All presentations will be recorded and will be available for a limited time after the conference.

Recordings, slides and handouts will be emailed after the conference.

2024 Colorado Lactation Conference Program – coming soon!

2024 Keynote Speakers

Laurel Wilson, IBCLC, RLC, INHC, CLSP, BSc

Keynote – General Session: 9:10 a.m.-10:10 a.m. – Morning Session

Tik Tok Times: The Impact of Social Media During Lactation

Social media has proven to be the main way Millennial and Gen Z parents communicate and get healthcare information, yet privacy practices and guidelines for healthcare use of social media is lagging. To add to this, artificial milk companies and the Fed is Best Organization are using social media against the recommendation of the WHO International Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes to their advantage, which is increasing misinformation. Many healthcare providers wish to utilize social media to engage, educate, inform, and interact with their patients. However, due to a lack of distinct guidelines and misunderstanding about privacy practices with social media, many healthcare providers are unknowingly sharing personal and private healthcare information. This presentation offers an understanding of the most common social media platforms, exploration of how millennials use social media (particularly during pregnancy and lactation), how artificial milk companies are using social media, and how healthcare professionals can use social media effectively and ethically.

BIO:  Laurel Wilson (she/her) is a TedX and international speaker, women’s health and perinatal specialist, integrative nutrition health coach, international board-certified lactation consultant, speaker consultant, educator, and author. Laurel has authored two books, The Attachment Pregnancy and The Greatest Pregnancy Ever. Her passion is blending today’s recent scientific findings with mind/body/spirit wisdom to highlight the magnitude and importance of the perinatal period. Laurel has been joyfully married to her husband for three decades and has two wonderful grown sons, whose difficult births led her on a path towards helping emerging families create positive experiences. She believes that the journey into parenthood is a life-changing rite of passage that should be deeply honored and celebrated. 

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Bryna Hayden, IBCLC

Hope Lima, PhD, RDN, IBCLC

Keynote – General Session: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.- Morning Session

Cow’s milk protein allergy management in human milk-fed infants

Occult blood in the stool of an exclusively breastfed infant can indicate a cow-milk/soy protein allergic colitis. In some instances, pediatricians may recommend moving the symptomatic infant to infant formula to help provide a resolution. Research shows, though, that elimination of the appropriate allergens from the maternal diet can improve or resolve infant symptoms. As not all infant allergic colitis is due to a cow-milk/soy protein intolerance, this presentation will overview clinical differences between food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis (FPIAP), food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as well as the difference between IgE and Non-IgE mediated allergic responses in breastfed infants. Then, the basics of an elimination diet and criteria warranting introduction of an elimination diet will be summarized.

BIO: Dr. Hope Lima (she/her) is a nutrition and lactation educator and clinician who wants to help raise the bar for how we care for clients in the field of maternal and child health. She became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2017, completed her PhD in nutritional biochemistry in May 2018, and became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in September 2020. She is also a wife, step-mother to three, dog lover, and nature enthusiast.

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