New Horizons in Lactation 2015

Thursday, October 22, 2015
Presented by The Breastfeeding Coalition of Snohomish County

Featuring Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC

Sponsored by: Pregnancy Aid-WIC of Snohomish County
and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett

with additional support from:
PEPS: Program for Early Parent Support
and local Private Practice IBCLCs:
Catherine Fenner, Brandi Crockett, Michelle Bielicki, and Shirly Mittleman

Brightwater Center
22505 State Route 9 SE, Woodinville, WA 98072-6010
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Schedule

7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:20 Welcome – Michele Crockett, IBCLC, Pregnancy Aid-WIC Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinator
8:20-8:30 Sponsor Presentation: Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS)
Laura Kussick, PEPS Executive Director
8:30-10:00 Sleeping Together: History, Biology, Politics – Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC
Is sleeping with a baby risky? A look at primates, our past, electricity, definitions, settings, research, and the critical differences between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. Bottom line: There is no known increase in risk when a non-smoking, sober, breastfeeding mother sleeps with her healthy, not-overheated baby on a safe surface. Note: This talk draws comparisons between how we make car trips safe for infants and how we ought to think about sleep issues. Participants can evaluate various safe sleep handouts using a simple checklist.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:45 Watch Your Language – Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC
Our word choice often promotes formula-feeding. Even the researchers get it wrong! Learn how words like “still”, “but”, and “ideal” can undermine breastfeeding, look at how research outcomes change when the focus changes, and begin to develop a new and truly supportive language. Note: A breastfeeding culture must also have a strong sense of breastfeeding as our biological norm. So far, we frame almost everything as if formula feeding were safe and normal. It takes a while to learn to reframe our thinking; there’s no better time to start than now!
11:45-1:00 LUNCH and Table Topic Networking
1:00-2:15 Breastfeeding Support in the Digital Age – JonaRose Feinberg, MA, IBCLC
Millennial parents rely on social media for community, connection, and information. In this session, we will discuss some of the primary channels used by young families, some benefits and challenges of each platform, and ways to interact with and support families using social media while maintaining professional and ethical boundaries. We will also explore a sampling of apps and websites to understand how new parents are using these resources for research, record keeping, and decision making.
2:15-2:20 Sponsor Presentation: Private Practice IBCLCs
Catherine Fenner, IBCLC, Brandi Crockett, IBCLC, Michelle Bielicki, IBCLC & Shirly Mittleman, IBCLC
2:20-2:35 Break
2:35-4:05 Everything Else About Breasts – Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC
A look at fashion through the ages, health claims and their possible problems, lymph drainage, breast surgery, and breast cancer. There’s even a little bit about breastfeeding. Note: This talk covers territory we may never even have considered, no matter how many years we’ve been “thinking about breasts.” It may even change how participants think about their own.
4:05-4:30 Wrap-up and evaluations

Presenters

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, is a frequent speaker, in the US and abroad, on the mechanics and mammalian behaviors involved in breastfeeding, and the language and support systems that help make it successful. She is a co-author of La Leche League International’s The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th edition, and LLLI’s Sleep Sweet: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family. She is author or contributing author of numerous breastfeeding resources, including textbooks, journal articles and essays, and more than 75 breastfeeding handouts for mothers and their helpers.

JonaRose Feinberg, MA, IBCLC is a board-certified lactation consultant in the Seattle area and a web designer at J&J Web Solutions. Jona supports mothers of multiples to set and meet their own breastfeeding goals through her private practice and as editor of BreastfeedingTwins.org. She is passionate about helping fellow lactation consultants connect with mothers and grow their businesses by creating and curating their professional web presence.