Successful Starts: How Birth Interventions Impact Breastfeeding Initiation
By now, you probably know that newborns are astonishingly capable when it comes to initiating breastfeeding. Videos of minutes-old babies making their...
Lactation Education Resources Blog
Goals for 2021
The 95 Hours: 5 Steps for Success
Ninety-five hours of lactation-specific education … in some ways, it’s the heart and soul of your preparation for the IBCLC exam. Your ability to answ...
Lactation Research: The Biggest Breakthroughs of 2020
As an IBCLC, you want to practice evidence-based care. But keeping up with the latest research can be overwhelming, even in a normal year. And most of...
Key Connections: The Placenta and Human Milk
Pop quiz: We know you love and respect human milk. But can you name the biological entity that is the most like human milk? If you didn’t say, “The pl...
Digital Distortions: Combatting Online Misinformation, Disinformation, and Myths
It’s past your bedtime, and you know you should stop scrolling social media. But it’s been a long day, and you just want to unwind. The flow of images...
Prepping for the Exam? Don’t Make These 7 Mistakes
If you’re studying for the IBCLC exam, you’ve probably gotten a lot of advice on what to do. Here, we’re going to tell you seven things not to do. In ...
Goals for 2021: Health Science Requirements Made Simple
Depending on your educational background, the 14 health science courses required to apply to take the IBCLC exam can be an item you quickly cross off ...
Goals for 2021: Planning Your Path to the IBCLC
Ask 10 different Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultants to tell you how they got their certifications, and you’ll probably hear 10 very...
Six Things Lactation Professionals Need to Know About Epigenetics
Six Things Lactation Professionals Need to Know About Epigenetics. Epigenetics. You’ve heard the word, and you might even have some idea what it means...
The (R)evolutionary Story of Neohormones and Human Milk
As a lactation professional, you know a lot about human milk—its components, its importance, and how to help parents make and deliver it. But how much...
Mastitis and Lactation
Strategies for Support
You answer the phone and find a distressed client on the line. They’re experiencing pain in their breast, along with redness, heat, and swelling. The ...
The Mentor Match: A Real World Guide To Finding a Lactation Mentor
On the journey to becoming an IBCLC, few things are as helpful as having a mentor. Whether you’re just starting to explore the field, or already know ...
How Can Lactation Consultants Access the COVID Vaccine?
As the COVID vaccine is rolled out across the United States, many lactation consultants employed in hospitals, clinics, health departments, and other ...
10 Things Lactation Consultants Need to Know About Engorgement
Breast engorgement … it’s a common problem, but did you know that it can also be very serious, even leading to loss of milk supply and failed breastfe...
Why does it take so long to get my IBLCE exam results?
You sat the IBLCE exam recently, and are now counting the (many long) days until your exam results are available. Your friend who sat for her boards t...
Eight Tips For Planning Your IBLCE Exam Study Schedule
You are planning to sit for the exam in April or September. How should you plan your study schedule? We asked Angela Love-Zaranka, BA, IBCLC, RLC LER’...
Breastfeeding as a Non-Birthing Parent: New Resources from Alyssa Schnell
A parent schedules a prenatal consult with you and explains, “I am expecting a baby via surrogate, and I’m interested in inducing lactation. But I’m n...
The IBCLC May Be Closer Than You Think!
So many people who are excited about working in the lactation field begin by earning a certification like Certified Lactation Educator, Certified Lact...
IBLCE Exam Prep: Tips for Medication Questions
IBLCE Exam Prep: Tips for Medication Questions For those of us who are preparing for the IBLCE exam this September, especially those without a medical...
How Human Milk “Programs” Babies . . . And Parents!
Epigenetics is a hot topic these days and discussed more and more in the lactation world - but what IS it? Why is it relevant to the perinatal period?...
