Breastfeeding the Preterm Baby
Tufts Medical Center
Wolff Auditorium
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Program Description
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Development of Motor Capacity in Preterm Infants
It was once commonly believed that most preterm babies could not coordinate sucking, swallowing, and breathing until they reached 34 weeks gestation and could not breastfeed effectively until they reached 40 weeks. Learn about the specific practices that can speed up this process, leading to the transition of much younger babies to full breastfeeding.
Observation-Based Breastfeeding Support for the Preterm Infant
What are the signs of breastfeeding competence in tiny preterm babies? What are the predictable steps tiny preterm babies take from their first movement to the breast to exclusive breastfeeding? What behaviors tell a mother when her preemie wants to keep breastfeeding and when he needs to stop? When should a mother take the lead?
Breastfeeding-Friendly Feeding NICU Practices
Learn how different feeding policies affect the transition to breastfeeding among preterm babies. Areas covered include feeding frequency and milk volumes, scheduled versus semi-demand and demand (baby-led) feeding, and the effect of different oral feeding methods.
Kangaroo Mother Care and Breastfeeding: Practical Applications
Learn about the physiological effects of skin-to-skin contact on mother and baby and practical aspects of using this technique in different settings as a key strategy for facilitating early breastfeeding and supporting the maternal role.
Family-Centered NICU Care
This session describes what the research tells us about how to structure a developmentally supportive NICU in terms of physical environment, family support and involvement, and what this means to nursing care.
Effects of Feeding Practices on Growth in Preterm and SGA Infants
When preterm babies are exclusively breastfed at younger gestational ages, what happens with fortification of mother’s milk? This talk provides an overview of the research on the effects of different feeding practices on the growth of these at-risk infants.
Breastfeeding the Preterm Baby
Program Schedule Event ID: ame61
Registration 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Development of Motor Capacity 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Break 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Observation-Based Breastfeeding 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Breastfeeding-Friendly Practices 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Kangaroo Mother Care 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Break 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Family-Centered NICU Care 2:30 p.m. – 3:30p.m.
Break 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Effects of Practices on Growth 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
About Our Speaker
Kerstin Hedberg Nyqvist, RN, PhD, IBCLC is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at the University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. Her prolific research on breastfeeding policies and practices is changing our paradigms about breastfeeding the preterm baby. In two of her NICU studies that used research-based feeding strategies, 85% of their 36-week-old preemies were exclusively breastfed (not human-milk fed). In this all-day program, Dr. Nyqvist will share the practical techniques that led to these amazing outcomes. Her research and insights have the potential to significantly improve American NICU breastfeeding practices.
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This CNE activity is being offier for 6.0 contact hours.
Event ID: ame61
Parking/Public Transit
Parking: Please park in Wang Center Garage (across street). Ticket can be stamped for small discount.
Public Transit: T-stop for Orange Line at Hospital. (Stop may still list hospital’s former name: “New England Medical Center.”)