Everyone Wants to Hold the Baby, Who Will Hold the Mother?®: Perinatal Mental Health and Lactation

October 24, 2025

This activity will be a CEU lecture offered as part of an all-day, in-person meeting of the Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

● Engage in meaningful dialogue around perinatal mental health and its relationship with lactation success, challenges, and culturally responsive care.
● Reflect on how to hold space for and support new birthing people within their institution/organization by integrating mental health screening with breastfeeding support practices.
● Utilize evidence-based tools and strategies to support families impacted by perinatal/parental mental health challenges, including referral pathways, interdisciplinary collaboration, and practical lactation support.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/26/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/24/2025 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/24/2025 - 9:00am EDT
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
United States


In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credits. 

Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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