Calendar

2006

May 15
Early-Bird registration deadline for 2006 ILCA Conference

June 1
Deadline for ILCA China trip registration

June 1
Deadline for submitting information for Speaker Directory

July 10
ILCA Board of Director's meeting

July 12
Clinical Day preceding ILCA conference in Philadelphia , USA .

July 13-15
2006 ILCA Conference in Philadelphia, USA.

July 16
Professional Development Day following ILCA conference in Philadelphia , USA

ILCA Bookstore

New from the Bookstore

Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence,   by Marsha Walker [more]

Mother & Child Health - Common Sense, Creativity and Care, Selected Works of Cicely D. Williams, a Pioneer in International Maternal and Child Health , edited by Dr. Naomi Baumslag [more]

Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians is a brand new lactation reference text for healthcare professionals. Developed as a collaborative effort between the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this excellent tool provides physicians, residents, lactation consultants, nurses, and other health care professionals with valuable information on breastfeeding physiology as well as clinical practice guidelines.

Letters To The Editor

Origin of statement in ILCA's Clinical Guidelines

To the Editor:

ILCA's Clinical Guidelines for the Establishment of Exclusive Breastfeeding is a good tool for teaching and ensuring that maternity policies are evidence-based. I am interested to know the origin of one statement in Strategy Two:

".... Signs of milk transfer...

* nipple elongated.... after feeding. [more]

The Editors of Clinical Guidelines respond:

Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the origin of the statement in Strategy Two of ILCA's Clinical Guidelines for the Establishment of Exclusive Breastfeeding that refers to the nipple elongated but not pinched or abraded after feeding.

Send your letters to ILCA eGlobe editor Beverley Rae at beverleyrae@ilca.org. [more]

ILCA Discussion Board

These two threads on the Discussion Board invite networking from colleagues who have been there! Log in to share your experience. We invite you to use this forum for dialogue with fellow members.

In ASK ILCA :

'I am starting a breastfeeding clinic through our hospital and am applying for grant money. Has anyone started/run a clinic? I need ideas about cost, policies, basically everything'.

In HOSPITAL-BASED IBCLCs : 'I am working with a huge Health System of 13 hospitals. The System is planning a 15,000 annual delivery Woman's Center. The administration is asking for lactation consultant staffing guidelines and REQUIRING something documented in the professional literature, preferably from AAP, AWHONN or ACOG. The future of the lactation program rests with me having this information to give them. Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated'.

The 2006 ILCA Conference in Philadelphia. USA is only three months away! Don't miss the Early Bird deadline - May 15!

Registering for the Conference

Registration brochures were mailed to ILCA members in February. A limited supply of brochures is available from the ILCA office if additional copies are needed. The brochure is briefer than in previous years. All conference details are available on the ILCA website as well as in ILCA's online Personal Program Planner. In the Planner, you can review abstracts of all conference sessions, decide which tracks and concurrent sessions to select, and then print out your own personal itinerary to take to the conference. You may register either by mailing or faxing the completed registration form or online at http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=f3ec9a9b-98f6-4991-b1d7-fb361391a751.

Clinical Day Features Diverse Skills

The 2006 Conference offers numerous opportunities to learn and refresh clinical skills, including clinical observations. The Clinical Day prior to the Main Conference offers four separate tracks, each with its own unique set of clinical skills. A Skills Rotation track offers the opportunity to observe seasoned IBCLCs working live with mothers and babies in a variety of circumstances. If you are interested in problem solving, select a track on either Slow Gaining Babies or Feeding Problems . If your focus is teaching parenting skills, select the track on Normal Newborns , featuring Dr. Harvey Karp's calming techniques.

The Main Conference also features several clinical topics. Concurrent sessions include case presentations on induced lactation as well as interesting and unusual lactation situations encountered in a hospital outpatient setting. Other concurrent clinical topics include nighttime nursing, craniosacral therapy, bariatric surgery, and hypnosis. On Saturday, Dr. Tieraona Low Dog will offer clinical tips on working with women who use herbal therapies and those with cultural diversity.

Find a Roommate for ILCA 2006

An easy way to find a roommate for the 2006 ILCA conference is to post a message on ILCA's online Discussion Board ! Go to www.ilca.org , click on Discussion Board, and then on Attending a Conference? Find a Roommate. To facilitate a response, be sure to include your email address. If you're not sure how to login, email info@ilca.org for help.

Celebrating IBCLC Day - March 1, 2006

Left to right: Robin Hirth, MEd,IBCLC; Chris Auer, RN, BSN, IBCLC; and Olga Tamayo, RN, MSN, IBCLC

Chris Auer, BSN, IBCLC sent this report and photo of the celebration at her hospital in Cincinnati , USA . Read more reports on the IBCLC Day page at www.ilca.org .

At University Hospital we celebrated with a luncheon for the five IBCLCs and a table and poster display outside the cafeteria. More than 35 health care professionals stopped to ask about the lactation program and the role of the IBCLC. Many parents and grandparents told us their breastfeeding stories. One set of grandparents had a very low birth weight baby in our nursery 6 months earlier and one new employee was the mother of a 1 lb 12 oz baby two years earlier. She was still grateful for the lactation support she received during that time. Thanks for the great Power Point presentation we could download from the ILCA website. Our poster was a concise explanation of the role of the IBCLC!'

ILCA Plans Speaker Directory

ILCA is planning a Speaker Directory which will list International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) presenters and speakers worldwide who are knowledgeable experts in the field of lactation. If you are an IBCLC and an ILCA member and would like to be listed in the ILCA Speaker Directory, complete the application form posted on the ILCA website. [more]

Breastfeeding in Emergencies Kit

ILCA is preparing a "Breastfeeding in Emergencies" curriculum kit which will focus on how to mobilize IBCLCs in a community to support pregnant and breastfeeding women in an emergency. In addition, it will educate healthcare workers and disaster relief staff on preserving breastfeeding.

Your help is needed! If you have been involved in disaster relief in your community anywhere in the world over the past few years, we want to hear your story. [more]

IBLCE Scholarship Honours JoAnne W. Scott

IBLCE has established the JoAnne W. Scott Scholarship to honour JoAnne Scott's contribution to the establishment of the International Board of Lactation Examiners (IBLCE) and the lactation consultant profession. The scholarship will fund an applicant from a mother-support group who, due to financial hardship would find it difficult to sit the IBLCE exam. [more]

Updating your Contact Information

Crystal Stearns, who headed the "Breastfeeding Book Recovery" project in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the United States , urges members to be sure ILCA has their current contact information. When so many members were displaced in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, it was hard to find out who needed replacement books because very few people had updated their contact information. Keeping your information current is as easy as sending an email to info@ilca.org , or updating your profile on the ILCA website by logging into the Members Only area.

Maternal Birthplace and Initiation of Breastfeeding

From time to time, members of ILCA's Research Committee highlight a favorite article in eGlobe. This month's article was contributed by Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine , Massachusetts , USA .

Couples' Immigration Status and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding

Gibson-Davis CM, Brooks-Gunn J. American Journal of Public Health, Feb 28 th , 2006 [Epub ahead of print ] [more]

World Breastfeeding Week 2006 Theme Announced

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has announced that the 2006 World Breastfeeding Week theme will be 'Code Watch: 25 Years of Protecting Breastfeeding'. ILCA's popular WBW kits are due in the ILCA Bookshop in May. Order early as the 2005 kits sold out! An email from the ILCA office will
notify you when the the kits are available. [more] .