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  INTENDED AUDIENCE

 

Nurses, lactation consultants, childbirth educators, doulas, dietitians, midwives, physicians and all persons working

with breastfeeding mothers will find the information

presented at this conference to be beneficial in their practice.  The conference also

is an opportunity for peers in the maternal/child health field to network.

 

 

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

We are currently working on submitting continuing education credits for:

            American             Dietetic Association

      International Board of Lactation

Consultant Examiner

  Alaska Nurses Association (AaNA)

 

 

BABIES

 

Because of the professional nature of this offering, quiet infants under

the age of 6 months are welcome. However, restless

infants will require immediate attention

outside the meeting room

as a courtesy

to other participants

and for the comfort

of the baby. Some mothers find it easier to fully participate

in the

education sessions by bringing a support person to provide

baby care outside the meeting rooms.

 

 

 

 

THE

ALASKA BREASTFEEDING COALITION

 

Presents

 

THE

18TH ANNUAL BREASTFEEDING SYMPOSIUM

 

“Breastfeeding:  Back to Basics”

 

 

 

 

April 29-30, 2010

Sheraton Anchorage Hotel & Spa

 

 

 Molly Pessl, BSN, IBCLC

 

 Molly has spent most of her career   with a focus on family-centered maternity care. She worked at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center from 1985 - 2003, following 5 years as a health educator, clinician and lactation consultant for a hospital based nurse-midwifery service. During her years at Evergreen Hospital, Molly developed comprehensive parent and professional education programs, the regional breastfeeding center, a postpartum follow-up clinic and Baby-Parent Groups. These programs led to the first US designation of “Baby Friendly” by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Molly served on the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and is a past president of that board. She is a registered nurse, childbirth educator and Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Molly is currently the director of Evergreen Perinatal Education, a consulting and education program for professionals.

 

 

Thursday, April 29, 2010

 

    7:30-9:00         Registration/Announcements/Welcome

 

    9:00-12:00       Caring for Babies Who Gain Slowly, Poorly at the Breast:   Intake or Supply?

§  Likely Causes of Poor Outcomes

§  What Facts do we Really Know?

                                             Expected milk production

                                             Expected weight gain

       

    12:00-1:00       Lunch Provided

                            

    1:00-4:30         Clinical Assessment When Babies Aren’t Thriving

                         

                          Quality Care when Poor Gain is Found

§  Creating a plan: How to feed, What to feed

                         

                          When the Cause for Poor Weight Gain can’t be Found

§  Giving up the Search for Answers

§  The Ethics of Practice

 

    4:30-4:45         Evaluation and Closing

 

    5:00-5:30         ABC Membership Meeting

 

Friday, April 30, 2010

 

    8:30-9:00         Registration/Announcements

 

    9:00-12:00       Caring for the Late Preterm Infant

§  What is Best Practices?

§  Birth and Early Transition

§  Developing a Feeding Plan

§  Going Home and Early Follow-up

                           

    12:00-1:00       Lunch Provided

 

    1:00-4:30         A Topic Review:  Is There Anything New?

§  Anatomy

§  Latch/Positioning

§  Nipple Pain

§  Group Discussion:

What have you heard?

What have you read? 

What do you think?

 

Searching for Excellence

§  Our lives in the workplace

 

    4:30-4:45         Evaluation and Closing

 

 

 

LOCATION

 

The 2010 Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition Conference will take place at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel & Spa

Address:

401 E 6th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501

For General Question Call:  907-276-8700

Or go to the Sheraton website at www.sheraton.com\anchorage

 

A confirmed block of rooms, at a special conference rate, has been made available for conference participants.

                     Single       $99 / night (plus tax)

                     Double      $99/ night (plus tax)

        

The above rates are subject to applicable taxes, which are currently 12% per room, per night.  These rooms will be held until April 15.                    

 

To make your reservations, please call 1-800-325-3535 and reference the group “Breastfeeding Coalition” or if you are receiving this brochure electronically, you can cut and past this link into a web browser:  http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1002091688&key=2980D. 

We encourage out-of-town conference participants to stay at the Sheraton to help meet our room block.  This room block is what helps to keep our conference fees down.

 

PARKING

 

Free parking is available to those who have registered for the conference.  There is plenty of convenient parking on the 5th Avenue, Eagle and Denali sides of the hotel.  You can pick up your parking pass at the hotel front desk.