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Preeclampsia presents serious risks to maternal and neonatal health—and the postpartum period is a critical window for intervention. This on demand educational webinar explores best practices for supporting lactation in patients with preeclampsia, with a strong focus on the importance of collaborative nursing care across labor and delivery, postpartum, NICU, and lactation services. This compelling session is led by Dr. Diane Spatz, a nationally recognized leader in perinatal nursing and lactation science. Through real world insights and evidence based guidance, this webinar covers: Proven strategies to support lactation in patients with preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The role of breastfeeding in long term cardiovascular health and risk reduction. Why interdisciplinary collaboration matters in helping patients meet their breastfeeding goals. Whether you are a perinatal nurse, lactation consultant, maternal health provider, or NICU clinician, this course offers practical, actionable takeaways you can apply immediately to improve outcomes for high risk populations—on your own schedule.   This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours; provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692. Translation options:  Automatic translations can be chosen via the settings under the video. For this, click on the settings menu and choose subtitles. Change from English (auto-generated) to auto-translate and choose your language.   Read more

Join our international speakers in the last of our European symposium sessions sharing inspirational innovation, insight to Bridging the Gap to support infants to receive an exclusive human milk diet and enable the NICU mother-infant dyad to breastfeed beyond NICU discharge.  The presentations are followed by a question and answer sofa session with the speakers and our hybrid audience. This session includes talks from: Prof. Sertaç Arslanoğlu: Strengthening human milk banking and ensuring specialized lactation support in small and sick newborns Silke Mader, Pierre Kuhn, Siri Lilliesköld: Supporting the hospital to home journey and making the case for: Parent perspectives, at-risk infants and at-risk moms This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours; provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692 This course has been approved for 1.0 hours  CPD (Continuing Professional Development) by the CPD Certification Service.   For more innovative presentations from Medela 2025 Symposium visit Medela University Novel Advances in Neonatal Care  Optimizing Milk Supply for Mothers With Lactation Risk Factors   Read more

Medela's breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium 2025 featured a world-class agenda for healthcare professionals enthusiastic to learn about the latest scientific evidence in the field of human milk and Lactation. Researchers, clinicians and parents representatives came together to share knowledge, inspire progress and translate science into practice to transform care for mothers, infants and families.  Join our international speakers in the second of our 2025 European symposium series sharing innovation, insight and inspiration in Optimizing Milk Supply for Mothers With Lactation Risk Factors. The lectures are followed by a question and answer discussion with the speakers and our hybrid audience. This session includes talks from: Prof. Donna Geddes and Dr. Stuart Prosser: Screening for Perinatal Lactation Risk Factors Prof. Paula Meier: Understanding Secretory Activation and How It Informs Best Lactation Practice Prof. Diane Spatz: Proactive Lactation Management in the First Few Days postpartum   Translation options are available within the utube video link. Select the closed caption (cc) in lower right corner to choose your preferred language to accompany the presentation. Read more

Join our international speakers in the first of our European symposium sessions sharing insight and inspiration in Novel Advances in Neonatal Care. The lectures are followed by a discussion question and answer session with the speakers and our hybrid audience. This session includes talks from: Dr. Leon Mitoulas: The evolving status of human milk: food, signal and medicine Prof. Marsha Campell-Yeo: How parent touch and use of mother´s own milk can impact procedural pain in neonates Prof. Sarah Taylor: The point-of-care concentration of mother´s own milk – an alternative to adding fortifiers? Dr. Titus Kellar: Intranasal fresh mother’s milk as a promising neuroprotective strategy in neonatal brain injury   This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours; provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692 This course has been approved for 1.5 hours CPD (Continuing Professional Development) by the CPD Certification Service.   For more innovative presentations from Medela 2025 Symposium visit Medela University or click on the links below: Optimizing Milk Supply for Mothers With Lactation Risk Factors Bridging the Gap - Working Towards 100% Human Milk and Breastfeeding Beyond Discharge   Read more

Este módulo de e-learning destaca a necessidade urgente de melhorar os cuidados prestados às mães que enfrentam desafios que impedem o início da lactação. Com base em insights de duas publicações recentes, oferece orientações baseadas em evidência para apoiar as "mães invisíveis", muitas vezes negligenciadas, e melhorar os resultados da lactação por meio de estratégias de cuidados direcionadas e compassivas.   Read more

Este módulo de aprendizaje electrónico destaca la urgente necesidad de mejorar la atención a las madres que se enfrentan a dificultades que impiden el inicio de la lactancia. Basándose en las conclusiones de dos publicaciones recientes, ofrece orientación basada en datos empíricos para apoyar a estas «madres invisibles», a menudo olvidadas, y mejorar los resultados de la lactancia mediante estrategias de atención específicas y compasivas.   Read more