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! The studying you’re doing in y...
The Formula Shortage: Lactation Providers Can Help
In February, Abbott Nutrition recalled several types of regular and special-needs formula due to contamination. The recall compounded supply shortages...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
Care In Context: Understanding Cultural Impact
Does your client’s culture affect their lactation experience? You probably answered yes. Most of us are aware that factors like ethnicity, geography, ...
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 ...
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....
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...
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 ...
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?...
Think you “can’t” counsel parents with HIV? New resource for providing evidence-informed lactation support.
You get a call from a prenatal client who discloses that she is living with HIV. She asks you whether she can safely breastfeed her baby. Do you know ...
Are you ready? Six questions for assessing your community's readiness to provide infant feeding support in emergencies
Is your community ready to support infant and young child feeding in emergencies? The emergence of COVID-19 has shone a light on the need for advance ...
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