Past Webinars

Consensus Statement/Early Effective Initiation for Mothers with Risk Factors

Time to read: 1 min.

Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 1 pm – 2 pm (CDT)

There is much guidance for supporting effective lactation initiation in individuals with healthy term physiologic pregnancy, labor, and birth as well as sick, preterm infants but little attention has been given to individuals with term pregnancies complicated by factors that can impact the physiology of human milk and lactation. This presentation will review the findings of an expert panel to identify the most significant risk factors that can disrupt normal physiological lactation, highlighting the need for more proactive lactation management to safeguard long-term milk production.

Learning objectives

Identify factors that may disrupt the normal physiology of human milk and lactation.
Identify strategies to optimize effective coming to volume in at-risk individuals.
Review a pathway for mothers at risk for not coming to volume.

This program has been approved for 1.0 Contact Hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13692

Event details

Date 21. MAY 2024

Duration 1 hour

Language English

Time 1:00 – 2:00 pm (CDT)

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This webinar is free of charge.

Presenter

Jessica Brumley CNM, PhD

Jessica Brumley CNM, PhD has been a midwife for 20 years. She is the Director of the Division of Midwifery at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida. In this role, she has helped to grow a full-scope midwifery service that is an integral part of clinical care, education, and research within the College of Medicine Department of OBGYN. The USF Midwives partner with Tampa General Hospital to advocate for care practices, tools, and policies that support family-centered, physiologic birth. With no Florida based Midwifery Education Programs, the USF Midwives serve as a large clinical placement site for Midwifery students in addition to working with USF learners. Understanding the importance of midwives working within a well-integrated system to provide safe birth outcomes, Jessica coordinates outreach to community-based midwives to facilitate smooth safe transfers when indicated. She has partnered with the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative to develop and implement labor support training throughout the state with a focus on reducing the low risk cesarean section rate. She has been an active leader in the American College of Nurse Midwives for many years and has served as Tampa chapter chair, Florida President, and current ACNM Board of Directors President-Elect. In everything she does, Jessica strives to strengthen, grow, and diversify the midwifery profession.