New Horizons in Lactation - 2016

Schedule

7:45-8:15 Registration

8:15-8:35 Welcome - Michele Crockett, IBCLC, Pregnancy Aid-WIC Breastfeeding Promotion Coordinator

8:35-8:45 Sponsor Presentation

8:45-10:15 The Sacred Hour: Uninterrupted Skin to Skin Immediately after Birth (90 min)

Objectives:

• Describe 5 benefits of early postpartum skin-to-skin contact for both mother and baby
• List 9 instinctive stages newborns display that lead to the first breastfeeding
• Describe 4 practical ways to change the culture of early skin-to-skin contact after vaginal and cesarean births to increase breastfeeding rates

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Beyond the Sacred Hour: Supporting Exclusive Breastfeeding in the Early Postpartum Period (90 min)

   Objectives:

• Describe 3 benefits of exclusive breastmilk feeding during the first six months after birth
• List 5 common challenges to exclusive breastmilk feeding in the early postpartum period
• Describe 5 evidenced-based practices that address these challenges

12:00-1:00 LUNCH and Networking

1:00-2:00 Mothers' Perspective: Impact of hospital practices on meeting their breastfeeding goals - Panel Discussion (60 min)

2:00-3:00 Multidisciplinary Guidelines for the Care of Late Preterm Infants (60 min)

Objectives:

• Describe the rates, costs, and causes of late preterm birth
• Describe short-term and long-term risks of late preterm birth
• Describe ways of reducing risks for the late preterm infant & introduce “Multidisciplinary Guidelines for the Care of Late Preterm Infants”
• Describe the special breastfeeding needs of late preterm infants and their mothers and how to support breastfeeding in this vulnerable group

3:00-3:05 Sponsor Presentation

3:05-3:20 Break

3:20-4:20 The Ultimate Marathon: Supporting Pump-Dependent Mothers in the NICU (60 min)

Objectives:

• Review 5 benefits of human milk for preterm infants
• Discuss 4 ways to support optimal breastmilk supply in the NICU
• Describe a Quality Improvement project designed to increase the use of human milk nutrition in the NICU

4:20-4:30 Wrap-up and evaluations

 

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Presenter

Raylene M. Phillips, MD, MA, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
Division of Neonatology

After raising three children as a stay-at-home mother, Dr. Phillips received a Masters degree in Developmental Psychology, became NIDCAP certified as an Infant Developmental Specialist, and then attended medical school at University of California, Davis, graduating in 2004. She completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in Loma Linda, CA and is currently an attending neonatologist in the NICU at the same hospital as well as Medical Director of Newborn Nursery at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta.

Dr. Phillips is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and is a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. She is the current President of the National Perinatal Association. Her primary areas of interest are mother-infant attachment, breastfeeding education and support, and Family-Centered Neuroprotective Care of premature infants in the NICU.