Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Program teaches mothers to nurse

Four days after her first child, a girl named Angela, was born by C-section, Melissa Hall pulled her aching body out of bed to get some answers about breast feeding.
"I wasn't sure she was getting enough," Hall said. "It's pretty scary if you don't know if you're baby is eating enough."

Hall eventually found Tricia Lewandowski, who is a mentor with the Breast Feeding Peer Counseling group through the Women, Infants and Children program in Grand Island. For several weeks, Lewandowski, who is breast feeding her child, helped her get over all the hurdles women face.

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