Need breastfeeding support or prenatal education? Fill out this form to be contacted.
Benefits of Breastfeeding:
- Keeps women and infants healthier throughout their lifetime
- Saves money
- Better for the environment
- Children score higher on IQ tests
- Children have lower risk of obesity
Breastfeeding Friendly Support
Winnebago County Public Health supports facilities throughout the county that are interested in educating staff and adapting policy to become more breastfeeding friendly.
Interested in becoming a Breastfeeding Friendly childcare center or business?
Call us at 920-232-3000 or email health@winnebagocountywi.gov
Milk Depot
The Winnebago County Health Department in Oshkosh is proud to be a milk depot for the Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. For more information, contact Allison at 920-232-3000.
A milk depot, or donor human milk bank, collects, screens, processes and distributes donated human milk to meet the specific needs of those for who it is prescribed. Donors are screened before milk is accepted. The bank then pools and pasteurizes the milk, freezes and stores it. Upon prescription, the bank distributes the milk primarily to premature or ill babies.
Donor milk banks also serve the community by increasing awareness of breastfeeding and human milk banking. They educate hospitals on human milk as the standard of care, which contributes significantly to the health of families in their area.
The Winnebago County Health Department is able to accept donor milk after the mother has been approved for donation. For more information, please visit the Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes website.
