New Horizons is Birth 2026 Titles and Objectives

• The Intersection of Breastfeeding and Mental Health
  • Discuss how mental health can affect breastfeeding
  • Review how breastfeeding can affect mental health
  • Educate on the available medications that are safe while lactating
• Navigating Newborn Vital Records: What Parents and Healthcare Workers Need to Know
  • Provide insight on current process and information needed to initiate a birth certificate and social security card for a newborn
  • Explain impacts of not initiating the process of vital records for a newborn
• Exploring Caregiver Refusal: Impacts, Challenges, and Key Recommendations
  • Review current immediate newborn care recommendations
  • Discuss how to best offer education to ensure caregivers can make an informed decision
  • Describe potential impacts of refusal of evidence-based care
• Coping with Labor from the Eyes of a Birth Doula
  • Review the support a birth doula provides during the prenatal period, throughout labor and birth, and into the postpartum period
  • Identify labor techniques used to assist birthing individuals
• One Monitor, Many Perspectives: Understanding Fetal Monitoring Across the Birth Team
  • Describe the basic purpose of fetal heart rate monitoring during labor
  • Identify common fetal heart rate patterns and what they may indicate about fetal well-being
  • Explain how fetal monitoring influences clinical decision-making during labor.
  • Recognize the roles of different birth professionals when fetal status becomes concerning
  • Discuss ways interdisciplinary teams can communicate effectively with families during fetal monitoring changes
• Current and Emerging Trends in Infertility Treatment Practices
  • Review process for patients to establish care with SGF
  • Provide overview of current and emerging treatments for patients experiencing infertility
  • Explain how use of GLPs have impacted fertility