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Weekend Sessions

 Friday, April 24

HIV and Breastfeeding CEU/CERP
Marian Tompson
Breastfeeding when a mother is HIV positive - the myths, the realities, and the challenges of getting he answers we still need after 25 years.

Saturday, April 25

Session 1

101 Finding and Working with a Pediatrician
Lisa Krempasky
Good communication skills are essential to your relationship with your child’s pediatrician. Discuss knowing the right questions to ask and communicating our priorities to your doctor.

102 Maybe Baby?
Tara Stephens
Learn to use your body’s fertility signals to achieve or control the timing of pregnancy.

103 Stuck in the Middle with You
Wendy Sullivan
A session for parents whose little ones are somewhere between children and teenagers. Setting limits without clipping their wings and allowing tweens to explore their independence while keeping them safe.

104 Beyond Nursing Your Newborn CEU
Batya Van Nostrand
Discuss the changing breastfeeding patterns and parenting needs of babies four months old and beyond. Topics include teething, separation anxiety, solids, and distraction.

105 Beyond LLL Resources [Leaders] CEU
Miriam Ruchman
Discuss non-LLL resources that Leaders find helpful and ways to evaluate for evidence-based data and a sympathetic perspective.

106 Safe Sleep CEU/CERP
Lysa Parker
Biological and cultural influences on infant sleep, that constitutes safe sleep for infants, and the impact of co-sleeping on breastfeeding success.

107 Jaundice and Breastfeeding CEU/CERP
Alicia Dermer
Discuss bilirubin metabolism in the newborn infant, identify factors that may increase the risk of excessive jaundice and its complications, evaluate the relationship of breastfeeding to neonatal jaundice, and assess the impact of routine hospital procedures on jaundice in breastfed infants.

Session 2

201 Parenting After Dark
Speaker to be announced
The needs of babies don’t change after the sun goes down. Discuss normal sleep patterns and ways to meet baby’s needs all through the night.

202 Developing a Parenting Philosophy
Marian Tompson
Practical suggestions to help you be the kind of parent your child needs.

203 The Role of Nutrition in Overall Health
Jennifer Phillips
Explore the critical role of good nutrition in overall health and ways to tempt a fussy eater. Discover practical solutions for feeding your family a diet comprised of healthy meals and whole foods.

204 Food Allergies and the Breastfed Child CEU
Lisa Berg and Cathy Bergquist
Identifying food sensitivities, coping with allergy symptoms, preventing older nurslings from being exposed to allergens.

206 Breastfeeding, Oxytocin, and Attachment CEU/CERP
Barbara Nicholson
Breastfeeding stimulates powerful hormonal processes that significantly contribute to the attachment relationship. Learn how the art of mothering is strongly influenced by the most profound hormone in the human body.

207 Little Known Facts about Breastfeeding CEU/CERP
Ina May Gaskin
Non-pathological lactation without pregnancy—virgins, grandmothers past menopause—and why these capacities are unknown in modern urbanized societies.

Saturday Afternoon Plenary: Breastfeeding Around the World CEU/CERP
Chris Mulford
Let’s face it—by and large the U.S.A. is still a bottle feeding culture. LLLI has helped Americans look outside our country for models of breastfeeding and the parenting behaviors like baby-wearing and cosleeping that support it. Chris takes us on a tour to see the many ways that breastfeeding is supported —and challenged— in other parts of the world.

 301 Survival Tips for Parents of High-Need
Adrian Levitt
Strategies for parents of babies and children who seem to cry more, sleep less, and need more attention. Explore ways to cope with the intensity of parenting a high-need child and value the positive aspects of these special children.

302 Permission to Mother
Leilani Carson
Birth and breastfeeding can be two of the most empowering experiences of a woman’s life. Discuss ways these experiences impact our role as a mother and ways to ensure we have permission to mother.

303 The Gift of Being a Flawed Parent
Lu Hanessian
If nobody’s perfect, why do we berate ourselves for our blunders and mess-ups, and create the same anxiety in our kids? Lu leads a transformative session about perceiving our flaws through a different filter, embrace our struggles, and have empathy for ourselves. Discover the redemptive power of being a flawed parent—of being human—and the profound gift to our children in doing so.

304 Breastfeeding While Working CEU
Maria Grant
The ins and outs of providing breastmilk for your baby while employed outside the home. Meeting your baby’s needs even when you can’t be together.

305 Creating Area Networks CEU
Alice Barbiere and Diane Jeffer
Leaders: Learn about  La Leche League USA,the newly emerging national Area Network. Discuss the process, how we will work together on the state and national levels, and what you can do to become involved. 

