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Southwest Iowa
Breastfeeding Support
Council Bluffs, IA
Methodist Jennie Edmondson Hospital
When: Wednesday 2-3pm
Where: 933 E Pierce St, Fifth Floor, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
*FREE, no registration required
Call: (712) 396-7017 for more information
Monthly prenatal breastfeeding education (typically Saturdays); register at bestcare.org for the free class
CHI Mercy Hospital
When: Wednesday 2-3pm
Where: 800 Mercy Dr, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
3rd Floor Maternity Center Room #333
*FREE, no registration required
Call: (712) 325-2525 for more information
Shelby County
Myrtue Medical Center
Appointments by request
Call: Cara Cacy, RN, CLC, IBCLC for more information at (712) 755-4482
ccacy@myrtuemedical.org
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Cass County, IA
Atlantic Medical Cente
CLCs available on OB unit
Offers prenatal classes
Appointments by request
(712) 250-8862
Mills County, IA
Mills County Public Health
NEST Program (Incentive program for expecting mothers and mothers with kids up to 3 years of age)-Provides supplies, encouragement and educational classes
(712) 527-9699
Fremont County, IA
Fremont County Public Health - Southwest Iowa Home Health Service
Provides prenatal classes
Nurse: Terri Moore
(712) 382-1520
George C. Grape Community Hospital
Maternal/Prenatal Support
(712) 382-1515
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Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
(712) 542-3501 or
Toll Free 1 (888) 486-9599
Montgomery County, IA
Montgomery County Public Health
In-person birth/breastfeeding classes and Healthy Pregnancy Program
Sumer Sandholm, RN, CLS
(712) 623-4893
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
Has CLCs available to visit
Call the MCMH Women’s Health Clinic at (712) 623-6335 for more information
Christie, Clinics Navigator
(712) 623-7179
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Balanced Bumps (with referral)
Provides Mindset, Fitness, and Nutrition (Prenatal/Post-partum exercise and nutrition program)
(712) 623-7253
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
NEST Program
(Incentive program for expecting mothers and mothers with kids up to 3 years of age)
(712) 542-3501 or
Toll Free 1 (888) 486-9599
Page County, IA
Healthy Pregnancy Program
Sumer Sandholm, RN, CLS
(712) 623-4893
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
NEST Program
Nicolette McCullough and Brittany Garey
(712) 542-3501 or
Toll Free 1 (888) 486-9599
Harrison County, IA
Harrison County Public Health
IBCLC: Madelyn Brunow
Prenatal/breastfeeding education
Office: (712) 644-2220 ext. 209
Cell: (712) 216-1307
mbrunow@harrisoncountyhealth.org
Monona County, IA
Siouxland Maternal Health (Siouxland District Health Department)
(712) 279-6119
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UnityPoint Hospital-St Luke’s
(712) 279-3500
Crawford County, IA
Crawford County Public Health
Baby Boutique and Family STEP program
(712) 263-3303
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Crossroads of Crawford County
Pregnancy and postpartum support
24/7: (800) 712-HELP (4357)
(712) 393-4673
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Crawford County Memorial Hospital
RNs on OB floor help with breastfeeding
Or send referrals to St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, IA
(712) 794-5260, day or night
Serving More Than One County:
Pottawattamie County WIC Program
-Serves Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison, Shelby,
Cass and Monona counties
(712) 328-5886
Family Inc.
-Serves Cass, Harrison, Ida, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby, and Woodbury counties
Healthy Pregnancy Program
(712) 256-9566
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