Cost

Members: $40 (You must be logged in to receive member pricing)
Non-Members: $50

Overview

This 3-hour course meets the objectives for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative provider education. The course reviews optimal breastfeeding management to promote and support exclusive breastfeeding. Physicians and other providers will gain an understanding of the importance of breastfeeding, anatomy & physiology of lactation, current breastfeeding policies, evaluation and management of common maternal & infant problems associated with breastfeeding, and use of medications during lactation.

Objectives

• Discuss professional and governmental policies that provide guidance for the promotion, support, and protection of breastfeeding.
• Identify the 10 steps of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
• Identify the effect of formula marketing on infant feeding decisions
•  Describe in general terms the anatomy of the lactating breast and hormones that play a role in breast tissue differentiation during pregnancy
• Explain 3 breastfeeding topics for discussion during prenatal visits that would support a pregnant woman’s decision to breastfeed
• Describe maternal and infant contraindications and special considerations for breastfeeding.
• Identify key strategies for optimal positioning and latch for a breastfeeding dyad
• Explain benefits of skin-to-skin, rooming-in, and avoiding bottles for infants after birth
• Identify key hospital routines that enable breastfeeding within the first hour after birth
• Describe important factors that determine optimal establishment of maternal milk supply postpartum
• Explain optimal management of engorgement, delay in lactation, and nutritional care for the late preterm/early term infant
• Explain medical indications and methods for infant supplementation
• Recite signs of adequate intake for a newborn during the first week of life.
• Explain how to manage common infant feeding problems such as sleepy infants, slow weight gain in the first week, and the infant who will not latch.
• Describe 3 reasons for sore nipples beyond 1-2 weeks postpartum, and optimal management of cracked nipples in the first week.
• Identify 3 factors that play a role in medication transmission into breastmilk
• Describe how to support breastfeeding for a dyad when mother and infant are separated due to maternal or infant illness

Topic Outline

• Professional and governmental policies
• Prenatal education and support
• Contraindications and special considerations
• Anatomy and physiology of lactation
• Latch and positioning
• Immediate postpartum management of breastfeeding dyads
• Breastfeeding management during the first few weeks postpartum
• Trouble shooting low milk supply
• Evaluation and initial treatment of sore nipples early postpartum
• Medications during lactation

Accreditation

This recorded activity, Baby Friendly Series for Physicians and other Providers, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 3.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

IBCLC: This recorded course has been allocated 3 (L) Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by IBLCE. CERPs approval # CLT117-04.

Speaker BIO

Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM, is a clinical professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. In addition to practicing family medicine, she has been a board certified lactation consultant since 1994.

Dr. Eglash is a cofounder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, the Medical Director and cofounder of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, and the Medical Director of the University of Wisconsin Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. She has published many peer- reviewed articles on breastfeeding medicine, has been the lead author on several Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols, and is an associate editor for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal.

She co-hosts and produces a breastfeeding medicine podcast series, called The Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast, available free on i-tunes.

Dr. Eglash is founder and president of The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of breastfeeding- knowledgeable medical systems and communities. She publishes a weekly Clinical Question of the Week and the free LactFacts app, available on android and apple devices.