lactation consultant presentation

Question 1

Biological position

Answer 1

Mother is lying down slightly elevated and baby is on top of mom

Question 2

How do you teach mom to recognize feeding cues?

Answer 2

Encourage mom to do skin-to-skin. Baby can smell breast milk and they will naturally move towards breast

Question 3

3 Es for successful breastfeeding

Answer 3

1. Early: feed baby within the first hour of birth
2. Effective feeding: baby getting to breast and latching/sucking
3. Every time mom sees hungry cues she should feed

Question 4

What is the best way to check if baby has goo latch

Answer 4

mom should feel painless sucking. To recognize swallowing either look at baby’s pattern (suck, suck, pause) and/or hear a swallow sound. Teach moms how to recognize

Question 5

What is a false belief that will discourage moms from breastfeeding

Answer 5

When nurse’s tell mom they may have a low milk supply it discourages the moms

Question 6

3 factors that affect the 3 Es

Answer 6

• C-section: Major surgery will affect colostrum supply. The first E will become affected but mom can come back from that by bonding (skin to skin) which encourages the baby to eat

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Question 7

The preferred method for Bottle-feeding

Answer 7

• We teach our moms to feed their babies with the pace bottle feeding method bc we don’t want them to over-feed babies

Question 8

Don’t watch the ___, watch the ___

Answer 8

clock, baby

Question 9

Best way to burp the baby

Answer 9

Burp in kangaroo position. Lying on moms chest and take a breath. apparently works everytime

Question 10

The best way to stop breastfeeding

Answer 10

Wean slowly by replacing 1-2 feeds at a time with a cup of water

Question 11

What is a nursing strike

Answer 11

When baby feeds less because of changes to the environment

Question 12

When would it be beneficial for mom to contact a lactation consultant

Answer 12

When there is damage to nipples, troubles feeding, mom wants to change feeding styles

Question 13

What setting should mom use when pumping

Answer 13

Mom stays on the initiation setting until she can pump 20 mL of milk.

Question 14

What breast part should be in the flange of the breast pump

Answer 14

Only the nipple should be in the flange; No areola. The nipple should not be bulging out

Question 15

What could make breast milk taste sour

Answer 15

Milk is made in blood not in gut so eating foods will not affect milk taste. High lipase could affect taste of milk

Question 16

Can you drink and lactate

Answer 16

there is no contraindication with alcohol and breastfeeding.

Question 17

Best way to enhance latch

Answer 17

Fipple method: flip the nipple upwards and put it in babies mouth