I'd suggest not using a powerpoint at all!  

After all, we don't need to teach breast anatomy, or lactation physiology,
or anything like that.  We mostly need to model enthusiasm, confidence, a
love of breastfeeding, the ease of nursing after a good birth, what to do if
it isn't easy, and assorted little things that are way better demonstrated
by a living person than by slides.  Intersperse some DVD snippets - Tina
Smillie's "Baby-led Breastfeeding" introduction and the section from Suzanne
Colson's "Biological nurturing: laid-back breastfeeding" that begins with
the screen divided into 4 sections and ends with the baby latching so
quickly after mom leans back are two nice ones - and have plenty of
give-and-take with the parents about their hopes and concerns, and no one
will wish there was a power point.  

My partner and I have a few things on *our* agenda, we hand out a sheet that
has lots of words to remind participants of what's on *their* agenda -
anything from sleep to spoiling - and there are the DVD bits that we like to
show and talk about, and from there every class is a little different.  

I'm guessing you and your participants will have much more fun without being
constrained by a set of slides.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY  USA

 

 


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