Mastering the Art of Nursing
Feeling overwhelmed and lost post delivery! We FEEL you. Childbirth is a rebirth for a woman. She sheds her old self letting go of all of the past and starts afresh.
The course includes *8 sessions* :
Details Of Each Session
- Benefits of breastmilk for mother & baby
- Immune boosting effects of breastmilk
- Disadvantages of using formula milk
- Risks associated with feeding bottle
- Outsourcing animal milk
- Getting an effective latch
- Cross cradle hold
- 4 signs of good attachment
- Frequency of breastfeeding
- How to express
- When to express
- How to store expressed milk
- How to feed expressed milk
- Nipple cracks/fissures
- Inverted/flat nipples
- Milk blister/plugged ducts
- Engorgement
- Mastitis
- Fungal infection
- Low Milk supply
- When & How often to breastfeed
- Duration of breastfeeding on one side
- Small breasts?
- Breastfeeding during illness
- Breastfeeding during menstruation
- Breastfeeding during pregnancy
- Nutrition of lactating mothers
- Physical health - exercise
- Mental Health in postpartum period
- Sexual health of postpartum mother
- Positive influence of breastfeeding on the above
- Maternity benefit act
- Breastfeeding with work
- Homefront preparation
- How to maintain supply
- Checklist for returning to work
- Importance of growth charts
- Defining growth and what is OPTIMUM growth
- Standard growth charts for comparison
- Measuring height and weight at home in a reliable way
- Plotting growth charts (using phone apps)
- Interpreting growth charts
- Case studies of IUGR , preterm and low birth weight babies