Human Milk Composition

Human milk: Dynamic, individualized, miraculous … and complex! Instructor Julie Grimes takes this complicated topic and breaks it down into manageable pieces, so you leave this course with a strong knowledge of the components of human milk and how that information translates to lactation practice. Along with providing a deep treatment of the subject, Grimes flags the most critical information to remember, for both exam preparation and practice application, so you know exactly what information is key to remember.

This course covers macronutrients and micronutrients, hormones, immunological factors, and the human milk microbiome. You’ll learn how milk composition changes over the course of lactation and which components are affected by maternal diet, and examine emerging evidence on topics like Vitamin D and iron supplementation. Informed by the latest and best-available research on this ever-changing topic, this course will leave you in awe of human milk–and prepared to ace exam questions and advise your clients.

• 2.5 Nursing Contact Hours (through June 16, 2028)
• 2.5 CMEs 
• 2.5 L-CERPs (through December 31, 2027)

Notice: Due to IBLCE® changes, CERP recognition and domains after December 31, 2025 might be slightly different from previously approved recognition.

Price: $36.00

Lactation Education Resources has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Lactation Education Resources attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.