WIC breastfeeding staff resources

National WIC Breastfeeding Month - August

Cultural and Social Observances

Please click on the link above for resources and ideas to celebrate National Breastfeeding during Weeks 1-6.

• Week 1 (August 1-7) - World Breastfeeding Week WABA
  
• Week 2 (August 8-15) - Indigenous Milk Medicine Week
  
• Week 3 (August 15-21) - Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week AANHPI Week
  
• Global Military Lactation Celebration (Aug 22-24) Military Lactation Week
  
• Week 4 (August 25-31) - Black Breastfeeding Week Black BF Week
  
• Week 5 (September 1-7) Workplace Lactation Week Lactation Week
  
• Week 6 (September 8-14) Semana de La Lactancia Latina LatinX Week
  

Breastfeeding information for all staff

Breastfeeding and medications

• LactMed (website with drug and chemical database for breastfeeding - free)
• Hale's Medications and Mother's Milk (book)
• Mommymeds (website and app)

Breastfeeding websites for parents

• USDA - WIC breastfeeding support
• Kellymom
• Breast milk: Every Ounce Counts
• Ready, Set, Baby
• La Leche League information for parents

Sources for breastfeeding education materials and videos

• WIC Works resource system (USDA)
• Stanford videos about breastfeeding with Dr. Jane Morton
• Global Health Media Project, breastfeeding series (videos)
• Items available on Shopify:
• Breastfeeding rights wallet card
  
• Crib card
• My breastfeeding plan
• Why babies breastfeed often
• Hand expression
• Making more milk for your baby
• Understanding your baby's cues

Physician association websites

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Infant Risk Center - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Other resources

• List of breastfeeding resources
• WIC and MCH joint statement on breastfeeding and safe sleep

WIC breast pump resources

Oregon WIC breast pump information

• Breast pump handbook for WIC staff
• Policy 712: Breast pump ordering, distribution, and tracking guidelines
• Oregon WIC breast pump program FAQs
• Breast milk storage guidelines  English  |  Spanish
• Sample letter: Request to return electric breast pump (Word)   English  |  Spanish

Breast pump education materials

• Available on Shopify:
• Pumping and storing breast milk
• Hand expression
• Breastfeeding employees rights flyer

Breast pump loan forms and questionnaires

• Fillable multi-user electric pump loan agreement  English  |  Spanish
• Fillable breast pump release form  English  |  Spanish
  
• Available on Shopify:
• Multi-user electric pump loan agreement (57-750)  English/Spanish
• Breast pump release form (57-751)  English/Spanish
• Breast pump questionnaire (57-752)  English/Spanish

Breast pump management

• Cleaning multi-user breast pumps
• How to keep your breast pump kit clean (CDC resource)  English  |  Spanish
• Multi-user pump assessment chart
• Troubleshooting pump problems
• Breast Pump Training - Part 1 (Video)
• Breast Pump Training - Part 2 (Video)
• 2021-2022 Pump Training (PDF)

Third party partnerships

• Third party partnerships: Protocol for loaning WIC breast pumps
• Sample breast pump partnership agreement for third party partnerships (Word)

Breastfeeding coordinator resources

General information

• Position description and key duties (appendix A from policy 710)
• WIC breastfeeding policies

Lactation continuing education for breastfeeding coordinators

(paid by state WIC office)

• Registering for LER (Lactation Education Resource) course

IBCLC exam

(paid by state WIC office)

• How to become an IBCLC
• Applying for state WIC reimbursement for IBCLC exam fee (Word)

Other websites providing lactation continuing education

(including CERPs and CEU)

• IABLE - Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education (LactEd)
• LER - Lactation Education Resources
• GOLD - GOLD Lactation
• USBC - United States Breastfeeding Committee
• iLactation

• Counseling the Nursing Mother (Judith Lauwers & Anna Swisher) (state sent copy to local agencies in 2016)

• Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (loan available from state WIC office)
• The Breastfeeding Atlas - Barbara Wilson-Clay (loan available from state WIC office)
• Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care (loan available from state WIC office)
• Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review - Linda Smith (loan available from state WIC office)

Meeting notes and references

• Meeting minutes
• Breastfeeding promotion efforts in Coos County