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Past Meetings

Here you will find a listing of our prior meetings.

02.13.2025
Beyond Fenugreek: An Individualized Approach to Herbal Galactogogues

Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, Owner of Luna Lactation.

10.10.2024
Infant Sensory Motor Development & Whole Body Feeding

Sara Vivoda, MOT, OTR/L, CLC, Owner of Clementine Pediatric Therapy.

08.08.2024
Breastfeeding Aversion & Agitation

Diane Bernstein, IBCLC

08.06.2024
Self-Care for the Lactation Professional

Christine Wulbecker, LCSW, PMH-C, Owner of Emilie Counseling.

07.11.2024
Spectrum of Success: Measuring Success in Every Feeding Journey

Jacqulyn Potter, IBCLC

04.11.2024
Changing Fathers’ Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding Through Education

Ashley Robinson, DrPH IBCLC

02.08.2024
Cultivating Peer Support Groups that Benefit Your Clients AND Your Practice

Jennifer Hafele, MEd IBCLC

11.09.2023
Practice, Preach, Advocate! How to Champion Laws & Policies That Support Lactation & Health Equity

Ellen Maughan, JD, IBCLC

10.12.2023
Surviving to Thriving: A Panel Discussion About Running a Private Practice

Jeanne Cygnus, PMH-C and former IBCLC

Meghan McMillin, IBCLC RDN

Katie Prezas, IBCLC PMH-C

08.10.2023
Flange Sizing 101: Simple Ways to Support Better Flange Sizing for Your Clients

Jessica Anderson, MA, IBCLC, CLC, Owner of Genuine Lactation.

06.15.2023
Making More with Less: Optimizing Milk Production While Minimizing the Use of Tools & Devices

Christine Staricka, BS, IBCLC, RLC, CE, FILCA

05.19.2023
NIBTF & NILCA Virtual Lactation Conference

Multiple Speakers

04.13.2023
Strategies for Supporting the Bottle-Refusing Baby

Susan Howard, MSN, RN, IBCLC

02.09.2023
Simplifying Breastfeeding Through Effective Communication

Christy Jo Hendricks, IBCLC, RLC, CAPPA CLE & CCCE Faculty, Doula

10.13.2022
Integrative Milk Banking: Safety, Science, and Community Engagement

Summer Kelly, MS, RN, IBCLC

08.11.2022
The Use of FEES in the Breastfeeding Infant

Katie Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP IBCLC

06.09.2022
COVID-19 in Pregnancy & Lactation.

Miena M. Hall, MD, IBCLC

04.14.2022
Postpartum Mood Disorders & Breastfeeding

Marie Zahorick, APRN, IBCLC

02.10.2022
Structural Racism & Barriers to Breastfeeding on Chicagoland’s South Side

Kathy Ragland, IBCLC, RLC, (CD) DONA

10.14.2021
Life After Loss: When Breastfeeding Is Traumatic

Michelle Valiukenas, Founder of the Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation

08.12.2021
What's New in Lactation?

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA

06.10.2021
Lactation Pain: To Yeast or Not To Yeast, That is the Question

Cindy Rubin, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

04.08.2021
Breastfeeding & Tongue Tie: More Than a Frenotomy

Jill Rabin, MS, CCC, SLP-/L, IBCLC
Melissa Block, BS, IBCLC

02.11.2021
We've Both Been Waiting for This! The path to breastfeeding a preemie & NICU M.O.M. (mother's own milk)

Katie McGee, RN, BSN, IBCLC

12.09.2020
Show N' Tell, Tools & Tricks

Gail Macklin, BSN, IBCLC

10.08.2020
PT: What to Look for in Babies, Know When to Refer

Carrie Cicciu-Singer, PT

08.13.2020
Nutrition and Elimination Diets in Lactating Women

Meghan McMillan, MS, RDN, CSP, IBCLC

06.11.2020
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders – It’s not just depression!

Jeanne Cygnus, IBCLC, PMH-C

02.13.2020
Continuity in Breastfeeding Care: How a Family Practice Doctor Helps Pregnant & Breastfeeding Mothers

Miena M. Hall, MD, IBCLC

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