NMBTF 2021 Annual Conference:

Lactation Care in the 21st Century

March 10th, 11th, and 12th

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The conference has been approved for a total of 12 Social Work CEUs by NASW-NM, 12 CHW CEUs, and 12 RN CEUs by the California Board of Registered Nursing (4 for each day).

Application for CERPs submitted and pending approval. RD CEUs pending.

More CEU information to come.

Featuring International Keynote Speaker, TED x Key Note Speaker, Author, and Educator Laurel Wilson, IBCLC, BSc, RLC, CLE®, CCCE, CLD, CPPI

Laurel will be speaking on:

Promotion of Breast/Chest feeding in the 21st century

and

Is Fem Tech Our Friend? The fabulous and the frightening significance in lactation

Laurel Wilson, BSc, IBCLC, RLC, CCCE, CLE®, CLD, CPPFE, CPPI, owner of MotherJourney, is a perinatal and women's health speaker, sharing her knowledge at professional conferences around the world. She has her degree in Maternal and Child Health - Lactation Consulting. With over twenty-nine years of experience working with women in the childbearing year and perinatal professionals, Laurel takes a creative approach to working with the pregnant family and perinatal professionals. As a TEDx and International Keynote Speaker, Laurel connects with audiences with humor, straight talk, and analogies that bring each subject to life. She is co-author of best-selling books, The Greatest Pregnancy Ever: The Keys to the MotherBaby Bond and The Attachment Pregnancy: The Ultimate Guide to Bonding with Your Baby. She is also a contributing author to Round the Circle: Experienced Doulas Share What They Learned the Hard Way and original editor of the CAPPA Lactation Educator Manual. Laurel is board certified as a lactation consultant (IBCLC), and has certifications as a childbirth educator, labor doula, lactation educator™, Prenatal ParentingTM Instructor, and Pre and Postpartum fitness educator. She currently travels the world and does virtual presentations on such hot topics as FemTech and Lactation, Social Media and the Pregnant Family, Epigenetics and the Microbiome and First Foods, and Cannabis and Perinatal Health.

We are also excited to announce an additional evening skills lab on March 10th from 3PM to 6PM.

Case Studies: Infants with Low Weight Gain

with Dr. Anne Eglash

This is an optional event with separate registration. CMEs and CERPs will be offered.

Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM, is a clinical professor with the University of
Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. In addition to family medicine, she has been practicing breastfeeding medicine since 1994. Dr. Eglash is a cofounder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, the Medical Director and co-founder of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, and the Medical Director of the University of Wisconsin Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. She has published many peer-reviewed articles on breastfeeding medicine, has been the lead author on several Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols, and has been an associate editor for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal. She co-hosts and produces a free bi-monthly breastfeeding medicine podcast series, called The Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast. Dr. Eglash is founder and president of The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of breastfeeding-knowledgeable medical systems and communities.

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The conference has been approved for a total of 12 Social Work CEUs by NASW-NM, 12 CHW CEUs, and 12 RN CEUs by the California Board of Registered Nursing (4 for each day).

Application for CERPs submitted and pending approval. RD CEUs pending.

More CEU information to come.