Course Information and Registration

Source: Wake Ahec

Program Information
Title:	8th Annual Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance Conference: Connecting the Dots to Provide Care
Description:	The program is designed to meet requests from healthcare professionals for evidence-based information with which to plan the care of breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
CASCE#:	30212
Audience:	Healthcare professionals and community volunteers seeking to enhance their knowledge base and effectiveness in providing breastfeeding support.
Disciplines:	Nursing
	Public Health
Format:	conference
Objectives:	1. Analyze the connection between mothers’ emotional states and their abilities to breastfeed their babies.
	2. Describe ways to assist African-American mothers to overcome barriers to breastfeeding.
	3. Develop strategies to manage problems with low milk supply.
	4. Discuss the areas of concern identified by teens participating in the UNC-G breastfeeding study.
	5. Discuss what family members and others can do to support a breastfeeding mother.
	6. Explain ethical considerations to keep in mind when helping an engorged breastfeeding mother.
Program Times
:Date/Time	5/13/2010 8:30 AM – 5/13/2010 4:30 PM
Location
Organization:	William F Andrews Center
Address:	3024 New Bern Ave Rooms 1 and 2
City:	Raleigh
Map:	Show Me!
Credits
	6 CNE Contact Hours Continuing Nursing Credit
	1 IBLCE E CERPs E CERPS for Lactation Consultants
	5 IBLCE L CERPs L CERPS for Lactation Consultants
	0.6 CEU Wake AHEC CEU .6 (6.00 Contact Hours)
Faculty
	Susan Cupito, – Is That What These Are For? Breastfeeding Support for Teenagers
	Diane Asbill, BSN, RN, IBCLC – Got Enough Milk? Milk Supply Issues: Pumping, Infertility, Older Mothers, and Adoptive Nursing
	Phyllis Kombol, RNC, MSN, IBCLC, RLC – Customer Satisfaction from the Baby’s Point of View: Developing an Engorgement Toolkit
	Paige Smith, Ph.D MSPH – Is That What These Are For? Breastfeeding Support for Teenagers
	Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD MPH – Postpartum Mood Disorders: Effect on Breastfeeding
	Anne Wimer, BA – Postpartum Mood Disorders and Breastfeeding: The Role of Family and Social Support
	Elizabeth Woods, MA, MPH – Soul Food for Your Baby: Supporting African-American Breastfeeding Mothers
	Elizabeth Jensen, MPH – Soul Food for Your Baby: Supporting African-American Breastfeeding Mothers
Program Fees
	$80.00 Registration Fee. $95 after 5/6/2010
	$70.00 Group Fee of (5) or more registered together; $85 after 5/6/2010
Cancellation Fee
	$30.00 Cancellation Fee if received by 5:00 pm on May 6, 2010. Substitutes strongly encouraged
Please note: If you register two business days prior, your registration will be processed at the door on the day of the program.
	For more information, please call Wake AHEC at (919) 350-8547 or (866) 341-1814.

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This is an anonymous Dr. Seuss-style poem for breastfeeding mothers and it captures our mission perfectly.

Would you nurse her in the park?
Would you nurse him in the dark?
Would you nurse him with a Boppy?
And when your boobs are feeling floppy?

I would nurse him in the park,
I would nurse her in the dark.
I’d nurse with or without a Boppy.
Floppy boobs will never stop me.

Can you nurse with your seat belt on?
Can you nurse from dusk till dawn?
Though she may pinch me, bite me, pull,
I will nurse her `till she’s full!

Can you nurse and make some soup?
Can you nurse and feed the group?
It makes her healthy strong and smart,
Mommy’s milk is the best start!

Would you nurse him at the game?
Would you nurse her in the rain?
In front of those who dare complain?
I would nurse him at the game.
I would nurse her in the rain.

As for those who protest lactation,
I have the perfect explanation.
Mommy’s milk is tailor made
It’s the perfect food, you need no aid.

Some may scoff and some may wriggle,
Avert their eyes or even giggle.
To those who can be cruel and rude,
Remind them breast’s the perfect food!

I would never scoff or giggle,
Roll my eyes or even wiggle!
I would not be so crass or crude,
I KNOW that this milk’s the perfect food!

We make the amount we need
The perfect temp for every feed.
There’s no compare to milk from breast-
The perfect food, above the rest.

