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Breastfeeding
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Wright County Public Health
Call/Text (763) 335-0280
Learn about breastfeeding:
- Breastfeeding Benefits
- Breastfeeding is Important (Available in Spanish)
- Baby’s Second Night (Available in Spanish)
Learn about breastfeeding online:
- Kelly Mom
- La Leche League (Available in Spanish)
- Minnesota Department of Health-WIC
- National Women’s Health Information Center
- Breastfeeding Videos from Global Health Media (Available in multiple languages)
- Breastfeeding and Marijuana
- Breastfeeding and Prescription Medication Use
- Breastfeeding and Tobacco and E-Cigarette Use
Attend a community breastfeeding class:
- Buffalo Hospital: Prenatal, Birth and Parenting Classes
- CentraCare - Monticello: Bravo Baby: Successful Breastfeeding - search for breastfeeding
- St. Cloud Hospital: Bravo Baby: Successful Breastfeeding - search for breastfeeding
- Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia: Breastfeeding - search for breastfeeding
Learn about breastfeeding online:
- The First Weeks (Available in Spanish)
- How to Prevent Sore Breasts (Available in Spanish)
- Engorgement (Available in Spanish)
- Infant Feeding Cues (Available in Spanish)
- Latch (Available in Spanish)
- Latch Video
- Hand Expression (Available in Spanish)
- Hand Expression Video
- How do I know if my baby is getting enough? (Available in Spanish)
- Breast Milk Storage and Handling (Available in Spanish)
- Breastfeeding and Marijuana (Available in Spanish)
- Breastfeeding and Prescription Medication Use
- Breastfeeding and Tobacco and E-Cigarette Use
- Breastfeeding and Alcohol
- Breast Milk Interactions
Breastfeeding help by phone:
- Buffalo Hospital
- Available 24/7. Call (763) 684-7640 to schedule an appointment.
- CentraCare - Monticello
- Available 24/7. Call (763) 271-2218.
- Maple Grove Hospital
- Open 7 days a week. Call (763) 581-2021.
- St. Cloud Hospital
- Monitored 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. daily, including weekends and holidays. Call (320) 251-2700, ext. 52311.
- Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia
- Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call (952) 442-2191, ext. 36401.
- Wright County Community Action - WIC
- If you are a WIC participant, contact your WIC office.
- If you are not a WIC participant, you can call to see if you are eligible for WIC or check the WIC website.
Call (320) 963-6500 or email wic@wccaweb.com.
- Wright County Public Health
- Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Call/Text (763) 335-0280.
Breastfeeding/Lactation Support Groups:
- Buffalo Baby Café, Wright County Historical Society, 2001 Hwy 25 N, Buffalo: Every Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Cornerstone Baby Café, St. Michael: 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- MILK: Breastfeeding & Mother Support, Monticello - ON HOLD.
- Mom and Baby Connection, Ridgeview Waconia: Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Mommy & Me Breastfeeding Support Group, Maple Grove Hospital-Medical Office Building: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.- 12 p.m.
- St. Cloud Baby Café, St. Cloud Area Family YMCA: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
After a stillbirth or miscarriage, many women are shocked to find that their milk will begin to come in within a few days after delivery. Naturally, this can be a traumatizing experience for a woman who is grieving her baby.
If you are finding this page after experiencing a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death, we are so very sorry for your loss. Please know that there are many free resources available to you and your family to help you honor your baby, cope with your devastating grief, and find answers.
Breastfeeding away from home:
- Breastfeeding and Returning to Work
- Breastfeeding in Public (Available in Spanish)
- Legal Protections for Nursing Mothers in Minnesota
- Collecting and Storing Breast Milk (Available in Spanish)
- Sample Schedule for Expressing Breast Milk at Work
- How to Keep Your Breast Pump Kit Clean (Available in Spanish)
- Supporting Breastfeeding at Your Child Care Setting
- How to Bottle Feed Your Breastfed Baby (Paced Feeding) (Available in Spanish)
Buffalo Baby Café
Wright County Public Health and Buffalo Hospital have joined together to bring Baby Café to Wright County. Baby Café offers information and support to mothers at any stage in breastfeeding. You do not need to have a breastfeeding problem to attend; many women participate to talk with other breastfeeding moms about their experiences. Pregnant women are welcome to attend as well to learn more about breastfeeding or have questions answered. For additional information, visit Baby Café USA or check us out on WCCO.
Baby Café is held every Wednesday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Wright County Historical Society, 2001 Hwy 25 N, Buffalo MN 55313.
What to Expect
Baby Café is a drop-in service to help you reach your breastfeeding goals. There will be refreshments and snacks available for you to enjoy as you visit with trained breastfeeding health professionals and other mothers. A scale is available to weigh your baby as well as breastfeeding resources and information for you to take home.
Due to COVID-19, please stay home if you are experiencing any of these symptoms: fever or feeling feverish, chills, a new cough, shortness of breath, a new sore throat, new muscle aches, new headache, or new loss of taste or smell.
There is no cost required to participate- just come as you are!
Lactation Station
Wright County Public Health has a 10’ x 10’ tent with a height clearance
of 6’ 7” and a tent peak of 10’ 7”. There are privacy walls that can be set up at your event to provide a lactation room for nursing mothers. Public Health staff will take care of the tent including set up and take down. Please email HS.PublicHealth@co.wright.mn.us to request the tent.
The tent includes camping chairs.
Feedback from community:
- "Wonderful to have this space to feed my little one. Thank you."
- "I have utilized the Baby Cafe and am so thankful for the program and for a quiet, clean place to feed my baby here."
- "Loved the tent! I forgot my nursing cover- worked out great!"
- "Thank you for providing this tent. Having a comfortable place to change a diaper is appreciated!"
- "Thank you for a beautiful, comfy place to care for my baby!"
- "Thank you for the hospitality and the clean quiet space to nurse my little one!"
- "Thank you for the clean and private place to nurse. I thought I was going to have to go to my car to nurse."