Conference

This year's topic: Advancing Breastfeeding Policy and Advocacy: Focus on Work and Poverty. We are the only breastfeeding conference that focuses on the sociocultural, economic, health and political impacts on, and of, women's infant feeding decisions. The BFIC brings together the top researchers with the on-the-ground practitioners in policy, programs, advocacy, and communication. For additional […]

Summary of Event: A collaboration of leading experts in the human lactation field featuring Nancy Mohrbacher, Shakira Henderson, PhD, and Kandis Natoli, PhD for the biennial Florida Lactation Consultant Association […]

Topics include: Breastfeeding without Birthing: Breastfeeding in Adoption, Surrogacy and Foster Care; Narcotic Addiction in Pregnancy: The Role of Breastfeeding in Assisted Recovery; The Proficient Pumper; Mother-to-Mother Milk Sharing; The Breastfeeding Partner: How Dads and Other Special People Make a Difference   Intended for: Lactation Consultants Hospitals/Nurses Other To see flyer, click here .

Intended for: Lactation Consultants Hospitals/Nurses Other More information on link www.AlaskaBreastfeeding.org

7:30am-4:30pm (eastern time) Speakers: Kathy Kendall-Tackett, PdD, IBCLC Denise Bolds, MSW, CD Sheree Holmes Keitt, MPH Topics: -Reproductive Health of the Black Woman in the USA -Reducing Breastfeeding Disparities through Peer and Professional Support in Local Communities -Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality, Breastfeeding and Sleep Practice -Birth Trauma: Causes & Consequences of Birth-Related PTSD -Breastfeeding Makes […]

7:30am-4:00pm (central time) Featuring: Lawrence Noble, MD and Aunchalee Palmquist, PhD, IBCLC Online registration @ www.malca4memphis.org Intended for: Lactation Consultants Hospitals/Nurses Other To see attached flyer click here.

Thursday, 09/08/2016, 9am-5pm (PDT) Friday, 09/09/2016, 8am-3:30pm (PDT) Featured speakers: Elizabeth Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA and Jennifer Thomas, MD Topics include: Modern Families, Lactation Ethics, and the Law Breastfeeding and Epigenetics Maternal Obesity and Breastfeeding Electronic Ethics Human Milk Sharing, Selling and Donation: Legal and Ethical Angles Using a Physiologic Approach to Low Milk Supply […]

$135 (after August 26, cost increases to $160) Our speaker is Marsha Walker and the schedule for the conference is: 8:00 to 8:45 Registration 8:45 to 9:00 Announcements 9:00 to 10:3 Delayed Lactogenesis II: The Waiting Game 10:30 to 10:45 Break 10:45 to 12:15 Breastfeeding and Obesity 12:15 to 1:15 Lunch and Business Meeting 1:15 […]

8:00 am-4:30 pm (CST) registration at 7:30 am (CST) Laurel Wilson IBCLC, Bsc, CLE, CCCE, CLD will present information on milk sharing, epigenetics, prenatal attachment, marijuana and breastfeeding,lactation counseling and allergy related topics. A continental breakfast and light lunch will be provided. Cost is $85. Members of Greater Kansas City Lactation Consultant Association receive a $25 discount. […]

Summary of Event The next WPLCA conference, "Swimming Upstream in a Formula-feeding Culture" with Linda Smith, will take place this September 25, 2017 at West Penn Hospital. Applications for both CEUs and CERPs have been submitted. We will also have copies of "Sweet Sleep" and and "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" available for pre-order on the registration […]