phone: (315) 253-6257

Alison McCrone, M.D., Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Specialist/Pediatrician

Online help

www.kellymom.com

wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/

www.lli.org (meetings in Syracuse/Cortland/Ithaca; phone/video)

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