The Breastfeeding Peer Support Program is...

• a mother-to-mother telephone support program
• preferably arranged before you have your baby, but could be arranged once your baby is born
• provided by trained volunteers who have breastfed their babies for at least six months and have completed a training course
• to provide breastfeeding support and non-medical information to women during their pre-natal as well as post-natal period
• confidential
• offered by the Breastfeeding Peer Support Committee of North Bay & District

The Breastfeeding Peer Support Program will...

• contact you before you have your baby, if you are pregnant
• link an experienced breastfeeding mother with a new breastfeeding mother to provide telephone support
• continue to contact you on a regular basis to give you support, guidance and encouragement up to six months and beyond as needed
• inform you of other breastfeeding supports available
• direct you to a lactation professional/midwife/physician as needed

Please contact:
Anne Smith at 474-1400, extension 2356 or by email at smithan@nbdhu.on.ca
OR
Keri McGuire-Trahan at 752-4166