The 14th Annual Conference
 
Advanced Concepts in Breastfeeding

"Influencing Breastfeeding Duration" 

Thursday and Friday
MARCH 13th and 14th, 2008


Albuquerque Marriot Hotel
2101 Louisianna Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 871110
 
 
Co-sponsored by:
The NM Breastfeeding Task Force        NM Department of Health WIC Program
UNM Health Sciences Center                 Lovelace Sandia Health System
Topics

•  Anatomy of the Nipple and Its Impact on Breastfeeding
•  Problems of the Lactating Breast & Nipple
•  Facilitating Breastfeeding the Near Term Newborn
•  Ethics, Formula Companies, and Gifts.  They Don't Influence Me, Or Do They?
•  Breastfeeding Twins and the Higher Order Multiples
•  Breastfeeding  and the Media  
•  Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt?
•  The Anatomy of Breastfeeding Advocacy: We've All Got It In Us


Objectives


At the conclusion of this conference, the participant will be able to:

•  Describe different placements of the nipple and how they might complicate attachment
•  Discuss a care plan for dealing with different nipple configurations 
•  Distinguish between only a rapid milk ejection and an overproduction
•  Identify 5 causes of painful nipples.
•  Describe the relationship between the development of coordinated suck-swallow-breathe and the oral
    behaviors associated with ineffective breastfeeding in near-term newborns 
•  Develop an infant-outcome-based care plan for transition to effective direct breastfeeding
•  Discuss the ethics of accepting gifts from formula  companies
•  Identify perinatal conditions and events that frequently affect initiation of breastfeeding and lactation after a
     multiple birth
•  Describe interventions for initiating and maintaining breastfeeding specific to multiple-birth neonates
•  Understand how media messages both reflect and create/reinforce cultural beliefs about breastfeeding
•  List three current media messages about breastfeeding from the pro-breastfeeding camp
•  Understand why we even need to talk about 'guilt' in the context of breastfeeding -- how medical
    professionals use guilt as an excuse to not provide information and support
•  List three examples of how guilt is used in educational materials and advertisements to promote healthier
     behaviors
•  Discuss venues for breastfeeding advocacy 

Faculty

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D
., is a biological anthropologist known for her research, Writings, and lively presentations on breastfeeding and weaning.  She is the author of Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, and the co-editor of Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives and Reflections on Anthropology.  She taught anthropology at Texas A&M University, and now at the University of Delaware.  In 2007 she received an Award of Recognition for her work from La Leche League International.  She is the mother of three children and the grandmother of Henry.  She lives in Delaware with her husband Steven, two sons, a poodle named Truman, and 4 cats. 

Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, LL
L, is a Lactation Consultant Team Leader at TriHealth Hospitals (Cincinnati, OH) after a decade of maintaining an independent LC practice. During the 1990s she was an adjunct clinical instructor for the departments of Parent-Child Nursing, and Community, Adult and Psychiatric (CAP) Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing and as a lactation consultant
for University Hospital. A La Leche League leader since 1975, she formed the first LLL group for mothers of multiples in 1977, which provided the material for Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More.

Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC, RLC, LLL
, has worked as a private practice lactation consultant, a hospital lactation consultant, the lactation consultant for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and The Pennsylvania State University.  She has presented workshops at national and international conferences.  She is the co-author of The Breastfeeding Atlas.  Kay works as a lactation consultant at Riddle Memorial Hospital in
Media, Pennsylvania.  She has been a La Leche League Leader since 1971.  Kay and Charlie, her husband of 41 years, are the parents of three breastfed sons and they have two grandsons.

Marsha Walker, BA, BSN, IBCLC
, maintained a large clinical practice at a major HMO in Massachusetts, is a published author and an international speaker. Consulting with hospitals, providing in-service presentations, speaking at conferences and workshops and advocating for breastfeeding at the state and federal levels occupy her professional  time.  She is currently a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts
Breastfeeding Coalition and Baby Friendly USA, as well as a past president of the International Lactation Consultant Association.


