Featured Speaker: Kirsten Berggren, PhD, RN, IBCLC

Program Description 

This one day seminar is designed to offer current information and important knowledge and skills for people who help expectant and new mothers.  Oxytocin is well-known as the milk-ejection hormone, but there is much more to the impact of this important hormone.  We will discuss the role of oxytocin in maternal behavior and newborn stabilization, its distribution, and what can inhibit it.  Breastfeeding and working can be successful.  We need to help our new mothers learn to prepare and implement their long term lactation plan when returning to work.  We will also discuss troubleshooting issues that come up during this period.  We will round out our discussion with helpful evidence and dialogue when talking to the medical community about tongue tie and how it affects the breastfeeding mother and infant.   

Objectives 

Following the didactic presentations, participants will be able to:

• List two ways oxytocin stabilizes the newborn and describe two changes in maternal behavior;
• Identify three steps for a woman to take in preparing her return to work;
• Describe the reasons working mothers struggle to express enough milk; and to
• Name the current American Academy of Pediatrics and Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine recommendations for treatment of tongue tie. 

Faculty

Kirsten Berggren, PhD, RN, IBCLC

• Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathophysiology, University of Vermont, Dept of Nursing.
• Co-coordinator of Breastfeeding Promotion - Vermont WIC Program.
• Webmaster - www.workandpump.com.
• Author of Working Without Weaning: A Working Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding.
  

Agenda

9:00      Registration

9:30      Oxytocin: More Than Just Milk Ejection

10:45    Break

11:00    Preparing Moms for Lactation and Working

12:15    Lunch

1:15      Back at Work: Troubleshooting Lactation Issues 

2:30      Break

2:45      Tongue Tie and Talking with the Medical Community

4:00      Adjourn 

Registration Fees

Registration fee includes: continental breakfast, lunch, syllabus, and continuing education credit.

Prior to May 15                                       $90            

On or after May 15/at the door:             $100           

Location & Parking

Good Samaritan Hospital-Moseley-Salvatori-Conference Center, 637 Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles. Limited parking is available in the structure on Lucas Avenue for a fee.  Additional parking is available in the structure on the west side of the hospital. Please allow adequate time for traffic and walking to the conference center from parking.

Participant Confirmation

Confirmation by e-mail will be sent to participants providing an e-mail address only.  No other confirmation will be sent. 

Continuing Education Units

CEU, CPE, CHES and CERP credits will be offered at no additional charge.

Nurses: The Community Perinatal Network is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. This course offers 6 contact hours of continuing education. CPN's provider number is CEP 14797. Licensee must maintain certificate for a period of four years.

Lactation Consultants: The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles is an approved provider by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. This course offers 5 L CERPs. CERP application will be submitted.

CHES: The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. designates Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Health Education Administration (LACDPH/HEA) as a provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education (Provider number MEP 2460). Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) may receive up to 5 Category | CECH for this event.

Registered Dietitians maintain a copy of the agenda and certificate for CPEs for their Professional Development Portfolio.

Target Audience

Physicians, Registered Nurses,  Dietitians, Nutritionists, Occupational Therapists, CPHWs, Lactation Consultants, Lactation Educators, La Leche League Leaders, Health Educators, Case Managers, Home Visitors, Doulas, Breastfeeding Peer Counselors and others interested in supporting families in the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. 

Co-sponsored by

Good Samaritan Hospital, Community Perinatal Network, PHFE, NEVHC & SLAHP WIC Programs 

Information / Questions

(213) 596-5776  

www.breastfeedla.org