The Western PA Lactation Consultant Association
The Western Pennsylvania Lactation Consultant Association
Fall Conference with Diana West
Registration is now open for our fall conference with Diana West, author of Making More Milk. The conference will be held Friday, September 10th at West Penn Hospital from 8am until 5pm. Tickets are $75 for members of the WPLCA and $100 for non-members.
Please visit the Registration Page for the tentative conference schedule and to register and pay. Registration will close on September 6.
Printable blank registration forms are available here or on the Downloads page.
Checked Out Library Books
Please check out our Library link to see if you have a book that has been checked out of the library!
Attention to anyone who knows a mother who has used Reglan or Domperidone!
From info@uslcaonline.org's newsletter email dated June 29, 2010:
Please encourage mothers who have used Reglan or Domperidone to participate in this quick survey. It is very important that research such as this be done to enrich our knowledge of how to better assist mothers with insufficient milk production. Thanks so much Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, RLC Survey of Domperidone and Metoclopramide Use in Breastfeeding Mothers Thomas Hale & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, co-investigators We are pleased to announce our new online research study, a survey of women's experience with the drugs metoclopramide and domperidone, which can be used to stimulate milk production. We would like to collect side effect information on both drugs from as many mothers as possible worldwide. The survey link is: http://surveys.ttuhsc.edu/wsb. Please let mothers know about our study. The more women we can get to participate, the more valid our findings. Thanks for your help. The survey takes 20-30 minutes to complete and is confidential. It has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX.
Visit the Forums!
Just a reminder for everyone to please visit the forums by either following the link above or clicking here. We are interested in your input on speakers for future conferences, along with general input on products and techniques that you may use in your practice.
Also, be sure to check out the "Business Case for Breastfeeding" section of the forum for any questions you may have about approaching local businesses and to find out how to submit the intake form.
If you have any difficulty joining the Forums or need any other questions answered, please email me directly at skyrose@gmail.com with the subject "WPLCA Website" and I will get back to you as soon as I can!
Business Case for Breastfeeding Meeting Notes
Thank you to everyone who came out for our March 1st meeting, and thank you to our wonderful presenters. A lot of information was given, so I have opened a message board on our forum (see link in the left column) to continue the discussion. Please remember this is an OPEN forum, meaning anyone can access it.
Also, Judy Gutowski spoke about an intake form during the meeting. It is available to be downloaded either by clicking here, or by going to the download link on the left and then clicking on "PA Employer Outreach Tools".
Minutes for the meeting will be posted in the forum in a locked discussion board. To gain access to this, please register, or sign-in. The log in will always be along the left side of the screen. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please contact me at skyrose@gmail.com, or use the "contact us" link on the left. Having a secure area for the minutes will help to protect sensitive financial or other information that we may post.
Diana West's book, "Making More Milk", at the September Conference?
WPLCA's Mission Statement
- Uphold high standards of professional practice
- Foster communication, networking, and mutual support amongst WPLCA members
- Provide for or facilitate education opportunities for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) and other health care workers concerned with breastfeeding related issues
- Heighten recognition of the consequences of artificial feeding of infants and children
- Foster awareness of breastfeeding and human milk feeding as important measures for health promotion and disease prevention.
