Assisting Mothers to Successful Baby Led Latching
July 15, 2010
Maternal infant biobehavioral and social interactions establish a direct right-brain to right-brain link between mother and baby. This first session offers a quick review of the neurobiologic literature touching on lessons in newborn and infant competence, the role of the primitive reflexes, the neurobehavioral basis for the maternal infant relationship and a bit about the biochemical basis for behavior and attachment. Stinging, burning, stabbing, pinching, shooting, aching, pains: How to sort it all out? How pathophysiology translates into symptoms and explains physical findings. Quick helpful questions to sort out the history, and pearls to aid your exam, as you play Sherlock Holmes. And, on beyond APNO, pearls on management too...
Following a quick review of the literature on weight gain in breastfed infants, we look at the pathphysiology of slow weight gain, and how the infant's resulting feeding style can exacerbate the situation. The rationale for a novel approach to management is explained: Why it's important to help the baby gain quickly, and, on beyond pumps and galactogogues, strategies for increasing milk production easily.
When you have no idea what is going on, what do you do? Ways to look at those confusing situations and even ways to approach management before you know what's going on, when two or more opposite strategies come to mind.
Featured Speaker: Christina M. Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, FABM
Event Date: July 16, 2010, Friday
Event times: 9am - 4pm
Location: Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Houssels Auditorium 2801 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806
To learn more about this event click on the registration brochure below or go to Upcoming Seminars: http://www.breastfeedingtaskforla.org/events/upcoming.htm.
