The 16th biennial Breastfeeding: Baby’s Natural Choice Conference will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Scott Conference Center on the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Aksarben campus. Registration is open for the event.
This in-person conference will provide health care professionals with the knowledge to support mothers and babies during breastfeeding.
Conference presentations will cover:
- From Letdown to Letting Go: Dysphoric Milk Ejection and the Mental Health Effects of Weaning
- Hidden Barriers: Thoughts and ‘Support’ That Undermine Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental Health: Understanding the Impact of Psychiatric Medications on Mother and Infant
- Weighing in on Breastfeeding and Obesity: Addressing Weight Bias in Lactation Care
- Lactation in Private Practice
- Understanding Food Protein Intolerance and Other Causes of Intestinal Malabsorption in Breastfed Babies
The keynote presenters will be national breastfeeding experts Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, with Texas Tech University, and Lindsay Lebin, MD, with University of Colorado.
View the conference agenda at this link.
This accredited continuing education activity is designed for physicians (OB/GYN, pediatric, and family medicine), nurses, lactation consultants, registered dietitians, medical nutrition therapists, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, breastfeeding advocates, social workers and students.
For more information and to register, click here.
Registration is $125 for general registration or $50 for students with full-time verification. Registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and continuing education credit.
The deadline to register is Aug. 20. For assistance with online registration, call 402-559-5929.
In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Further continuing education details are available on the conference website.
The conference is sponsored by the Olson Center for Women’s Health, UNMC College of Medicine Center for Continuing Education and UNMC College of Nursing Continuing interProfessional Development and Innovation.