I am committed to staying updated with the latest findings and practices in my field, continuously expanding my knowledge. To achieve this, I regularly attend industry-relevant lectures. Below are the lectures I have attended.
Gold Learning
- Medication Use During Breastfeeding Philip Anderson, Pharm.D.
- Medications and Mothers’ Minds: Psychopharmacology for Lactating Mothers Marie Zahorick, MS, APRN, FNP-C, IBCLC
- An Evidence-Based Guide to Using Domperidone as a Galactagogue Luke Grzeskowiak, PhD, BPharm(Hons), GCertClinEpid, AdvPracPharm, FSHP
- Rooted and Resilient: Cultivating Professional Well-Being and Sustainable Care in Lactation Tamentanefer Camara, MS-HCA, IBCLC, CBE
- How to be Part of the Solution: The Effects of Intergenerational Trauma on Perinatal Persons of Color Tanya Singleton, BSN, MA, MPH, RN-BC, IBCLC, LCCE, DFB
- Gold Tongue Tie Symposium 2024 – Various speakers
- From NICU to Home: Preparing Parents for the Journey Ahead Karen Lasby, RN, MN, CNeoN(C)
- “When the Same Thing Happened to Me” – Self-Disclosure and Personal Experience in Lactation Counseling Rebecca Costello, IBCLC, MPH
- What the Books Don’t Teach You: Tips and Tricks for the Lactation Professional Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC, FILCA
- When Evidence and Empathy Aren’t Enough: Changing Your Lactation Practice to Boost Client Success Johanna Sargeant, BA, BEd, IBCLC
- Spirited or Calm: How Temperament Impacts Breastfeeding/Chest feeding and Parenting Andrea Herron, RN, MN, CPNP, IBCLC
- Mastering Lactation Conversations: Creating Successful and Achievable Care Plans Johanna Sargeant, BA, BEd, IBCLC
- New Educational Tools to Support Childbearing With Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Sally Pezaro, PhD MSc BA (Hons) PgCAPHE FRCM SFHEA RM
- Gold Lactation Conference 2021 – Various speakers
- Nekisha Killings – Approaching Care When You’re Barely There: Reimagining Empathy When You’ve Got Nothing Left to Give
- Shacchee Khare Baweja – Skilled Lactation Support in Suboptimal and Low Resource Settings: Onsite Mentoring as a Game Changer
- Alyssa Schnell – ReLATCHtation: Transitioning the Exclusively Bottle-fed Baby to Nursing
- Michal Ann Young – Immunology of Human Milk – the Magic Ingredient
- Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga – Effect of the Spray Drying Process, High Pressures, and Radiation on the Nutritional Quality of Human Milk Muswamba Mwamba – What Role Do Fathers’ Cultural Experiences Play in the Decision to Support Breastfeeding?
- Naomi Hull – Importance of Peer Counselling and the Impact of the Pandemic on Breastfeeding Dyads in Australia
- Wendy Ingman – The Biology of the Mammary Gland in Lactation
- Marie Zahorick – Medications and Mothers’ Minds: Psychopharmacology for Lactating Mothers
- Diane DiTomasso – Expected Weight Changes After Birth for Full-Term, Breastfed Newborns
- Rue Khosa – It Takes a Village: Understanding the Role of and Integrating Extended Family in the 4th Trimester.
- Karleen Gribble – COVID-19 Guidance for Maternal and Newborn Care: Who’s Doing What and Why
- Decalie Brown – Size Does Matter: Large Lactating Breasts Are Important!
- Amal Omer-Salim – Global Perspectives on the Warm Chain of Support for Breastfeeding
- Johanna Sargeant – At-Breast Supplementation: Practical Tips for Using a Variety of Supplemental Feeding Tube Devices
- Jarold “Tom” Johnston Jr. – Using Evidence to Develop Clinical Lactation Skills
- Nastassia Davis – When It’s Time to Let Go… Stories of Weaning
- Lina Mazzoni – Breastfeeding as a Prevention Strategy for Speech Language Disorders
- Hope K. Lima, Karin I. Evans – Lactation Support for Parents with Anorexia Nervosa
- Shondra Mattos, Bryna Sampey – Back to Baseline: Normal Anatomy & Physiology of Infant Feeding
- Smaranda Nay – Talking to Babies: Basic Communication Skills for Lactating Parents and Healthcare Specialists
- Divya S. Parikh, Rachel Walker – Breastmilk Fat Profile: Implications for Clinical Practice
- Robin Kaplan – Overcoming Challenges When Providing Virtual Support to Breast/Chestfeeding Families
- Panel Discussion 2021 – Emerging Trends in Virtual Lactation Support
- Liz Brooks – Using a Cool Head When You’re on the Hot Seat: Ethical and Legal Topics That Make Us Sweat, and How to Avoid Getting Burned Annette Leary – Interactive Case Review: Prioritization of Care
- Kathryn Stagg – Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets: Supporting Families During Their Breastfeeding Journey
- Sejal Fichadia – A Comprehensive Look at Breastfeeding Ecology: Infants’ Innate Behaviors
- Lisa Marasco – The Mysterious Milk Ejection Reflex
- Kay Hoover – What the Books Don’t Teach You: Tips and Tricks for the Lactation Professional
- Laurel Wilson – Caring for Our Community During COVID-19: How Perinatal/Lactation Workers Can Protect Themselves, Their Clients, and Their Business
- Laurel Wilson – Unraveling the Mysteries of Human Milk: The Fascinating Role of Neohormones, Epigenetics, the Microbiome and More!
