Best Practice: Breastfeeding! > Day One of Three

Best Practice: Breastfeeding!

A Three-Day Intensive Workshop

Day One

At the end of this session you are able to:

  1. List two ways to communicate effectively with women about feeding their babies.
  2. List two birthing routines that may influence breastfeeding success.
  3. Discuss the rationale of skin to skin care for mother and baby.
  4. Describe the effects of early nursing care on milk production.
  5. Describe the basic elements of correct positioning and latch.
  6. Describe the common patterns of infant behavior in the first 24 hours.
  7. Identify the specific risks for babies born at 35-39 weeks gestation.

Topics included:

Commitment to breastfeeding

Getting Breastfeeding Started

Expectations of Infant Behaviors in the First Day

Positioning and Latching Babies at the Breast

Caring for the Near Term/Supposedly Term Baby

Course Objectives, Agenda, & Content

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