All About Breastfeeding

All About Breastfeeding

By Lori J. Isenstadt IBCLCHealth & FitnessKids & Family
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All About Breastfeeding episodes

  • AAB 200 Breastfeeding: Midwives, birth and breastfeeding - Midwife Joanna Wilder

    Joanna Wilder RN, BSN, LM, CPM has been practicing "good birth" for 25 years. As a nurse Joanna started out in an inner city Phoenix hospital in 1990. Three years gave her a good foundation in Labor and Delivery, Nursery and Postpartum. Next, she helped create Bethany Birth Center. For fourteen years, she had the privilege to work as a nurse in the birth center, led a unique childbirth education program, and served as a community liaison orienting women to birth choices in AZ. This birth center closed in 2007. In November 2006, she began to work toward her licensure as a midwife. In May 2010, she was licensed as a midwife in AZ and completed her national certification or CPM in April of 2011. Joanna has been involved in grass roots community development in inner city Phoenix for 25 years. She works with a teen mom program in "the neighborhood", and also with a breastfeeding grant program bringing support to Hispanic moms. She is passionate about helping women learn to trust their bodies. One of her passions, birthed from her own story, is walking with women as they heal from childhood sexual abuse. Joanna believes that the birth space is "holy ground". Breastfeeding creates a powerful space for attachment and bonding to occur, and for mothers to reclaim their bodies, and their stories.

    57 min
  • AAB 199 Birth Matters - Birth Trauma and Breastfeeding
    A birth is defined as being traumatic if the woman was or believed she or her baby was in danger. She perhaps felt helpless, out of control, or alone at any point during her labor or birth. Suffering from birth trauma is not something you have on your list of what to expect when planning your pregnancy and awaiting the birth of your baby. Parents typically have beautiful and loving pictures in their head on what pp life will look like and how they will feel. Sure, we expect to be tired and wonder if we will have a colicky baby like your best friend did. There are feelings of worry and concern about having one of those babies you have heard about that never sleep. You may have expected some learning curve related to breastfeeding. For the most part, your plan was to be at home, relaxing with your baby, with your family and enjoying new motherhood.
    24 min
  • AAB 198 Christine Shepherd BS, IBCLC

    Christine says

    I was born and raised in South Africa. It was there that I obtained my degree in Dietetics and honed my skills providing breastfeeding education to rural communities. I met my husband during my graduate year. I moved to Portland OR with him in 2004 and started working with WIC that same year. In january of this year we moved down to Ashland where I am now starting my own Private Practice after almost 14 years on the public health sector.

    I delivered my daughter in 2008 and Breastfeeding difficulties renewed my interest in pursuing a more Breastfeeding centric career. I certified as a IBCLC in 2011 and just re-certified last year. I now own and operate my own private practice in Ashland Oregon.
    46 min
  • AAB 197 Birth Matters - Topic - Prematurity in Birth
    late preterm - defined by birth at 34 weeks 7 days through 36 weeks 7 days. They are less physiologically and metabolically mature than term infants. Thus they are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality than term infants. They are often the same size and weight of some term infants, born between 37 weeks and 41 weeks Because of this fact, late preterm infants may be treated by parents, caregivers and HCP as though they are developmentally mature, when in fact they are at an increased risk for complications. They need to be evaluated on an individual basis and if necessary suggest guidelines to identify and manage possible complications.
    49 min
  • AAB 196 Interview with Zainab Yate and Breastfeeding Aversion

    She was born in Iran. Her family moved around a lot. Her mother was and her father is English and they married when they were in University. They did go back to Iran, but settled in England. My mom has 7 children, breastfed them all. We had a busy life with all the kids and family activities. She is the eldest daughter and what she describes as the second mom.

    49 min
  • AAB 194 Tom Johnston MSN, RN, APRN, CNM, IBCLC

    Tom Johnston is a midwife and lactation consultant. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Nursing at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee and his Masters Degree in Midwifery at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. He served 27 years in the US Army and retired as the Chief of Midwifery Services for Womack Army Medical Center, the largest Maternal-Child service in the Department of Defense. Since retiring Tom has spent his time as an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Methodist University where he teaches undergraduate nurses, specializing in Maternal-Child Nursing and Nutrition. Tom is uniquely placed as a man in both Midwifery and Human Lactation and the father of eight breastfed children.

    1 hr 7 min

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Lori Jill Isenstadt from All About Breastfeeding is on a mission to normalize breastfeeding..... all around the world. She has interviews with Dr Dawn Obrecht, Abby Theuring, Jessica Shortall, Dr.…