Michigan Breastfeeding Network
- September 2025 – Lactation & Intimacy: Navigating Postpartum Fertility Presented by Chalé Turner, Community Breastfeeding Specialist/Certified Blacktation Educator (CBS/CBE), Indigenous Childbirth Educator, PAILAdvocate
- July 2025 – Identifying Bias and Racism in Data Collection: Finding a Better Way Forward Presented by Amy Neloms, MPH, IBCLC
- June 2025 – Breaking the Cycle: Addressing the Roots of Addiction and Supporting Fathers in Recovery and Parenting Presented by Shanta N Smith MS, BSW, CCS, CADC
- May 2025 – Perinatal Emergency Preparedness Presented by Taeshaun H. Walters, MPH, CLC, CHT, Doula
- April 2025 – Birth Intervention Bias and Breastfeeding Presented by Taniah Ingram CBD, CBE, CBS
- March 2025 – Beyond the Golden: How Nurses Can Support the Lactating Family Presented by Kendria Miller, RN, IBCLC
- February 2025 – How to Support Breastfeeding for Community Health Workers: Reframing Breastfeeding as a Public Health Imperative Presented by Tameka Jackson-Dyer, BASc, IBCLC, CHW, CLE/S/C, MHFA, Doula
- January 2025 – Climate Change and Reproductive Justice: Impacts on Pregnancy and Pathways to Resilient Maternity Care Presented by Zainab Jah, MPH
- December 2024 – Skin to Skin is Not Universal: Teaching Equity Presented by Raeanne Madison, MPH
- November 2024 – Beyond the Red Tape: Assessment in Private Practice Presented by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, CBS
- Extended Release! November 2024 – Father Empowerment: Beneficial for Everyone Presented by Reginald Day, CLC, CHW
- October 2024 – Mind, Mood, and Milk Feeding: Addressing the Challenges of Feeding When Maternal Mental Health Needs Are Present
IABLE (The institute for the advancement of lactation education)
- IABLE Abstract Day to Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2025
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain
- Red Flags for Breastfeeding Supporters
- A History of Positioning and Attachment – Updated
- Differential Diagnosis
Microbirth School
- Understanding the Infant Microbiome
Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
- Down’s syndrome – A lived perspective
- Antenatal screening
- Bereavement
- Stop Smoking and Heathy Weight Management
- Newborn Feeding
- Diabetes Update
- Eclampsia
- Hypertensive Disorders
- Sepsis
- Matenal Collapse
- Neonatal Resuscitation
Livewell Southwest
- Lyndsey Hookway – How misinterpretation of infant behaviour leads to premature cessation of breastfeeding.
- Professor Amy Brown, PHD – Factors affecting early cessation of breastfeeding, and the impact of on maternal well-being.
- Dr Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PHD IBCLC FAPA – A new paradigm for depression in breastfeeding mothers.
- Fiona Lang-Sharpe, IBCLC RLC CLD CLE – Right here, right now: Managing post-birth interventions with holistic care to improve breastfeeding outcomes.
- Dr Suzanne Colson, BA RM RN MSc PHD – Biological Nurturing
- Dr Kerstin Unnas Moberg, MD PHD – How oxytocin helps with breastfeeding.
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
- Annual conferences 2019, 2020
NHS Devon and NHS Southwest
- I’m fine – How to enable parents to disclose they need help, to risk assess and make informed decisions with families about the next steps.
iLactation
- Talking to children about breastfeeding: the need for ANTE antenatal education
- Under One Sky: Intimate Encounters with Moms and Babies by a Breastfeeding Consultant and Nurse
- An implementation algorithm to improve skin-to-skin practice in the first hour after birth
- Why milk matters
- Breastfeeding Uncovered: who really decides how we feed our babies?
- Why is breastfeeding still so controversial: a US perspective
- The Big Letdown
- Open my eyes
- Vitamin D: Mothers, Babies and You – a Global perspective
- Protecting vulnerable neonates by using stored colostrum expressed antentally
- Stem Cells in Breastmilk – recent advances
- Using the Hazelbaker assessment tool for lingual frenulum function.
- Supporting breastfeeding: the WHO code and so much more!
- The importance of vitamin T
- Simplifying breastfeeding: The first 36 hours
- The mother-baby-dance : How mothers and babies thing, why this matters.
- Recertification: what every IBCLC needs to know.
- Sleep locations and Breastfeeding outcomes
Association of Birth and Baby Professionals
- Professor Helen Ball – Understanding infant sleep : safety, development and parent’s concerns.
- Lynn Timms – Normal Tongue function, Recognition and effect of tongue tie on infant feeding, How to maintain and maximise lactation when baby has a tongue tie.
- Felicity Bertin – Birth trauma and its impact on breastfeeding, when tongue tie isn’t a tongue tie, The benefits of Cranial Osteopathy.
- Dr Jack Newman, MD – Controversies in Breastfeeding, Colic in the breastfed baby, Effects of birthing practices on baby, Breastfeeding the premature baby.
Real Baby Milk
- Infant Feeding Conference 2019
- Peer support and Tongue Tie
- Bump to Baby and Peer Support in Pregnancy
Maternity Nurse Conference
- Dr Mike Thomson – Allergies in Infants
- Clare Byam-Cook – Breastfeeding for Maternity Nurses
- Gillian Ryder FSID – The Foundation for the Study of infant deaths seminar
- Sioned Hilton – pumping
Millpond Childrens Sleep Clinc
- Helping parents to solve their children’s sleep problems. A workshop for professionals in the community.
