Case Presentation of Low Production and Insulin Resistance – eCourse

Cost
$12.50 non-members
$11.25 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse until completed or for 1 year

Overview

This 1.25-hour course, designed for physicians and other healthcare providers, covers a case presentation of low milk production and insulin resistance with discussion on evaluation and management.

Objectives

1. • Discuss the relationship between insulin resistance and low milk production
2. • Describe options for management of low production in the setting of insulin resistance
3. • Explain the relationship between breastfeeding and future risk of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes

Topic Outline

• • Case presentation
• • Risks for slow coming-to-volume for milk production
• • Identifying occurrence of secretory activation
• • Risks for delayed secretory activation
• • Antenatal colostrum expression
• • Breastfeeding in the immediate postpartum period
• • Medical indications for supplementation
• • Initiation of pumping in setting of low milk production
• • Methods of supplementation
• • Galactogogues in the setting of insulin resistance
• • Insulin sensitivity and milk production
• • Literature review of breastfeeding and future risk of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes

Accreditation

CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed A Case of Low Production and Insulin Resistance and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CERPS: According to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) Individual CERPs Guide for Recertification, Section IIIA, education that has been awarded educational credit by another board or organization may be counted as CERPs. All IABLE courses both live and enduring are awarded continuing education credits (CMEs) from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Each CME credit can be counted as one CERP.  There is no limit to the number of CMEs that can be counted as CERPs.

Nursing Credits: All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialling Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/

Speaker Biography
Anne Eglash MD, NABBLM-C, 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 family medicine, she has been practicing breastfeeding medicine 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 has been an associate editor for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal.

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.

Conflicts of Interest: None