Joni Buechler, MD cares for patients at the Prairie Lakes Cancer Center through the utilization of state-of-the-art radiation therapy technology. She creates personalized treatment and therapy plans for patients diagnosed with cancer.

Learn More: Prairie Lakes Cancer Center | Cancer Care Team

Prairie Lakes Maternal Child Health strongly encourages all new moms to breastfeed their newborns. The focus of our staff, which includes Certified Lactation Counselors (CLC) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC), is to provide education and support to new moms, fathers, and support people. We offer a continuum of breastfeeding education. Our desire is to reach moms before baby is born, while in the hospital, and to continue support after discharge.

Encouragement, education, and support are all vital to breastfeeding success. We encourage you to participate in as many of our breastfeeding opportunities as possibleto help you with your decision to breastfeed. All of these opportunities are offered free of charge as a service of Prairie Lakes Healthcare System.

After Delivery

Follow-up calls are made by our lactation educators to breastfeeding moms at home within the first few weeks after delivery. Moms are encouraged to call the OB Education Office or the OB Department with any breastfeeding questions, concerns, or help.

OB Education Office: 882-7628

OB Department: 882-7735

Breastfeeding Class

This class introduces breastfeeding basics and is an overview of the elements of successful breastfeeding. It is designed for parents who plan to breastfeed and for parents who have not yet decided whether to breast or formula feed.This class is open to anyone interested in breastfeeding information and is offered the 3rd night of the Childbirth Series.

Advantages of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding provides many advantages to both babies and mothers; including, colostrum, the first milk, which is rich in nutrients and antibodies that protect against infection and provide actual living cells as food. Breastfeeding encourages the development of immunities, significantly decreasing illnesses, allergies, asthma and other potentially serious health issues. It also reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), insulin dependent diabetes in childhood and adult obesity. It has also been found that breastfeeding increases brain and nervous system development.

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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is pleased to announce the recent addition of Speech Language Pathologist, Kirsten Blackwell to Rehabilitation Services. With the addition of Blackwell, Prairie Lakes Speech Therapy now has three Speech Language Pathologists that care for patients with conditions that affect speech, cognition, and swallowing.   Blackwell grew…