Discuss the results of the NIH’s BEGIN (Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition) project.

Review the composition of human milk and the impact that length of gestation, mother’s diet and xenobiotics can have on milk quality.

Describe the impact of maternal obesity on labor progression, anesthesia, cesarean birth, postpartum complications, and neonatal outcome.

Describe the essential elements of a post discharge feeding plan in the term, late preterm and preterm infant.