Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation
A Five Day Course
*Can also be taught in two 3-day sessions.
Day Four Objectives & Agenda
8am - 5pm
At the end of this session you are able to:
- Explain how ineffective breastfeeding can lead to hyperbilirubinemia.
- Discuss legal considerations when assisting breastfeeding families.
- Identify developmental milestones for infants three to six months of age.
- List one cultural message about infant sleep that makes parenting more complicated and difficult.
- Discuss treatments for inflammatory problems (Yeast, mastitis, plugged ducts) of the breast.
- Discuss helpful approaches in positioning multiple babies for breastfeeding.
- Describe one thing to enhance breastfeeding success for the mother of a premature infant.
- Provide three suggestions for increasing a mother’s milk supply.
- Discuss the potential impact of breastfeeding on family relationships.
- Identify characteristics in postpartum women that suggest this time is one of grief as well as joy.
Day Four Content
Hyperbilirubinemia
- Causes and treatment
- Professional roles in caring for these babies
Liability with Infant Feeding
- What can get me in trouble?
- Working as a professional
- Get the chip off our shoulders
Normal Breastfeeding Patterns and Predictable Hurdles from Three to Six Months
- Growth and development
- Parenting issues and cultural conflicts
- Human sleep and infant biology
On-going Breastfeeding Challenges
- Fungal overgrowth
- Infant thrush
- Yeast of nipples, areola, ducts
- Is it really yeast?
- Mastitis
- Inflammatory vs. infectious
- Abscess
- Plugged ducts
Breastfeeding Multiples & Breastfeeding the Premature
- Positioning more than one baby
- Differences in care for preterm vs. late preterm vs. near term
- Phases of feeding progression for preterm infant
- Obstacles and challenges
- Pharmocologic galactogogues
Breastfeeding & Families
- Partners and breastfeeding babies
- Partners and postpartum women
Postpartum adaptation, mood disorders, depression and breastfeeding
Course Objectives, Agenda, & Content
The Lactation Educator Track is no longer optional. All participants will complete the entire course, including the requirements for the Lactation Educator.