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Aug 5, 2022, 11:30 AM Pacific / 2:30 PM Eastern (US)
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week! For Low Milk Supply Awareness Day on August 5, the Low Milk Supply Foundation is bringing together a panel of experts to discuss challenges and solutions, as well as to answer your questions. The goal of this panel is to connect parents, providers, researchers, and allies; to highlight the challenges that individuals with low supply experience; and to find ways we can overcome them.
Panelists:
Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, IBCLC
Bianca Karschti, RN, IBCLC
Elizabeth Moreno, MD
Susanna Foxworthy Scott, PhD
Moderators:
Helen Baker, PhD, MSc, FNP-BC
Harriet Dashnow, PhD
About our panelists:
Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, IBCLC, is a Registered Dietitian and IBCLC with a PhD in epidemiology. She is currently an Associate Professor of Nutrition and the Ruth Rosevear Endowed Chair of Maternal and Child - Nutrition at the University of Cincinnati. She has co-authored over 100 research publications related to the breastfeeding dyad, with a focus on barriers that impede lactation success.
Bianca Karschti, RN, IBCLC, is a nurse and an infant feeding specialist and educator, specializing in low milk supply. She has both personal and clinical experience with low milk supply and feeding multiples. She strongly believes that breastfeeding does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach and that meeting individual feeding goals through supportive guidance is essential.
Elizabeth Moreno, MD, is a Family Medicine physician at the University of Utah, specializing in women's health, obstetrics, Hispanic population health, and pediatrics. She was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a low-supply parent and physician who delivers babies, she has a unique perspective on the challenges faced by low-supply parents and their providers.
Susanna Foxworthy Scott, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Butler University. As a health communication scholar, her research focuses on narrative medicine and reproductive health. Her experience as a low-supply parent led her to explore how individuals who experience low milk supply manage uncertainty and communicate with their providers.