Hydrogels, Dressings, and Creams … Oh My!
Well-meaning friends tuck them into baby shower gift bags. Online new-parent forums are filled with advice about which ones work best. And by the time...
Recertifying By CERPs: Your Step-By-Step Guide
By now you probably know that re-taking the IBCLC Exam is no longer required for recertification. IBCLCs can keep their certification valid every five...
When Breastfeeding Fails: 10 Ways You Can Help
Imagine this: You’re sitting with a client you’ve been seeing for some time. Theirs has been a truly hard road. You’ve done your best, and your client...
Breaking Down Barriers
We all know the journey to the IBCLC is a passion-filled one. It can also be an expensive one. College classes, lactation coursework, clinical hours, ...
Cultural Considerations: How Postpartum Traditions Affect Lactation
It’s sometimes called the Fourth Trimester, and with good reason–the days, weeks, and months after giving birth are a time when a parent needs special...
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...
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
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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’...
Lactation and Alcohol: The Do’s and Don’ts of Counseling Clients
Summer is here, and you can feel the collective relief! For a second winter, Covid-19 made indoor get-togethers challenging and scarce. Now families c...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...