Beyond Birth Seattle

Lactation Conference and Support

Lactation Conference and Support

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Past Conference – 2018

Breastfeeding Help Beyond the Hospital Stay Conference 2018

Monday, May 7, 2018 from 8:00-4:30

Mountaineers Seattle Program Center,
7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115

Audience and Objectives

This conference offers community healthcare professionals (lactation consultants, public health nurses, clinic nurses, mental health professionals, dieticians, physicians, midwives, doulas, and childbirth educators) an opportunity to learn about breastfeeding/chestfeeding challenges and issues experienced by parents after leaving the hospital or beyond the first few days after birth.

Schedule

8:00-8:30am Registration, light breakfast foods
8:30-8:45am Welcome and introductions
8:45-9:45am Traffic in the Breast! A Physical Therapist’s Perspective on Lactation Pain – Peg Maas,  PT, DPT, WCS, CLT
9:45-10am Morning Break
10:00-10:45am Discussions about Challenging Lactation Cases – Celest Smith RN, MS, IBCLC
10:45am-12:15pm Nourishing Premature Infants with Human Milk in the NICU and at Home – Rachael Grothen, MS, RD, CSP, IBCLC
12:15-1:00pm Lunch (boxed lunch provided)
1:00-2:30pm Pearls from Dr. O’Hara: Supporting the Dyad through Challenging Lactation Experiences – Dr. MaryAnn O’Hara, MD, MPH, FABM
2:30-2:45pm Afternoon break (snacks provided)
2:45-4:15pm Burned Out or Burning Low: How To Rebuild Your Fire – Dr. Sunita Iyer, ND, LM
4:15-4:30pm Summary, evaluations, and raffle!

Speakers

Peg Maas, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT
Swedish Medical Center; University of Washington; University of Puget Sound

Celest (Dolly) Smith RN, MS, IBCLC

Seattle Children’s Hospital and Beyond Birth Seattle

Dr. MaryAnn O’Hara, MD, MPH, FABM
Seattle Breastfeeding Medicine

Rachael Grothen, MS, RD, CSP, IBCLC
Seattle Children’s Hospital and Valley Medical Center

Dr. Sunita Iyer, ND, LM
Eastside Natural Medicine

For more information about our speakers, please visit our Speakers page.

Objectives

At the end of the 2018 conference, you will be able to:

  • Describe ways that physical therapists and lactation professionals can collaborate to care for individuals with lactation pain
  • Explain ways the lymphatic system interplays with lactation physiology, influencing lactation pain
  • Identify some of the common challenges that many dyads experience and how lactation professionals can offer support
  • Identify nutrition goals and benefits of human milk for the preterm population
  • Review nutrients in human milk vs estimated needs
  • List methods of fortification and situations when it is needed
  • Describe how breastfeeding is supported in the NICU
  • Discuss the dimensions involved in efficient milk transfer
  • Provide language and demonstration of touch that can be shared with the parent to facilitate relaxation and calming of the infant through patient presence.
  • Identify multiple physical symptoms of ‘burnout’ and the impact of chronic stress
  • Identify multiple body systems that are affected by burnout and how they are interconnected
  • Identify multiple treatments or modalities that can be utilized in their self-care or in conjunction with medical providers to address chronic stress and burnout

Continuing Education Units

A certificate of attendance was given to all conference participants at the end of the conference day.
This conference has been allocated by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) 4.75 L and 1.5 R CERPS.  IBCLE verification numbers is C1881105