Those sweet nursing smiles are oh so sweet,
Mommy’s milk is such a treat.
Human milk just can’t be beat.

I will nurse, in any case,
On the street or in your face.
I will not let my baby cry,
I’ll meet her needs, I’ll always try.
It’s not about what’s good for you,
It’s best for babies, through and through.

I will nurse her in my home,
I will nurse her when I roam.
Leave me be lads and ma’am.
I will nurse her, Mom I am.

Source:  http://ifbreastfeedingoffendsyou.blogspot.com

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This is a nice example of a card to pass out to any mother we witness breastfeeding in public

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March Newsletter

• Trouble Reaching IBCLE
• 25th anniversary
• Pathway 3 Mentor
• Wear your Pride
• Opinion on Website

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March 15, 2010

Wisconsin breastfeeding bill signed into law.

Mothers in Wisconsin now have protection from harassment while nursing in public, under a new law signed last week.

The new law reads “A mother may breast?feed her child in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be. No person may interfere with the right of a mother to breast?feed her child as provided in this section.”

Under the general penalty provision in Wisconsin state law, a person violating this statute would be subject to a fine of up to $200.

Want to know more about breastfeeding and the law?  Check out this podcast with national expert Jake Marcus.  Want to know what your state laws say about nursing in public or pumping at work?  See this site maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Source: http://breastfeeding.blog.motherwear.com/2010/03/wisconsin-breastfeeding-law-signed-into-law.html

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Attached is a brochure for a CME event that is being offered to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, and other providers who work with the WIC population. Examples of the target audience would include physicians and medical professionals that provide care to the
maternal and child health population from the fields of Family Medicine, Med-Peds, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics.”

This is the event whose topic was determined by a survey that I forwarded to TBA members this past summer, asking you to share with appropriate providers for response. It is funded by a WIC Breastfeeding Mini-Grant for Perinatal Region IV.

Please forward to the providers you asked to participate in the survey this past fall, and also share with other providers as mentioned who work with the WIC population.

This is a free event on the evening of April 22 with a meal included, providing CME credit, at the Andrews Center.

Registration is by submitting the registration form included with the attached brochure, and also available on line, through Wake AHEC

Brochure

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Here is all the information on our conference to be held May 13, 2010

Connects the Dots Conference

This link has our brochure, agenda and vendor/donor information.

We hope to see everyone there

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Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer

Posted: 9:42 a.m. Sunday

OWENSBORO, Ky. — A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.

The woman now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at $10,000.

NYC chef creates breast milk cheese

Posted: 3:29 p.m. today

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United States Lactation Consultant Association Announces

Yesterday, Kiran Saluja gave wonderful testimony at the hearing on child nutrition programs held by the House Committee on Education and Labor. You can read her testimony at the website below. She emphasized the importance of breastfeeding as well as how other segments of the health care system and community need to do their part to help improve breastfeeding rates.We need to follow-up on this and contact each member of this committee, adding our voice to urge Congress to act on the recommendations made by Kiran. Committee members are listed following the announcement. In our letter we should place emphasis on Kiran’s recommendations which are in bold in her testimony. A few appear below that you may wish to place special emphasis on. I would appreciate feedback on anything you send and any replies that you receive.

Sincerely

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, RLC

Director of Public Policy

An important place to start to help WIC succeed in its breastfeeding support and promotion efforts would be to fix the breastfeeding – broken hospitals! While I recognize this may be beyond the purview of this Committee, I am compelled to ask you to work collaboratively with your colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee to pass legislation that requires that all hospitals that receive Medicaid funds adhere, at a minimum, to a set of model policies that do not sabotage breastfeeding, and at best initiate steps to become a Baby Friendly Hospital.

Thus another important way to help WIC promote and support breastfeeding, would be for the Committee in collaboration with your partners in Congress to make a determined effort to eliminate or sharply curb the blatant direct marketing of infant formula, which violates the WHO code and targets vulnerable low income women of color.

nutrition education and add such language (breastfeeding promotion and support) to each citation related to WIC for nutrition education in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

b. Ensure that ALL federal programs serving families, in particular, but not limited to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Child Care and Adult Food Program are breastfeeding friendly and that the employees have, at a minimum, a clear understanding that breastfeeding mothers and babies will be supported.

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