What is Pump & Bottle Ready?
It's a workshop for expectant parents and parents.
If you are expecting a baby or have a baby (or more than one!), you've already heard about different pumps, flanges, bottles and other feeding products. You've undoubtedly also heard different things about pumping, increasing milk supply, storing and preparing milk, bottlefeeding and even about going back to work. Which advice is factual? What recommendations have changed over the years? Which products are helpful and which ones might not be?
If you are curious to learn more, this workshop is for you!
This is a 2-hour+ live, interactive, online workshop led by Jeanette Mesite Frem of Babies in Common, who is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) experienced in doing flange fitting, pumping and bottlefeeding sessions with many milk-making (and non-milk-making) parents as well as using and recommending various feeding and lactation gear. Take this workshop and allow her to pass on her knowledge you! You're not only likely to find pumping and feeding your baby more comfortable but you might make more milk and save some money by NOT buying more gadgets you don't need! Sound good?!? Keep reading...
If you are a perinatal professional and are looking for additional information about how to help your clients with pumping and bottlefeeding, there's a special workshop for you, Pumping & Bottlefeeding for Perinatal Professionals!
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who plans to make milk, who is making milk and partners are welcome and encouraged to be with you during the virtual group class.
What Will be Presented and Discussed
- basics of breast anatomy and hormones and why knowing them is helpful for pumping
- choosing a pump (or a second one)
- when to pump, how long to pump and what the buttons do
- flange sizes and what you need to know
- practical pumping tips (and gear) to make pumping more pleasurable and easier
- making more milk (the basics and when professional help should be called in)
- milk storage options (and every registrant gets a human milk storage guidelines magnet mailed to them as a bonus!)
- defrosting milk
- special concerns (pumping and dumping, high lipase, the hindmilk/foremilk debate, the shake/swirl debate, combo feeding with formula and human milk)
- differences between bottles, bottle nipple shapes and material and flow rates
- how to feed a baby a bottle (and what about burping? how much milk? bags? bottles? frozen?)
- easy ways to fit pumping into your day (at home and when working)
- using hands as gear: learning more about hand expression and why it's actually an important skill
- how the law protects pumping time at work
- fears of supply reduction after going back to work and how to prevent that from happening
- mixing pumping and breastfeeding/chestfeeding
- weaning from pumping
- and any questions YOU have
Key Details
WHERE
via the Zoom platform, but LIVE and interactive! PLEASE plan to ask questions, make comments and even adding some funny comments jokes is welcome!
COST
$55.00 per person
Limited to 15 participants per session, minimum of 5 registrants to run workshop--so please tell all the pregnant people in your life and those with new babies to join...it's virtual so they can be anywhere in the world!
Babies in arms welcome, partners attending in the same room with you also welcome.
WHEN
The class is scheduled for 2 hours and 15 minutes, but please be a little flexible with the end time, plus you may want to stay on and here any additional questions your classmates are asking at the end (but questions are encouraged throughout). :)
If you have already take our Breastfeeding Ready class or are signed up for it, please use the discount code PUMPNEVERDUMP to get 20% off of this class!
Are you interested a recorded version of this class? If yes, email jeanette@babiesincommon.com
Upcoming Classes
Classes are online (live, interactive) from 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm (Eastern Time/Boston)
no classes in July and August
Tuesday, September 5
Monday, October 9
Wednesday, November 8
Monday, December 4
Are you interested in a recorded version of this course that you could watch whenever you wanted to watch it? If yes, email jeanette@babiesincommon.com!
NOTE
Plan to be on camera during the class (except for a few moments when you need to step away for the restroom, snack, care for a child or a pet). This is NOT intended to be something you just listen to while your video is off. It's intended to be interactive so you can get any questions answered, share knowledge you already have and get to know other parents a little bit, too! Thank you for understanding.
Questions?
Contact jeanette@babiesincommon.com with questions.
About Your Instructor
Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE, SBCPE is an experienced childbirth educator, IBCLC-lactation consultant and retired birth doula. She started her career working with families while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa in the early 90s. She loved that work so much she went on to receive a public health masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, focusing her studies on nutrition for maternal and child health. Her two children were breastfed for more than 2 years each and Jeanette has experience pumping at work for both children and has supported more than a thousand families with breastfeeding, bottlefeeding and pumping over the years.
Jeanette provides prenatal childbirth and breastfeeding classes at her office in Northborough, Massachusetts, as well as provide lactation consultations virtually and in her office. She also also enjoys leading workshops for perinatal health professionals and mentoring those who work with families.
"I have attended many of Jeanette's classes, the first of which was a breastfeeding class for health professionals. I was extremely impressed by her professionalism, humor, approachability, and breadth of knowledge. She is smart and up-to-date on scientific evidence, and she delivers extensive depth of information in a limited amount of time. I felt confident supporting families in feeding their babies after completing her awesome workshop! I highly recommend her classes for health professionals who care about evidence-based support for hungry babies!"
~ Nikki Chamoy, MD, MBA, Certified Childbirth Educator
