Caring For Babies Who are Born Early: Nursing the Preterm, Very Preterm Infant

Price: $40

This 2-hour course dives into the specific needs of premature infants. We'll explore their developmental immaturity and how human milk and skin-to-skin care offer unique benefits. Learn strategies to maximize milk production in parents of preemies, including hands-on pumping techniques. We'll discuss typical feeding progression for very preterm babies and the rationale behind adding fortifiers to human milk. The course explores the use of donor milk in the NICU and the benefits of using test weights to monitor bodyfeeding progress. Finally, you'll gain the skills to design a personalized feeding plan for families with a premature infant.
This course is part of Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care.
This learning module was great, I love hearing about the real live situations and how they apply in real life situation. 
This is a fabulous module. I wish I had watched it earlier in my LC career. 
great course easy to follow and understand.

Meet the Faculty

Ginna Wall,
RN, MN, IBCLC

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CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Learn more about Ginna here.