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Birth Center colleague becomes International Board Certified as lactation consultant
Michele Hinrichs, a nurse in St. Joseph's Hospital's Birth Center, passed the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLE) certification examination for lactation consultants in St. Paul, Minn.
Hinrichs received her certificate as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant on Nov. 1. She is one of about 10 with those credentials in the Chippewa Valley.
Hinrichs has been with St. Joseph's Hospital's Birth Center for 10 years and has been a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) for the past six years. Hinrichs has been teaching the Birth Center's breastfeeding class since 2007.
"This certification provides me with the ability to promote breastfeeding, provide breastfeeding education for patients, provide breastfeeding and lactation care and assistance to our mothers and babies, and work together with our pediatricians to support breastfeeding," Hinrichs said.
For more information about the Birth Center's breastfeeding classes, visit www.stjoeschipfalls.com/our_services/birth_center.phtml and click on "Prenatal Classes."
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