From Page to Practice: Three Tips for Translating Coursework to Consults
At Lactation Education Resources, we know how important didactic learning is. After all, it’s a big part of what we do! Studying and memorizing, accum...
Dangerous Donations
As the eyes of the world remain fastened on Ukraine, people passionate about the health of parents and babies are asking what they can do to help. As ...
Certification Playbook: Getting Your Health Science Courses
For some IBCLC Exam candidates, the 14 required health science courses are easy to check off. If your background includes an RN or another science or ...
Ready to Respond: Myths And Facts About Breastfeeding in Emergencies
We live in a time when natural disasters arising from global climate change are on the rise, conflicts are ongoing in many areas of the world, and glo...
Certification Playbook: Lactation Specific Education
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...
Down to the Wire: Top Tips for Last Minute Exam Prep
Months ago, you decided to sit the IBCLC exam. Now, it’s almost here. Maybe your studying has gone well and you are feeling confident. Maybe life has ...
Certification Playbook: A Guide to Clinical Hours
Welcome back to LER’s Certification Playbook! This series is designed to help you make sure 2022 gets you closer to being an IBCLC. Your guide is Ange...
Tongue Tie: Are We Ignoring the Simplest Treatment of All?
When you’re working with a baby with tongue tie, what treatment modalities do you recommend? There are certainly a lot to choose from. You might sugge...
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...
Required Reading: Which Book Do I Need for My Course?
If you enrolled in one of LER’s three Lactation Training courses recently, you probably noticed something new. Instead of your reading assignments bei...
Practice Made Perfect: LER Launches Cutting Edge Exam Prep Tool
If you’re studying for the IBCLC Exam, you may have taken a practice exam or two. It’s a common way to prepare—and many, many places offer such tests....
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 ...
Three Tips for Doing Virtual Assessments
Lactation professionals are detectives. From the first client contact to the last, your eyes and ears are open for clues. You catch the hints that mig...
To Each Their Own: Individualizing Lactation Care for Multiples
When you come into the world as a multiple, you’re used to sharing. But even if you’re a multiple, some things should be your very own! Among these is...
Can I Count It? Accruing Clinical Hours for Healthcare Providers
If you're a physician who is considering becoming an IBCLC, you probably have one big question. How does the work I have already done (or that I do ri...
Know Your Complementary Food Facts? Take Our Quiz and Find Out
Few topics are as rich with lore as what we feed our babies when they first get ready for complementary foods. Your clients have definitely heard many...
An Age-Old Question: What is the Natural Age of Weaning?
If you’re fascinated with lactation and human milk, you’ve probably considered this question: What is the natural age of weaning in humans? Cultures a...
Questioning the Question: What to do when an exam question seems flawed
It’s an anxiety-provoking scenario. You’re in the IBCLC exam, and you read a question. You feel completely certain that there is a problem with this q...
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...
Make No Mistake: Skin Tone Matters in Lactation Assessment
A few years ago, scientists studying Lyme Disease in an area of Appalachia (United States) noticed something strange. A lot more people with fair skin...
