Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Lactation After Loss: Choices for Bereaved Parents
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This online course explored lactation options after loss, lactation physiology, family and cultural factors and how to initiate appropriate conversations as healthcare professionals.
2 weeks, 1 hour per week
Professor Nicholas Embleton
Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Laura Atherton
Milk Bank Operational Manager and Bereavement Lead at The Milk Bank at Chester
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe when and how baby loss occurs and how this impacts on lactation choices
- Summarise lactation physiology and choices available for suppression or continuation
- Explain the impacts of these choices on women and the wider family
- Demonstrate the confidence to initiate a discussion with bereaved women
- Discuss the options available, and where to seek further support
Syllabus
- Baby loss: background, epidemiology, impact on parents
- Lactation physiology and impact of baby loss
- Lactation choices for women after baby loss
- Breast milk donation: screening of donors, process, use of donated milk
- Practical approach to offering lactation choices after baby loss
Issued on 2nd July 2024
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