The Baby Friendly Hospitals in Mississippi - Part 1

Overview
Speaker(s)

Moderator: Russell Bennett, PhD, MPH, RN

Focus: MomNBaby Hospital Perspectives

Speaker: Lindsey P. Robertson, RN, CLC, Baby-Friendly Team Lead
Anderson Regional Hospital System

“Becoming a Baby-Friendly Hospital and What it Means”

Description: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to recognize hospitals that offer an optimal level of care for mothers and their babies. Baby-Friendly hospitals educate mothers on the importance of breastfeeding, provide outstanding maternity care, and achieve excellent infant feeding outcomes and mother/baby bonding.

Lindsey Robertson, RN, CLC

My name is Lindsey Robertson. I have been a Labor and Delivery nurse for the last eight years, and have served as Anderson Regional Medical Center's Baby-Friendly team lead since 2015. I am a 2009 graduate of Mississippi State University College of Business, Go Dawgs! I completed my ADN at Shelton State Community College in 2011, and my BSN from University of Alabama, Birmingham in 2012. As of 2018, I am a Certified Lactation Counselor. I have been married to my sweetheart for 12 years, and I am a mom of three sweet babies, ages 8, 6, and 6 months. They keep me running the roads between baseball, football, and gymnastics. I also enjoy actively serving in my church.

“Providing compassionate care to moms and babies brings me joy. I am passionate about helping other moms and their babies get the best education and a successful start in life.”