306 Skin-to-Skin and Neonatal Neuroscience CEU/CERP
Jessica Altemara
Back by popular demand! Hear the compelling evidence behind how skin-to-skin contact affects the mother-infant dyad, including ways to enhance breastfeeding, bonding, and healthy brain development.

307 Mechanics of Infant Self-Attachment CEU/CERP
Rachel Levine
An amazing look at how babies are born with the ability to find their own way to the breast. We will examine baby's natural latch and how we can help mothers to trigger their baby's instinctive behavior.

Session 4

401 Attachment Parenting Your 7-to-10-Year-Old
Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson
How do you stay attached now that your child is too big to carry or nurse? The importance of attachment right through the teen years.

402 Healing From a Traumatic Birth
Jessica Altemara and Amanda Walker
Spend some time processing birth experiences that were emotionally, physically, or just generally traumatic. Learn tips and tools for healing and empowerment in the future. This session is limited to fifteen participants.

403 BYOB: Bring Your Own Baby! [Fathers]
Speaker to be announced
Fathering your exclusively breastfed baby outside the comfort of your home. Veteran dads are invited to share their best tips for father-child excursions.

404 Nursing Beyond Infancy CEU
Speaker to be announced
A look at breastfeeding your two-year-old and up and the joys and challenges of nursing through the toddler years.

406 Counseling Pregnant Women about Breastfeeding CEU/CERP
Carmen Clark and Heather Kay
Encouraging pregnant women without being too pushy or judgmental, including when speaking with a reluctant mother.

407 Solving Breastfeeding Issues Resulting From Birth Interventions CEU/CERP
Rachel Levine and Pat Lindsey
Discussion of breastfeeding difficulties encountered by mothers who have had a less than ideal birth and how we can help these mothers and babies overcome early obstacles and breastfeed successfully.

Saturday Evening Film  CEU

Orgasmic Birth

As featured on 20/20

Join Ina May Gaskin for a screening of this film that examines the intimate nature of birth and the powerful role it plays in women’s lives. This documentary asks viewers to reexamine everything they thought they knew about giving birth and the potential it holds. Ina May will host a Q & A following the film.

Conference registrants who purchase Sunday lunch will be admitted free. Without lunch:$20; without conference registration: $30 (no meal).

Watch The Preview for Orgasmic Birth

Sunday, April 26

Session 5

501 Sarcasm in Parenting and Beyond
Mario and Alice Barbiere
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
Why sarcasm is ineffective in interpersonal relationships and how sarcasm impacts the brain.

502 Demystifying Homeschooling
Vicky Shields
Explore the legal, social, and academic aspects of a home-based education while getting a chance to meet other homeschooling families.

503 How LLL Leaders are Changing the World
Marian Tompson
The gifts we bring to the world and to our families.

504 Taking LLL on the Road Leaders CEU
Barbara Cincilla
Sharing LLL with the local community. Preparing presentations for schools, hospitals, or other public places. What works, what doesn’t, and ways to make a good impression.

505 The Safe Motherhood Project CEU/CERP
Ina May Gaskin
Ina May will describe the basic process followed by the four countries of the United Kingdom following a pregnancy-related death and explain why there is a large underreporting factor in ascertaining maternal deaths in the United States.

506 Challenging Case Studies CEU/CERP
Julie Blumenfeld and Megan Welsh
Explore effective investigative processes used to solve challenging breastfeeding situations from actual case studies.

Session 6

601 Human Milk is Green
Mary Lou Moramarco
Need yet another reason to claim breastfeeding is best? Low energy consumption, no excess packaging, no transportation costs—explore the many ways breastfeeding is the green choice.

602 Chiropractic Care for the Whole Family
Ed Feldman
Explore the advantages of chiropractic care for expectant and new mothers, fathers, and children. Ways chiropractic care can contribute to a positive birth experience, good posture, optimal immune system function, and overall health.

603 BOD Forum
Mario Barbiere, Maria Grant
An opportunity to meet members of the LLLI Board of Directors and ask questions, discuss the current state of our organization, and suggest ways to shape the bright future of LLLI as we move forward into the next fifty years of mother-to-mother support.

606 Breastfeeding the Near-Term Baby CEU/CERP
Carole Blane, Jeanine Hearne-Barsamian
Discuss the challenges faced when nursing a 35– 38-week baby. Learn ways to encourage breastfeeding and to protect the milk supply while waiting for baby to develop.

Sunday Afternoon Lunch Speaker

The Impact of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding

Ina May Gaskin CEU/CERP

Discuss common birthing practices in US hospitals that have a negative impact on breastfeeding, the physiological reasons for the negative effects, and the rationale for maximum skin-to-skin contact between mothers and babies.

Conference registrants who purchase Sunday lunch will be admitted free. Without lunch:$20; without conference registration: $30 (no meal).

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