May marks the anniversary of a landmark event in the lactation care community: the passage of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Subst...
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...
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...
Pharmacy students study hard in their education programs. By graduation, they’ve mastered a wide range of gritty scientific details and topics that le...
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 ...
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...
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...
How common is cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation? Recent studies indicate that it is one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances du...
How much do you know about LARC – Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive methods? You are likely to field questions about them from your clients: Which ...
Does your client’s culture affect their lactation experience? You probably answered yes. Most of us are aware that factors like ethnicity, geography, ...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
In February, Abbott Nutrition recalled several types of regular and special-needs formula due to contamination. The recall compounded supply shortages...
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...
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 ...
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 ...