January 24, 2025 WALC Quarterly Meeting & USLCA Webinars (2) 1. Finding Flow: The Intersection of Infant Feeding & PMADs and 2. Impact of Traumatic Childbirth on Breastfeeding Experiences 10:00 am-12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm – USLCA Webinars
Finding Flow: The Intersection of Infant Feeding and PMADs – Jacqueline Cropper MS, APRN, FNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C
Jacqueline (Jackie) is Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC), Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and holds an additional certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C). She is the owner and medical director of The Knapp Clinic for infant feeding and new parent health in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jackie is a US Air Force veteran and has been caring for new families for over 14 years.
Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, the participate will be able to:
1. Explain how the psychological flow state can impact maternal mental health.
2. Understand the psychological role of hormones involved in breastfeeding, optimal experiences/flow state, pain/discomfort, and their impacts on mental health based on current research.
3. Understand why supporting a flow state during breastfeeding should be a top priority for decreasing maternal risk for PMADs and improving breastfeeding outcomes.
Impact of Traumatic Childbirth on Breastfeeding Experiences – Dr. Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
Dr. Beck is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut, School of Nursing. She also has a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine. She received her Master’s degree in maternal-newborn nursing and her certificate in nurse-midwifery from Yale University. Her Doctor of Nursing Science degree is from Boston University. Over the past 35 years, Cheryl has focused her research efforts on developing a research program on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.
Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, the participate will be able to:
1. List at least 3 risk factors for women perceiving their births to be traumatic.
2. Identify at least 2 factors that promote and 2 factors than impede women’s breastfeeding experiences after a traumatic birth.
3. Identify at least 3 metaphors that women use to describe their breastfeeding experiences after birth trauma to help lactation consultants recognize this vulnerable population of women.
4. Discuss strategies that lactation consultants can use to support women after a traumatic childbirth.
12:00 pm – General Meeting – All are welcome to attend
Registration – Link to the Zoom event will be sent via email several days before the event.
CERPs – 2 L CERPs
Cost – No fee for WALC Members
WALC welcomes new members! Annual Fee is $25 for membership from March through February, 2025. For information and to apply, return to the Home page or go to WALC.net, click on Membership Tab
SAVE THE DATE: March 6 & 7, 2025, WALC Conference, Oshkosh, WI
Questions or if you’d like to submit suggestions for topic and speaker, please contact Diane Oakland, WALC Program Chair, dianeoak@gmail.com
