Programme

1st National Conference
Monday 26th March 2012, Lanternhouse, Ulverston, Cumbria

Conference Chairs:
Shel Banks, BSc(hons) IBCLC: Baby Friendly Co-ordinator at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 

Gillian Weaver, Manager, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital Milk Bank; Vice-President, European Milk Banking Association (EMBA); and Chair, United Kingdom Association for Milk Banking (UKAMB) milk bank forum 

Programme

9:00am Registration, coffee, and look round the stalls and exhibitions

9:30am Welcome
Jo Dawson  and Karen Butterfield, Co-organisers, The Breastfeeding Festival

9:45am Local Breastfeeding Initiatives
Shel Banks (as above)

10am The Story of the Zoops
Cartoon by Heather Cushman-Dowdee

10:10am Ensuring information on infant feeding is accurate and objective 
Mike Brady, Campaigns and Networking Co-ordinator, Baby Milk Action

10:30am What can we learn from Brazil?
Sonia de Oliveira Brady, Paediatrician, and former milk bank co-ordinator, and former IBFAN co- ordinator, Brazil

10:50am The purpose of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation - how it can benefit maternity and community NHS Trusts
Shel Banks (as above)

11:10am Coffee break and look round the stalls and exhibitions

11:30am Milk Banking
Gillian Weaver (as above)

12noon Medication and Breastfeeding – you can't, can you? Yes, you can!
Wendy Jones PhD, Pharmacist specialising in the safety of drugs in breastmilk

12:30pm Buffet lunch, and look at exhibitions

1:30pm What to do when positioning and attachment fails
Charlotte Young IBCLC, founder of Milk Matters, aka award winning blogger The  Analytical Armadillo.  
Specialist Practitioner to diagnose Tongue-Tie.
and
Ann Dobson IBCLC, Specialist Practitioner to treat Tongue-Tie, including performing frenulotomy. Consultant practitioner for Milk Matters Breastfeeding Support and Milk Matters Independent Baby Clinic.

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2pm Workshop 1: Who will you refer your clients to?

Option A Evaluation of the National Breastfeeding Helpline
Gill Thomson PhD, Research Fellow, Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit, University of Central Lancashire

Option B Using the Drugs in Breastmilk Helpline
Wendy Jones (as above)

Option C What is a peer supporter?
Michelle Atkin BA (Hons), creator and founder of Little Angels breastfeeding support

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2:25pm Coffee

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2:45pm Workshop 2: Breastfeeding Challenges

Option D Breastfeeding a baby with suspected neurological damage
Jenny Herd and Shel Banks (as above)

Option E Thrush and mastitis during lactation – a problem of recognising and treating?
Wendy Jones (as above)

Option F Helping mothers to breastfeed on the neonatal unit; one day at a time
Gillian Weaver (as above)

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3:10pm Workshop 3: Let's talk about...

Option G Looking at language
Charlotte Young and Ann Dobson (as above)

Option H Using the Infant Formula Explained DVD
Mike Brady (as above)

Option I Milk Sharing
Gillian Weaver (as above)

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3:35pm Review and feedback: how will this affect my practice?

4:05pm Closing speech, questions, comments

4:20pm Handing in evaluation forms, collecting Certificates of Attendance

4:30pm End