What is the Pumping & Bottlefeeding Workshop for Perinatal Professionals?
It's a workshop for the helpers.
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- birth doulas, postpartum doulas
- lactation/breastfeeding counselors and educators
- others who work with pumping people and bottlefeeding babies
If you work with families having babies, you've probably already heard about different pumps, flanges, bottles and other feeding products. You've undoubtedly also heard different things about pumps and 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 so helpful? If you are curious to learn more, this workshop is for you!
New for 2024! This is a 6+ hour hybrid course, which includes 5.5 CERPs. Includes 3 months access to the recorded course Fitting Flanges for Pumping Milk, which participants are encouraged to watch before the live and interactive session (see dates below). During the 4 hour live (Zoom) workshop, which includes a 15 minute break around the 2-hour mark, you can ask your questions about flange fitting, you'll learn about pumps and settings, bottles and updated bottlefeeding recommendations, as well as discuss other topics that perinatal professionals want to know so they can help their clients with flange fitting, pumping, and feeding and caring for babies.
$225 per person.
This is a live, interactive workshop via Zoom, where YOU contributing comments and questions is encouraged, and you need to be on camera.
Includes 5.5 CERPs and CAPPA continuing education credits. Details on approval numbers will be provided to participants.
Upcoming workshop options:
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
9:00 am - 1:15 pm EDT
Saturday, August 9, 2025
1:00 - 5:15 EDT
This hybrid workshop is 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. Jeanette is now well-known in the international lactation community as a dynamic speaker/teacher and supporter of lactation professionals. She is also the co-investigator for the very first university-funded research study that is looking at using smaller flanges vs. standard flanges, using her Flange FITS method.
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)
- multi-user, hospital-grade, personal-use and closed-system and what the differences are and why they might, or might not, matter
- when to pump, how long to pump and figuring out pump settings
- updated and important information about flange sizes (and inserts) and what you need to know to help do flange fittings with your clients
- practical pumping tips (and gear) to make pumping more pleasurable and easier
- passive pumps and milk catchers and wearable pumps
- making more milk via pumping and considering galactagogues
- milk storage options (and every registrant gets a human milk storage guidelines magnet mailed to them as a bonus!)
- defrosting milk and preparing bottles
- 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 and how to counsel your clients about these
- how to feed a baby a bottle (and perhaps new-to-you info on positions for bottlefeeding and why many babies don't need to be burped!)
- 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 help prevent that from happening
- mixing pumping and breastfeeding/chestfeeding
- when a parent should see an IBCLC
- and any questions YOU have related to your work with clients
You'll also receive access to a Facebook group just for participants in this workshop, so you can post your questions and Jeanette and the others who have taken the workshop can answer for you!
Key Details
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via the Zoom platform, but LIVE and interactive! PLEASE plan to ask questions, make comments and even adding some funny comments jokes is welcome! You are expected to have your camera on, this is not meant for just viewing. And no recording or screenshots allowed.
There is a 20% discount for BIPOC health professionals, use the code BIPOC at checkout.
International attendees are welcome!
PRICING for Class B, C & D Countries Available For significant discounts for lower-income countries, enter discount codes CLASSB (50% off), CLASSC (70% off) or CLASSD (80% off) at checkout to receive the discount. To determine which discount applies to your country, see the World Bank Economy lists here.
If you would like a certificate of attendance to use to apply to your certifying organization for continuing education credits, email jeanette@babiesincommon.com after the workshop!
Feel free to enjoy a snack or meal during the workshop!
NOTE that this is a workshop scheduled with the EASTERN TIME ZONE (Boston/New York Time).
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 participants a little bit, too! Thank you for understanding.
Questions?
Contact jeanette@babiesincommon.com with questions.
A question some will ask: how is this course different from the IBCLC course?
The key content is the same, but...
- how it is delivered is different, based on the fact that attendees are not IBCLCs
- comments will be made throughout related to when IBCLCs should be involved with your client in addition to your care
- the IBCLC course gives IBCLCs access to more videos, after the main content, which is also why the price is different.
- there is some continued content for IBCLCs that is not accessible by perinatal professionals
Testimonials
I've been in the pregnancy, birth and postpartum world for over 20 years. I thought I knew lots about pumping and bottle feeding. But every sentence that Jeanette spoke at the "Pumping & Bottlefeeding for Perinatal Professionals" training was a gold nugget! Flange sizes, angle of bottle, nipple flow, position(s) of baby, flange lubrication, passive pumps, hands free pumps, pumping can be fun and not painful?!?, milk drip collectors, nipple shields, pooping, bottle size, bottle nipples, a reminder to not touch the back of the baby's head, the whistle sound, baby lips, milk ducts aren't "ducts"?!?! and so much more. The information I got in that 1 training session helped me with a client the next day! And will help me with every client (and friend) I have. Thank you, Jeanette! Great class taught by a dynamic, interested, interesting trainer with tons of real, up to date information. Now that I know better, I can do better. Thanks again Jeanette!" ~ Joyce Kimball, MBA, RN, CPM, homebirth midwife and long-time birth doula and childbirth educator, November 26, 2021
"A class for all levels of professionals to learn more about supporting parents through pumping and bottle feeding. There is an overwhelming amount of gear on the market, and it feels nearly impossible to provide any guidance to families. This class provides practical, hands on learning. You see, touch, put together and take apart all styles and brands. There is no better way to learn this material than hands on. I left with expertise and confidence to make meaningful recommendations to the next family I work with". ~ Cate Johannessen, CLC, RN, Professional Birth Doula
"As a birth doula, it is so important for me to have current experience with any tools that will help my clients after the birth of their babies. Thank you, Jeanette, for sharing your expertise during your Pumping and Feeding Gear Workshop and thank you for inviting the nursing mothers to share their experiences. A great experience and I walked away with excellent information!" ~ Lori Frieling, birth doula
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
