Meet Courtney Polk

RN, IBCLC

Courtney began her career in 2006 as a labor and delivery nurse and earned her master’s degree in nursing education in 2012. After having her first baby in 2014, she experienced some of the same breastfeeding challenges that many new parents face. A lactation consultant helped Courtney learn to enjoy breastfeeding her new baby and inspired her to earn the highest available certification in lactation and breastfeeding care. Courtney now devotes her time to teaching, guiding, and supporting new parents.

What You Get with Your Online Course

Choosing to breastfeed is one of the best things you can do for your baby. Although it’s a natural response, breastfeeding is also a learned skill that may take a little practice to be successful. In this course you’ll learn about all the nutritional and health benefits of breast milk, how to hold your little one to feed them, pumping and storing milk, where to find help if you need it, and much more.

  • Led by Courtney Polk, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Registered Nurse

  • 11 Chapters and 55 Lessons

  • 37 Videos and 8 Interactive Games

  • 14 downloadable PDFs, Including Skin to Skin, Feeding Log, and Road Map for Returning to Work

Course curriculum

    1. Bienvenida a Principios básicos de la lactancia materna

    1. Los beneficios para la salud

    2. El contacto piel con piel

    3. La habitación compartida

    4. El cuidado prenatal de los senos

    5. Apoyo para la lactancia

    6. Cónyuges y parejas

    1. Cambios en los senos

    2. La producción de leche

    3. Tipos de leche materna

    4. Para terminar

    1. Las tomas guiadas por el bebé

    2. Las tres C de la lactancia

    3. Cómo buscar la posición

    4. Conocer la prensión

    5. Cómo hacer eructar a tu bebé

    1. Cuánto comen los bebés

    2. Los pañales

    3. El aumento de peso del bebé

    4. El seguimiento de las tomas

    1. Día 1: La siesta del día del nacimiento

    2. Día 2: Día de aprendizaje

    3. Día 3: Restaurante abierto a toda hora

    4. Día 4: Una borrachera de leche

    5. Día 5: Búho trasnochador

    6. Alimentación por tomas frecuentes

    7. El bebé somnoliento

    8. Los periodos de crecimiento acelerado

About this course

  • 55 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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