GOLD Learning Speakers
Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA
- Speaker Type: , Main Presentations, GOLD Lactation 2013, GOLD Lactation 2014, Breastfeeding Essentials Lecture Pack 2016, *WEBINARS, Ethics 2018, Optimizing Milk Production Lecture Pack 2018, Breastfeeding in the NICU Lecture Pack 2018, BVL
- Country: United States
Biography:
Nancy Mohrbacher was born and raised in the Chicago area, where she lives today. She is a board-certified lactation consultant who has been helping nursing mothers since 1982. Her breastfeeding books for parents and professionals include Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple and its Pocket Guide; Breastfeeding Made Simple(with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett); Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple; and Breastfeeding Solutions and its companion app for Android and iPhone.
Nancy currently contracts with hospitals to improve breastfeeding practices, writes for many publications, and speaks at events around the world. Nancy was in the first group of 16 to be honored for her lifetime contributions to breastfeeding with the designation FILCA, Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association.
CE Library Presentation(s) Available Online:
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What Mothers Need to Exclusively Breastfeed
Increasing the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is a public-health priority that can improve health outcomes of mothers and babies. Of the identified barriers to exclusive breastfeeding, few are more challenging than those related to mothers’ belief in their ability to breastfeed and their unrealistic expectations of breastfeeding and baby behavior. Learn how a woman’s breastfeeding self-efficacy impacts her feeding decisions, and how the research on self-efficacy should inform our strategies when working with families. Learn also why so many mothers supplement with formula, the role of culture in this decision, and some evidence-based strategies for addressing these issues.
Hours / CE Credits: 1.25 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Public Health and Advocacy, Breastfeeding Support
This Presentation is Currently Offline
Hours / CE Credits: 1.25 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Public Health and Advocacy, Breastfeeding Support
This Presentation is Currently Offline
Pumping for the NICU Baby: An Evidence-Based Update
This talk provides a summary of the latest research on how mothers who are pumping for babies in the NICU can establish healthy milk production and maintain it long term. It includes strategies for estimating a mother’s breast storage capacity and using this information to individualize her pumping plan.
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
This Presentation is Currently Offline
What Mothers Need to Exclusively Breastfeed
Increasing the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is a public-health priority that can improve health outcomes of mothers and babies. Of the identified barriers to exclusive breastfeeding, few are more challenging than those related to mothers’ belief in their ability to breastfeed and their unrealistic expectations of breastfeeding and baby behavior. Learn how a woman’s breastfeeding self-efficacy impacts her feeding decisions, and how the research on self-efficacy should inform our strategies when working with families. Learn also why so many mothers supplement with formula, the role of culture in this decision, and some evidence-based strategies for addressing these issues.
Hours / CE Credits: 1.25 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Public Health and Advocacy, Breastfeeding Support
Using Gravity-Assisted Positions to Prevent Early Breastfeeding Problems
It’s time to rethink how we teach breastfeeding. This session describes the science on early positioning and its implications to our current epidemic of breastfeeding problems. It includes an overview of research on hands-on versus hands-off help, the hardwiring mothers and babies bring to breastfeeding, and a simplified breastfeeding initiation strategy with checklist designed to reduce the incidence of the three most common early breastfeeding problems: nipple pain, latching struggles, and concerns about low milk production.
Presentations:
6 | Hours / CE Credits: 6
| Viewing Time: 4 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Infant, Breastfeeding Support, Latch & Position
A Mother’s-Eye View of Breastfeeding Help
Excellence as an IBCLC isn’t about clinical skills alone. Our attitude and approach play a big role in how our clients respond to our efforts to help with breastfeeding. This session examines recent research that provides insights into how breastfeeding help is perceived by the families in our care. This deeper understanding of mothers’ perspectives can help you elevate both your practice and our profession as a whole. Learn the keys to communicating with clients in a way that leaves them feeling heard, and gain insight into how our language and attitudes impact families’ satisfaction with the care they receive.
Presentations:
1 | Hours / CE Credits: 1
| Viewing Time: 2 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology, Counseling Skills
Applying Bioethics to Milk Banking and Milk Sharing
This session provides a summary of the 7 universal principles of bioethics and examples of how they apply to milk banking and milk sharing. It also offers an analysis of the evidence that supports the use of pasteurized donor human milk with preterm babies and examines the range of milk-sharing options and the ethical and practical considerations for parents and breastfeeding supporters.
Presentations:
5 | Hours / CE Credits: 5
| Viewing Time: 6 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Ethical and Legal Issues, (IBCLC) Research, Ethics for Lactation Professionals
Concerns About Low Milk Production
This talk provides an analysis of the challenges associated with assessing milk adequacy during the hospital stay, the need for supplements, and when supplements are needed, recommended feeding volumes and methods. It also includes strategies for helping employed mothers use the Magic Number concept to keep milk supply steady long term and planning tips for the next baby when a mother had previous milk-production issues.
Presentations:
6 | Hours / CE Credits: 6
| Viewing Time: 4 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Infant, (IBCLC) Maternal, (IBCLC) Techniques, Managing Milk Supply
Transitioning the Preterm Infant to the Breast
To most effectively help preterm babies learn to breastfeed, we need to first understand how preterm babies’ breastfeeding behaviors differ from term babies. This talk describes the research-based 7 preterm breastfeeding stages, the “road map” that shows parents and providers what to expect during this transition. It also includes strategies that can smooth the path and speed the journey to exclusive breastfeeding.
Presentations:
4 | Hours / CE Credits: 4
| Viewing Time: 4 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Infant, Breastfeeding Strategies for the Preterm Infant
This Presentation is Currently Offline
What's New In Lactation
Of the thousands of lactation studies published during the last decade, some have the potential to
make us more effective as we help nursing families. This session provides an overview of the cutting-
edge knowledge and skills supported by recent evidence. It includes new science on the impact of
early formula use on allergy, the dynamics of mammary dysbiosis, the effects of parental obesity on
lactation, new approaches to preventing jaundice and excess weight loss after birth, novel treatments
for mastitis and hypoglycemia, LGBTQ nursing and language, new ways of understanding and
explaining early positioning and milk production, picture-based tongue-tie assessment tools, nursing
the early term baby, and more.
Hours / CE Credits: 1.5 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Infant, (IBCLC) Infant, (IBCLC) Physiology and Endocrinology, IBCLC Using Research
