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This program prepares the Registered Nurse and other healthcare personnel to function as breastfeeding experts in a hospital inpatient setting. The two day course focuses on the skills necessary to assist mothers to initiate breastfeeding and problem solve common difficulties. This course will help attendees to solve problems related to breasts and nipples that will need intervention. Also includes correct positioning, latch on techniques and assessment of stages of feeding readiness.
L-Cerps and CEU's are provided.

Tieraona Low Dog, MD
Dr. Low Dog has had an extensive career in natural medicine. She studied midwifery, massage therapy, and was a highly respected herbalist, serving as President of the American Herbalist Guild prior to earning her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She is currently the Director of the Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine. www.drlowdog.com/

The 2010 Area Conference will be an exciting event and there's no vacation destination that is as pro-breastfeeding, baby, and family friendly as a La Leche League conference. We will see you there! As one local Leader said, "LLL conferences are wonderful events! I always come away from them with renewed enthusiasm about LLL, valuable information and ideas about parenting, and a big dose of "warm fuzzies" from seeing friends, spending time with family, hearing inspirational speakers, and being around happy children and families (you rarely, if ever, hear a child cry at an LLL conference)."

The conference features:
Fritzi Drosten RN, IBCLC
Thomas Hale R.Ph., Ph.D.
Julie A. Mennella Ph.D.

See brochure below.

The Lactation Management and Exam Preparation Course is a comprehensive review of the skills and knowledge needed for evidence-based professional lactation consultant practice. The course will help prepare candidates for the certification examination sponsored by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).

Featured Speakers:
Carol Suchy RN, BSN, IBCLC
Barbara M. Tcheng, MD
Elaine Robertson, IBCLC

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Purpose of Symposium: Since 2005, academic scholars, practitioners, and activists have gathered together for a regular symposium on Breastfeeding and Feminism. The 2007 and 2009 symposia was funded in part by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women’s Health. Over the years, the symposia have illuminated major constraints mothers experience as they seek to breastfeed their children in the 21st century.

Comprehensive breastfeeding management training

Practical skills that will make you more effective in your job

Time-saving hospital strategies that make breastfeeding a success

Strategies and tips for special circumstances - premies, Down Syndrome,
newborns affected by medications, and more

How to talk to mothers in a way that encourages them to choose breastfeeding

Public Health/WIC strategies that work to increase breastfeeding success

Confidence building knowledge and skills

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Featuring: Teresa Pitman