Summary
What do you know about breastfeeding? Do you feel adequately equipped in your clinical practice to support women and/or children during breastfeeding?
In this webinar, 3 healthcare professionals* will discuss the integration of breastfeeding knowledge into musculoskeletal care for breastfeeding women and/or their children.
Among other topics, you’ll learn about early detection of torticollis and therapeutic management of newborns and very young babies, as well as interdisciplinary work and the reasons for referral if you work with babies, pregnant women or breastfeeding women. The possible management of breast pain (such as blocked milk ducts or functional pain), which goes far beyond the simplistic application of an ultrasound protocol, will also be covered.
*Collaborators: Marie-France Blais, IBCLC breastfeeding nurse consultant and Kary-An Fournier, pediatric physiotherapist.
Outline :
- Integration of breastfeeding support into perinatal clinical practice and notions to be explored further
- Inclusivity in breastfeeding
- Glossary and definitions
- Case history: “the breastfed baby”
- Example of an interdisciplinary approach to breastfeeding support
- The 10 IAB conditions; consideration of what applies in our clinical settings during the first weeks after birth
- Knowing the basics of breastfeeding physiology
- Begin thinking about current evidence and clinical judgment for women with breast pain related to blocked milk ducts or mastitis
- Support breastfeeding women post-partum as they return to training
- Interdisciplinary discussion and question period
Objectives
- Equip ourselves as healthcare professionals to consider breastfeeding in our clinical practice in order to be more supportive
- Improve our understanding of the breastfeeding dyad; the baby and the breastfeeding woman are so closely related that we must consider both parties when assessing and managing the situation
- Integrate evidence-based data on breastfeeding into the management of perinatal clientele
- Know the basics of breastfeeding physiology
Course Content
Target professionals
Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner’s license or regulation. Continuing education courses should not be taken by people who are not licensed or regulated.This does not apply when they are part of a specific plan of care. By participating in this course, the participant agrees to respect his/her professional scope of practice.