Past Webinars

Free Webinar: Early, Unplanned Cessation of Lactation in Healthy and At-Risk Populations – Priorities for Research and Practice

Time to read: 1 min.

Early, unplanned cessation of lactation is a common challenge for mothers of both term and preterm infants, often driven by low milk volume. This webinar will present new data from the July 2025 special issue of Breastfeeding Medicine, highlighting the biologic risks that impact lactation success—especially in mothers with complications of pregnancy and birth.

Join us for a compelling session led by three leading experts in lactation science and neonatal care: Dr. Paula Meier, Dr. Leslie Parker, and Dr. Rebecca Hoban. During the webinar, you will learn:

The biologic, behavioral, and economic risks contributing to early lactation cessation
Why frequent, effective, and efficient mammary gland stimulation is critical for secretory activation and long-term milk volume
How point-of-care techniques—such as milk biomarkers and transfer measurement—can help identify and manage low milk volume and intake
Strategies to equip front-line lactation care providers with data-driven tools and messaging for families

Whether you're a lactation consultant, NICU nurse, neonatologist, or maternal health provider, this session will offer actionable insights to improve outcomes for both healthy and at-risk populations.

Date: November 3rd, 2025 – 1:00–2:00 PM (CST)

Registration:Click here to register

This program has been approved for 1.0 Contact Hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13692

Speakers

Speaker

Dr. Paula Meier, PhD, RN

Author

Dr. Leslie Parker

Speaker

Rebecca Hoban, MD, MPH

Dr. Rebecca Hoban is a board certified neonatologist with a strong clinical, research, and educational interest in human milk and lactation. Dr. Hoban graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s, neonatology fellowship at Tufts Floating Hospital Boston, and a masters in public health at Harvard. She has held positions as a staff neonatologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and the Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto in Canada, before moving back to the US in 2023 to become Director of Breastfeeding Medicine for the Division of Neonatology at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington. She brings extensive clinical, educational, and training experiences from a dozen countries and is active in clinical and translational human milk research. Recent research and clinical projects include improving human milk provision in the high-risk neonatal population, milk sodium and biomarkers to predict lactation success, lactation in the context of substance use, and human milk as potential stem cell therapy in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage.

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