Barbara Robertson » Becoming Breast/Chestfeeding Friendly for the LGBTQ+ Community

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Advocacy for Breastfeeding, Anatomy and Physiology of Infant Feeding, Anatomy and Physiology of Lactation, Birthing Practices and Breastfeeding, Breast and Nipple Assessment, Breast Surgery and Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding and the LGBT Community, Breastfeeding Classes, Breastfeeding Dyad Assessment, Co-Sleeping, Bed-Sharing, and Breastfeeding, Communication Skills for Breastfeeding Specialists, Complementary and Alternative Breastfeeding Treatments, Counseling Methods for Breastfeeding Specialists, Culture and Breastfeeding, Dysphoric Milk Ejection, Elimination Diet for Breastfeeding, Endocrinology of Breastfeeding, Epigenetics, Ethics of Breastfeeding Counseling/Practice, Extended Breastfeeding, Formula Feeding Issues, Galactagogues, Human Milk Banking, Human Milk Components and Biochemistry, Humor and Breastfeeding, Immune Factors in Human Milk, In-Patient Lactation Management, Induced Lactation, Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding, Infant Feeding in Emergencies, Infant Nutrition and Breastfeeding, Internet Practice Issues for Breastfeeding Counseling, Jaundice and Breastfeeding, Lactation Management for the Health Care Professional, Lactation Research, Language of Breastfeeding, Latching Theory and Techniques, Legal Issues and Breastfeeding, Legislation and Breastfeeding, Low Milk Production, Marketing and New Media for Lactation Professionals, Maternal Assessment for Breastfeeding, Medications and Breastfeeding, Multiples and Breastfeeding, NICU Policy/Procedures for Breastfeeding Mothers/Infants, Nighttime Parenting and Depression, Obesity and Breastfeeding, Oversupply / Overactive Milk Ejection, Parenting Techniques, Pediatrician's Office Practice Issues for Breastfeeding Specialists, Premature Breastfeeding Babies, Private Practice Lactation Consultation Business Issues, Products for Breastfeeding, Professional Education for Breastfeeding, Psychology of Breastfeeding, Public Breastfeeding Policy, Relactation, SIDS and Breastfeeding, Sociology of Breastfeeding, Special Needs Breastfeeding Babies, Stress & Burnout in Professionals, Suck Dysfunction, Tandem Breastfeeding, Technology for Breastfeeding Specialists, Teen Breastfeeding Mothers, Tongue-Tie Assessment and Treatment, Tools for Breastfeeding Management, Weaning, WIC Counseling Methods, Work - Life balance, Working and Breastfeeding, Yeast and Breastfeeding

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Becoming Breast/Chestfeeding Friendly for the LGBTQ+ Community

Time-frame: 90-120 minutes
CERP: yes

One of the goals for all lactation support people is be able to be kind, respectful, and supportive to any family that might walk through their door. This can be tricky when the support person has never meet or interacted with someone from the LGBTQ+ community. We always want to treat each family as unique but in the case of a family that identifies somehow with the LGBTQ+ community it is especially important to listen to their unique stories and find out exactly what their infant feeding goals are. This presentation will help the participants become more familiar with the language and culture around the LGBTQ+ community and how they can help them meet their infant feeding goals.

Barbara D. Robertson

Country: USA
Phone number: 734-975-6534
Email: barbara@bfcaa.com
Site: http://bfcaa.com
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Publications

Revisiting Breast and Nipple Pain

Working and Breastfeeding

Low Breast Milk Supply Demystified— The New Edition of Making More Milk: The Breastfeeding Guide to Increasing Your Milk Production

New Kid on the Block: The Haakaa Style Silicone Breast Pump

Nipple Shield Use- Families Stories

Supporting Families, Building Confidence, and Increasing Breastfeeding Success

Helping families feel more confident can lead to greater breastfeeding success. IBCLCs can play a role in this. They can help families learn to trust their own parenting abilities, trust themselves,and trust their babies to tell them what they need. This article outlines many practical tips forIBCLCs to try. Better communication leads to improved relationships with families and this inturn can help families learn to trust themselves.

Eight Things Fostering Kittens Have Taught Me About Infant Feeding

In this article Barbara discusses the lessons she has learned from feeding another type of mammal, kittens. Because of her fostering experience and needing to supplement these orphaned babies, Barbara has come up with eight key points about supplementation that apply to all mammals, not just kittens.

Robertson, Barbara D., An Alternative Treatment: Using ultrasound for plugged ducts. Clinical Lactation. 2016, 7 (4).

Robertson, Barbara D. Breastfeeding Without Birthing- An interview with Alyssa Schnell. Clinical Lactation. 2016, 7(1).

Robertson, Barbara D. Hope from ashes: The creation of the NEC society- An interview with Jennifer Canvassar. Clinical Lactation, 2015 6(4). 156-160.

Robertson, Barbara D. Revisiting Nipple and Breast Pain: A Conversation with Anne Eglash, MD. Clinical Lactation. 2015, 6(3), 124-128.

Robertson, Barbara D. Free to Breastfeed—Voices of Black Mothers. Clinical Lactation, 2014, 5(3), 90-96. http://www.clinicallactation.org/sites/default/files/articlepdf/s3-CL-5-3.pdf

Robertson, Barbara D. Working and Breastfeeding: Practical Ways You Can Support Employed Breastfeeding Mothers. Clinical Lactation, 2014, 5(4), 137-140. http://www.clinicallactation.org/sites/default/files/articlepdf/CL5-4_Final_A7_137-140.pdf