Saturday, September 23, 2006

State's First Breast Milk Depot Opens (Inside Indiana Business)

The depot at the Monroe County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office will provide a location for women to donate pumped breast milk to the Indiana Mothers' Milk Bank. Three additional milk depots are planned at WIC offices in Delaware, LaPorte and Tippecanoe counties. State health officials say Indiana could save close to $8 million per year if the number of women breastfeeding in Indiana increased from the current level of 64 percent to 75 percent.


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