Aug
30

Everyone Wants to Hold the Baby, Who Will Hold the Mother?®

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Join us as we celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with a virtual Lunch and Learn opportunity! We are so excited to learn from Jabina G. Coleman, LSW, MSW, CLC, IBCLC on her work exploring: Everyone Wants to Hold the Baby, Who Will Hold the Mother?®

Objectives:

  • Provide education on the universal needs of all mothers and birthing people.

  • Understand why maternal mental health is a public health imperative.

  • Recognize the continuum of perinatal mood disorders and how they affect the birthing family.

Participants will be able to:

  • Engage in meaningful dialogue around perinatal mental health.

  • Reflect on how to hold space for and support new birthing parents in your organization/community.

  • Identify ways their organization will be able to support the social-emotional health of new parents and the growth and development of their infants and children.

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Nov
4

NCBC Fall 2022 Virtual Breastfeeding Conference

Exploring the nuances of lactation support: Breastfeeding management when things don't go as planned

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Virtual Conference Presented By:

Ellen Chetwynd, PhD, MPH, IBCLC

Zainab Yate, Author, MSc, BSc

Rebecca Boyd, BSN, IBCLC

This course is intended for physicians, physician assistants, international board certified lactation counselors, lactation professionals, registered nurses, registered dietitians, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, doulas, and other professionals working with pregnant patients and/or new parents.

Topics include:

  1. Teaching babies to nurse

  2. Mastitis and lymphatic massage

  3. Help! Breastfeeding makes me feel bad, sad, or mad

  4. Lactation support for children with special needs

*5.5 CERPs and CEUs have been applied for on behalf of Nurses, Registered Dietitians, and Lactation Professionals.

*Event will be recorded and viewable until 01-04-2023 for those who register that cannot attend live.

Ticket Prices:

  • NCBC Member earlybird: $65 (before October 4)

  • Non-member earlybird: $75 (before October 4)

  • NCBC Member: $85 (after October 4)

  • Non-member: $95 (after October 4)

  • Full-time student: $55

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Expanding Lactation Care: Exploring intersectionality in African American families using Black Feminist Thought
Aug
26

Expanding Lactation Care: Exploring intersectionality in African American families using Black Feminist Thought

Special thanks to our event sponsor, Mothers’ Milk Bank!

Join us as we celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week with a virtual Lunch and Learn opportunity! We will be learning from Alexis Woods Barr, PhD, MS, MPH about her work exploring intersectionality in African American families using Black Feminist Thought.

Last time we learned from Dr. Woods Barr, we got tons of requests asking for us to bring her back! Her work and research is simply fantastic. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss!

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2.0 L CERPS have been awarded.

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