The Northwest Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition's Annual Breastfeeding Conference: The Ultimate Guide to Breastfeeding Success

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Featuring: Teresa Pitman

Teresa Pitman is the author and/or coauthor of twelve published books, in- cluding: “The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers,” “The Latch and Other Keys to Breastfeeding Success,” both with Dr. Jack Newman; and “Pregnancy and Birth: Making Decisions that are Right for You and Your Baby “ with Dr. Joyce Barrett. Her books have been translated into French, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese and Spanish. Her work has also appeared in numerous periodicals. In 2006, Teresa was named “Woman of Distinction” for the City of Guelph for her work as a LLL Leader. In 2008, Teresa was presented with the “Award of Excellence” for her support of breastfeeding.

Educational Objectives
After this conference attendees will be able to:
• Describe process of analyzing a mother-baby breastfeeding problem
• Explain how to use this process to analyze cases and develop plans
• Review plans with entire group
• Describe real-life outcomes of the case studies presented
• Recognize situations where mother’s emotions and worries make it difficult to solve their breastfeeding issues
• Discover techniques and approaches to counseling that make emotional connections with the mothers they are seeking to help
• Describe the instinctive maternal and infant behaviors, which promote breastfeeding and attachment
• Describe factors to be considered in evaluating breastfeeding research
• List several current controversial topics related to breastfeeding and caring for infants
• Describe and locate research on these topics
• Have several approaches to discuss these issues and to help mothers deal with conflicting advice
• List reasons why women wean their babies earlier than recommended
• Describe research into women’s knowledge about breastfeeding and weaning
• Describe how La Leche League helps mothers continue breastfeeding
• List strategies for helping mothers to maintain and continue breastfeeding
• Describe how both excess weight gain and inadequate weight gain can affect health
• Describe an assessment approach for situations where a baby is gaining weight slowly, with strategies for increasing weight gain
• Describe approaches to supplementation that support continued breastfeeding and appropriate weight gain