Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Curriculum
Our 14.5-hour program teaches basic evidence-based breastfeeding triage and management skills to RNs, medical office staff, physicians and other providers, pharmacists, public health nurses, doulas, midwives, home visitors, WIC peer counselors, nutritionists, LLL Leaders, health professional students and others who help mothers breastfeed. The Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Curriculum consists of 8 sessions:
Session 1
- Special Properties of Human Milk
- The EnteroMammary Pathway
- Risks of Not Breastfeeding
- Contraindications to Breastfeeding
- Healthy People 2030 Breastfeeding Objectives
- Breastfeeding Demographics
- Barriers to Breastfeeding
- Prenatal Counseling
- Communication and Counseling the Lactating Parent
Session 2
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Positioning for Breastfeeding
- Infant Latch
- Defining a Feeding
- Feeding Frequency and Duration
- Infant and Parental Signs of Adequate Milk Intake
Session 3
- Breastfeeding in the Immediate Postpartum Period
- Lactogenesis II
- Engorgement
- Supporting Dyads during the First Week Postpartum
- Parental Infant Separation
- The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
- The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
- Hospital Discharge & Follow Up
Session 4
- Sore Nipples- The Most Common Causes
- Proper Positioning and Latch to Prevent and Resolve Sore Nipples
- Managing Nipple Sores
- Breast Swelling and Engorgement
- Acute Mastitis
- Infectious Causes of Breast/Nipple Pain
- Non-Infectious Causes of Breast/Nipple Pain
- Infant Biting
- Pump Trauma
- Nipple Piercing
Session 5
- The Baby Who is Not Gaining Well
- Triage Tool to Assess whether Baby is Transferring Enough Milk
- Pre/Post Feed Weights
- Low Milk Production
- Supplementing the Breastfed Baby
- Prematurity
- Night Time Feedings
Session 6
- The Non-Latching Baby
- Infant-Led Latch
- The Baby who Prefers One Side
- Nipple Shields
- Pacifiers and Nursing Infants
- Infant Fussiness at the Breast
- Weaning
- Induced Lactation and Relactation
Session 7
- Milk Expression
- Breast Pumps
- Fitting Breast Shields
- Operating and Cleaning a Breast Pump
- Storage of Expressed Breastmilk
- Use of Expressed Breastmilk
- Returning to Work and Breastfeeding
Session 8
- Medications During Lactation
- Complementary Foods for the Breastfed Infant
- Health Equity and Breastfeeding