Health departments honored for supporting breast-feeding moms

SALT LAKE CITY — South Jordan mother Momste Vera said she didn't know much about nursing her baby before talking with peer counselors at the Salt Lake County Health Department."In the program, you learn so many things about a pregnancy," she said. "I needed to learn how I’m going to breast-feed my baby, and my baby needs to learn, too."Vera started going to a breast-feeding counseling program in the first few weeks of her pregnancy. And she's now nursing her 4-month-old daughter, tha