Vergie Hughes, RN MS IBCLC FILCA

about Vergie Hughes

Vergie is a experiences and versatile speaker. She has experience working on the maternity unit of several hospitals, the NICU, a milk bank,and director of a Lactation Consultant Training Course. She has also had her own private practice. Based on her wide range of clinical experiences she can speak on many topics. Her favorites are the influence of hospital practices on the initiation of breastfeeding, breastfeeding the NICU infant and cultural issues related to breastfeeding.

official bio

Vergie Hughes has a long history of experience in Maternal Child Health including labor and delivery, post-partum and pediatrics, and for the past 25 years she has been involved in lactation management. Ms Hughes has a BSN from Pacific Lutheran University and a MS from Georgetown University. She has been a board certified lactation consultant since 1985.

At Georgetown University Hospital she was the director of the Human Milk Bank, developed the National Capitol Lactation Center and The one week Lactation Consultant Training Program. This course has trained over 3,000 Lactation Consultants since its inception. She has been a private practice lactation consultant and business owner, operating her own lactation center, Washington’s Families First.

Currently she is the program director of Lactation Education Resources conducting Lactation Consultant Training Programs via the internet and other breastfeeding management courses for nurses and lactation consultants.

Ms Hughes was recently honored with a “lifetime achievement award” being named a Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association.

sessions

Vergie Hughes is pleased to provide presentations on the following topics to professional and parenting conferences. Presentations on other topics may be available upon request and subject to sufficient development lead-time. (For CERP topics, required paperwork will be provided promptly to meet CERP deadlines)

NICU
0 - Full Day minutes
CERP

Premature infants need special care from lactation consultants. This topic addresses the special techniques and skills needed to help these mothers and baby's initiate successful breastfeeding.Note: Premature infants need special care from lactation consultants. This topic addresses the special techniques and skills needed to help these mothers and baby's initiate successful breastfeeding.

Towards Exlusive Breastfeeding
60 - Half Day minutes
CERP

Although exclusive breastfeeding for the infant's first 6 months is the goal of every health advisory body and professional organization, most infants in the US receive infant formula supplementation early in their lives. This topics explores how and why this happens, and some strategies to avoid this common situation.Note: Although exclusive breastfeeding for the infant's first 6 months is the goal of every health advisory body and professional organization, most infants in the US receive infant formula supplementation early in their lives. This topics explores how and why this happens, and some strategies to avoid this common situation.