Finding Flow: The Intersection of Infant Feeding and PMADs
Jacqueline Cropper MS, APRN, FNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C
Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, the participate will be able to:
1. Explain how the psychological flow state can impact maternal mental health.
2. Understand the psychological role of hormones involved in breastfeeding, optimal experiences/flow state, pain/discomfort, and their impacts on mental health based on current research.
3. Understand why supporting a flow state during breastfeeding should be a top priority for decreasing maternal risk for PMADs and improving breastfeeding outcomes.
Impact of traumatic childbirth on breastfeeding experiences
Dr. Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, the participate will be able to:
1. List at least 3 risk factors for women perceiving their births to be traumatic.
2. Identify at least 2 factors that promote and 2 factors than impede women's breastfeeding experiences after a traumatic birth.
3. Identify at least 3 metaphors that women use to describe their breastfeeding experiences after birth trauma to help lactation consultants recognize this vulnerable population of women.
4. Discuss strategies that lactation consultants can use to support women after a traumatic childbirth.
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