Breastfeeding Education for Healthcare Providers

IABLE’s one-day basic breastfeeding training for providers (curriculum here) instructs participants on prenatal breastfeeding education, intrapartum and early postpartum support, and differential diagnosis and management of the most common breastfeeding problems encountered by primary care providers. These problems include evaluation and management of low milk supply, breast/nipple pain, the use of medications during breastfeeding including contraception, complications in the early postpartum period, and breast pump counseling.

This course can be scheduled upon request - either live or online.

Upcoming Course
January 9 & 16, 2021. Online

This is the one and only comprehensive breastfeeding medicine course geared towards physicians and other providers who want to elevate their support for breastfeeding dyads in their office, and/or who are developing the knowledge and skills to practice breastfeeding medicine as a subspecialty. This event is usually held in September.

See each year's brochure for the curriculum.

This symposium is designed for health professionals who currently practice breastfeeding medicine, or who plan to in the future. Its learning format will allow for in depth discussions among participants on innovative strategies to manage various complex breastfeeding medicine problems. We also build in social time to hang out together and connect on a deeper level to form long lasting friendships. It really has been a blast! This event is usually held in late May - early June.

IABLE's 3rd annual Art and Science of Breastfeeding Conference showcases research professionals whose innovative work deepens our knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding and human lactation. Recognizing that lactation counseling and breastfeeding medicine are shaped by art, evidence and history, we invite skillful clinicians to share their creative ways of optimizing the health of breastfeeding families. The takeaways are inspiration, expansion of ideas, and connection between those who are dedicated to the optimization of maternal child health.

Upcoming Course
January 23, 2021. Online

The Little Green Book of Breastfeeding Management for Physicians and Other Healthcare Providers, now in its 7th edition (2020), is a pocket-sized reference manual for the most commonly asked questions that breastfeeding families have throughout the course of lactation.

The book covers a broad range of topics including components of breastmilk and prenatal support, optimal breastfeeding management early postpartum, followed by problems and special conditions encountered by most primary care providers who care for breastfeeding dyads.
Order here.

The Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast is a free monthly podcast which highlights recent and intriguing research about human milk and clinical lactation.

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Every week IABLE reviews a recent policy statement or other major article that has an impact on best practices in the care of breastfeeding mothers and babies. Reading these are not only quick and easy, but will help you feel more confident when counseling on breastfeeding. These are available on our website, but as a member of IABLE, you will be automatically subscribed to receive these via email.  We also send a periodic newsletter with information about our activities and new resources that are available to our members.    If you do not wish to receive these emails there is an 'unsubscribe' link included in each one.  Please note that unsubscribing from either of these will  unsubscribe you from all of our member communications, but not the Discussion Group.

LactFacts Mobile App
LactFacts are very short summaries of our Clinical Questions. Each week we publish a LactFact along with the Clinical Question.

We also provide the LactFacts mobile app as a great way to stay current on the move and find clinical evidence you need while with patients or clients. Need a fact to prove your point? Just whip out the LactFacts App! Now available on Android and Apple.

Install the LactFacts App for Android on Google Play

Install the LactFacts App for Apple Devices from iTunes