Exclusive Pumping: Beyond the Basics

This 2-hour webinar focuses on clinical challenges experienced by individuals who primarily pump milk. The sessions will address strategies to prevent and manage common issues such as low and excessive milk production as well as recurrent mastitis and pain.

Michigan Peers: This OA Grant Training meets the 2026 Annual Peer Counselor Training Requirement.

2026 Dates & Times

Monday, June 22
2:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. CST

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Monday, July 20
2:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. CST

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Monday, August 10
2:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. CST

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Wednesday, September 16
10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m. CST

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  • Clinical Challenges Among Individuals Who Exclusively Pump (1st hour)
  • Break (15 min)
  • Case Discussions on Exclusive Pumping (2nd hour)

2 CMEs. CMEs can be used as CERPs or nursing credits.

For information on which IBLCE categories are covered in the OA grant-funded trainings, please see the IBCLC CERP Guidance document.

This course is available to WIC peer counselors, CPAs, RD, RNs, and lactation staff in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (peers not eligible), Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin (peers not eligible).

Due to high demand, this year’s OA Grant trainings will be limited to primarily WIC Staff. For more information, please contact MWRtrainings@mphi.org.

Participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the relationship between method of milk expression and prolactin response.
  • Identify risk factors for low milk production among individuals who pump.
  • Explain why exclusive pumping can lead to over production of milk.
  • Identify how pumping can increase the risk of trauma and breast inflammation.
  • Discuss strategies to prevent breast and nipple pain among individuals who exclusively pump.
  • Describe interventions to help manage low and high milk production.
  • Identify strategies to manage breast and nipple pain among individuals who exclusively pump.

Anne Eglash MD, NABBLM-C, IBCLC is a family physician who has been practicing breastfeeding and lactation medicine since 1994.

Dr. Eglash is a co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and a cofounder and current Medical Director of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. She is a past associate editor for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal and continues to serve as an editorial board member. She co-founded and served as the inaugural president of the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine in 2023-2024.

Dr. Eglash is a professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and is a co-owner of the Midwest Center for Breastfeeding and Postpartum medicine, based in Madison Wisconsin.

Dr. Eglash is also the CEO of The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE).

The deadline for registration is 10-14 days before the start of the training. All registrants will be placed on a short waitlist until approved by the Midwest region breastfeeding coordinators. If there is room available after WIC staff have registered, the training will be opened to maternal child health community partners.

Once registered, all communication will come from IABLE. There is no fee for this training. In the event you need to cancel or reschedule a training, please email MWRtrainings@mphi.org

No other resources need to be purchased or accessed for this course. Copies of Powerpoint slides will be available to download from the course Event Web Page. In the rare event that participants are not able to attend the live training, a recording from the lectures will be emailed out within a few days and must be completed within 1 week to receive course credit.