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 ...
Certification Playbook: A Guide to Clinical Hours
Welcome back to LER’s Certification Playbook! This series is designed to assist you on your journey to becoming an IBCLC. Your guide is Angela Love-Za...
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...
Picture Perfect: Five Ways to Ace Photo Questions on the Exam
If you are prepping for the IBCLC exam, you probably already know the exam is a very visual experience. Photos are everywhere – and nearly every quest...
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...
Certification Playbook: Finding Your Steps to the IBCLC
If you’re considering becoming an IBCLC, you already know that helping breastfeeding families is a passion. It can be one of the most rewarding jobs o...
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...
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...
Your Go-To Guide
If you're an IBCLC or planning to become one, 2025 brings an important new change! Starting in 2025, the IBCLC Commission requires training on the Int...
That’s Not True! Common Myths About Lactation After Plastic Surgery
You’re conducting an initial exam with your new lactation client when you notice scars on their breast or chest that appear to be from a surgery. You ...
Important Update: Changes to IBLCE Policies for Initial IBCLC Candidate Preparation Courses
At Lactation Education Resources, we’re committed to providing high-quality education that prepares you to become the best lactation consultant you ca...
Is Your NICU Doing the BreaSteps?
For parents of premature babies and the NICU staff who take care of them, it’s a mountain-top moment: the first time the baby latches and takes signif...
Changes to CERP Availability at LER
At Lactation Education Resources, we’re committed to providing high-quality education that prepares you to become the best lactation consultant you ca...
How to Support a Breastfeeding Family with a Hospitalized Child
The phone rings. It's a parent whose breastfed toddler has just been admitted to hospital with pneumonia. He's on oxygen, struggling to feed, and the ...
Lactation Basics
As a public health nurse, you form a vital connection between new families and the healthcare system. Helping parents with infant feeding is a crucial...
Breastfeeding and Food Security: The Complex Connection
Both in times of calm and in times of crisis, exclusive breastfeeding equals first food security. Having a safe, reliable source of nutrition and prot...
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, FIL...
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 ...
IBLCE Exam Prep: Tips for Medication Questions
Preparing for Medication Questions When you're preparing for the IBCLC exam, especially those without a medical background, the medication questions c...
Can I Count It? Accruing Clinical Hours for Healthcare Providers
If you're a healthcare professional who is considering becoming an IBCLC, you probably have one big question. How does the work I have already done (o...
