Required Reading: Which Book Do I Need for My Course?
In the world of lactation textbooks, there are a lot of options to choose from. If you recently enrolled in one of LER’s three Lactation Training cour...
5 Tips for Conducting Infant Physical Exams
Physically assessing a baby is a critical skill for a lactation care provider to have. Depending on what background experiences brought you to the pro...
Ready to Respond: What Belongs in an Emergency Infant Feeding Toolkit?
Imagine a disaster has struck your community. As the person with the most knowledge of infant feeding around, you’ve been called upon to help parents ...
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...
Do Pharmacists Really Need to Know About Lactation? Yes, and Here’s Why
Pharmacy students study hard in their education programs. By graduation, they’ve mastered a wide range of gritty scientific details and topics that le...
Your Last-Minute Guide to Recertifying By CERPs
Sometimes, life sneaks up on you. You think you have all the time in the world … until suddenly, you don’t. If this is where you find yourself with re...
New AAP Policies: What You Need to Know
The American Academy of Pediatrics has 67,000 members — 67,000 physicians who serve the same new families you serve as a lactation care provider. Do y...
Cannabis and Lactation: Four Keys for Counseling
How common is cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation? Recent studies indicate that it is one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances du...
LARC Methods: Five Reasons & Four Risks
How much do you know about LARC – Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive methods? You are likely to field questions about them from your clients: Which ...
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...
All About Aversion
It’s the one lactation problem your clients might not even want to tell you about. But it can be physically and emotionally distressing, and a parent ...
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 ...
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, ...
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