Fees
 
     
        •Sec A Thursday and Friday $230 (Thursday lunch Included)
        •Sec B Thursday $135 (includes lunch)
        •Sec C (Friday) $115 (Lunch on your own)
        •Vegetarian lunch option
                     
(Late Fee: Add $50 after March 1st)

TO REGISTER
By Mail or Fax:
With Visa or Mastercard or Check
8801 Lagrima de Oro NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Credit card registrations
must have a signature.

Click here for form to fax or mail

(Make checks payable to NM Breastfeeding Task Force)
Refund: Your fee, minus a $25 cancellation fee will be refunded only if a written request
                          is received by March 5, 2008.  
Participants with special needs: Participants requiring
        special accommodations should contact our conference planner Jacie Coryell at 505-293-5215

For more information call:  Jacie Coryell, conference planner at 505-293-5215 or
email 
jacie@swcp.com

      
Agenda

                           
Thursday, March 13, 2008

7:00-8:00          Light continental breakfast

8:00-8:15          Welcome and Announcements 

8:15-9:45          Anatomy of the Nipple and Its Impact on Breastfeeding      
                           Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC

9:45-10:15       Break

10:15-12:15     Problems of the Lactating Breast & Nipple
                          Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC
12:15-1:30       Lunch

1:30-3:00         Facilitating Breastfeeding the Near Term Newborn 
                          Karen Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC

3:00-3:30         Break
3:30-5:00         Ethics, Formula Companies, and Gifts: They Don't Influence Me, Or Do They?
                          Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

                         
  Friday, March 14, 2008

7:00-8:00         Light continental breakfast

7:45                   Announcements

8:00-10:00       Breastfeeding Twins and the Higher Order Multiples 
                          Karen Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC

10:00-10:30     Break

10:30-12:00     Breastfeeding and the Media
                          Katherine Dettwyler, PhD

12:00-1:30       Lunch on your own

1:30-3:00         Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt?
                          Katherine Dettwyler, PhD

3:00-3:30         Break

3:30-5:00         The Anatomy of Breastfeeding Advocacy: We've All Got It In Us         
                          Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

5:00                   Adjourned

                           

Continuing Education Hours

                         13 RN, RD, IBCLC  Both days (Thursday 6.5; Friday 6.5)       

        
             
Location
            
               Albuquerque Marriot Hotel

               2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE
               Albuquerque, NM 87110
             
  Phone 505-881-6800 or 1-800-334-2086 NBTNBTA

              Special Conference Rate:

              $95 Single/Double/Triple
              Please make reservations on or before 2/23/2007  to obtain this rate.  After this date
              reservations will be at a space and rate available basis only.

             
On Line Reservation: www.marriot.com/abqnm
              Enter dates and group code NBTNBTA

              Airport Shuttle.
              To make Shuttle Arrangements Call:
              Airport Shuttle 505-765-1234 or
              Sunport Shuttle 505-883-4966  
             
            
Albuquerque City Bus Service  Take the #50 Airport/Downtown bus to the Alvarado Transportation
             Center.  Catch the eastbound Rapid Ride to the Marriot.
           
($1 exact change; get transfer.)  (Drivers are friendly and the airport bus is designed for persons carrying baggage)

             The hotel is within walking distance of shopping and dining, Rapid Ride bus service stops in
              front of the hotel, traveling through the downtown area, the museum district, with connections to the
              Botanical Gardens, Aquarium and Biopark.


Learning Environment

               We are committed to a learning environment that is optimum for all attendees.  Therefore please
               turn off all pagers and cell phones.  Non-emergency calls can be made to the hotel.  We will place
               these phone calls on a message board outside the conference meeting room.

              Quiet infants under 6 months are welcome.  However, restless infants will require immediate
               attention.  If your baby becomes vocal, please care for your baby outside the meeting room.  We
               ask that you do not bring older babies or children into the sessions.  A room for pumping will be
               provided.
               Often in large meeting places it is difficult to maintain a room temperature which is comfortable to
               all;  therefore, bring a sweater of jacket in case the room becomes cool.  
 
Established 1988