To Breastfeed: Too Little, Too Much

This full day seminar is designed to offer current information and important knowledge and skills for use with mothers and infants. Evidence based research will be presented on infants who have difficulty with latch. Assessment skills for both the potential maternal and infant problems will be addressed. We will also discuss the baby who appears to be breastfeeding but who is not. The obesity epidemic has increased the numbers of women we see who are overweight or obese. They face unique barriers to breastfeeding that will be explored. Strategies to deal with delayed lactogenisis II, problems with positioning and breastfeeding in public will be explored. As more and more women initiate breastfeeding, problems of oversupply are seen more frequently. Recognizing oversupply, identifying both maternal and infant problems that contribute to oversupply and treatment techniques will be discussed.

OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants will be able to:

• List three infant problems that may contribute to latch difficulties
• List three maternal problems that may contribute to latch difficulties
• Describe the psychosocial and physiological barriers to breastfeeding in obese mothers and determine intervention strategies
• Identify three behaviors exhibited by the infant whose mother has abundant milk supply.

Event date: December 1, 2008

Event time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

This event will be held at Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center
13652 Cantara Street Panorama City, CA 91402

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