CERP: yes
E-CERP:
Participants will review the biological basis for how primates and specifically human’s breast/chestfeed, according to biological need. Discover how the unique properties of human milk, as well as the biology of the human newborn and physiological responses from the parent, are designed to optimize breast/chestfeeding when skin to skin and laid back breastfeeding occurs.
Objectives:
Identify at least two benefits of skin to skin in early postpartum period on both mother/parent and baby.
Describe why biological breastfeeding is the “norm” for the baby.
Identify at least two reasons that baby led/laid back breast/chestfeeding benefits the couplet.
Describe how to facilitate relaxed/laid baby breast/chestfeeding and extended skin to skin in the postpartum period in the hospital.







