Registration Fee $65.00 
Includes breakfast, lunch, materials and certificates.  
 
Payment must accompany registration.
Employees seek reimbursement from your employers and  submit fee at registration. 
 
Deadline for registration: May 1st 2011
Apply early. Space limited. No walk-ins please.
 
This  annual  conference  is  presented  by  the  Maine  State 
Breastfeeding Coalition (MSBC). MSBC members include Maine 
Lactation Consultant Association (MELCA), WIC, AAP, LLL and 
other  groups.  Please  inquire  at  the  educational  tables  about 
joining MELCA and/or a local coalition to help promote, protect 
and support breastfeeding families in Maine. 

Vendor support of the educational activity does not imply approval 
or endorsement of any products by the accrediting organizations. 
This conference has not received funding from any manufacturers 
of artificial milk for babies, thus supporting the WHO code on 
marketing of breastmilk substitutes. 
 
The  conference  sponsors  are  not  responsible  to  refund 
registrations if the speakers and/or content are changed due to 
circumstances beyond our control. Cancellation request must be 
sent in writing before April 25, 2011. Refunds of $25.00 will be 
sent after the conference. 
Location & Directions:

Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 155 Riverside Street, 
Portland, Maine   (207) 774­5861  
http://www.hojoportland.com/
 
 
Lodging:

Mention “Breastfeeding conference” when registering.
 
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel  
Portland, Maine   (207) 774­5861  
http://www.hojoportland.com/
 
 
Questions, call Hannah James 207­287­3992

www.mainestatebreastfeedingcoalition.org


 
 

Maine State Breastfeeding 
Coalition  Conference 2011 
 
May 13, 2011
 
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel 
155 Riverside Street 
Portland, Me.

Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition


      

Continuing Education: 
Contact hours have been applied to the CDR for Registered 
Dieticians and Registered Dietetic Technicians, to ICEA for 
Childbirth Educators, and to IBLCE for 6.75 CERPS for 
Lactation Consultants. 
 
This continuing nursing education activity has been 
submitted for approval to ANA‐MAINE, an accredited 
approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s 
Commission on Accreditation. 

Agenda

7:15-7:45 Registration

7:45-8:00 Opening Remarks
~Veronica Sweeney

8:00-9:15 Assessing Low Milk Production
~Diana West

9:15-9:30 Break

9:30-11:00 Making More Milk/
New Methods of Milk Production
~ Diana West

11-12:00 Breastfeeding Ethics
~ Dale Morrell

12-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 The State of Breastfeeding in Maine
~ Veronica Sweeney

2:00-3:00 Counseling Mothers about
Low Milk Production
~ Diana West

3:00-3:15 Break & Drawing

3:15-4:15 Overcoming Breastfeeding Ambivalence
~ Diana West

4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks, Evaluations
& Certificates
~ Veronica Sweeney

4:30-5:00 MSBC & MELCA Meeting

Who should attend?
Lactation consultants, lactation counselors, child birth
educators, doulas, midwives, nurses, nurse practitioners,
physicians, physicians assistants, WIC staff and any other
health care providers who care for mothers and babies.

Conference Committee
Veronica Sweeney RN, IBCLC Chair Lactation consultant at
MidCoast Hospital, Co-chair MSBC.
Pamela Houston RN, BSN, IBCLC, Coordinator Perenatal
Ed, Lactation Consultant EMMC.
Hannah James CLC, Breastfeeding Coordinator at State of
Maine WIC Program, Co-chair MSBC and contributor to the
USBC and Northeast Breastfeeding Committee.
Gail Martel RNC, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, St. Mary’s
Regional Medical Center, Lewiston.

 

 

Objectives

Participants will be able to:
Identify the principles of ethical practice that
safeguards the interest of individual clients and
enhance the reputation of the profession
Describe the healthy people 2020 breastfeeding goals
Explain the concepts of secondary and primary causes
for low milk intake and low milk production
Describe three methods of encouraging mothers to
determine balanced and reasonable goals
Explain two methods to provide reassurance and
affirmation to the breastfeeding woman
Explain the way in which dissonance facilitates or
confounds persuasion as it relates to breastfeeding

Speakers

Diana West: Diana West is an IBCLC in private practice,
co-author of the 8th edition of "The Womanly Art of
Breastfeeding," "The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to
Making More Milk," and "Breastfeeding After Breast and
Nipple Procedures." She is also the author of the
"Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool" and "Defining Your
Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction
Surgery."

Dale Morrell:

Dale H. Morrell, RRT, MSB is the Director of
Education at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Dale is a
member of the Institutional Ethics Committee. Dale is also
an adjunct faculty member for the CMMC’s College of
Nursing and Health Professions where he teaches an
introductory Ethics course. Dale’s clinical training, as a
respiratory therapist, has stimulated him to learn more
about the difficult decisions that a person has to make in
the healthcare field, both the receivers of care as well as
the providers. Dale has received ethics training from St.
Louis University and many seminars from various
institutions.

Veronica Sweeney RN, IBCLC:
Has been IBCLC for 18
years, working for improved health outcomes through
consulting and as co-Chair of the Maine State
Breastfeeding Coalition. Presently is contributor to the
USBC and Northeast Breastfeeding Committee.