In a previous post, I talked about reasons why medications might be used in labor and birth. Here, I’ll discuss a few medications that are…
Is it time to decide between going through the effort to renew your IBCLC® certification or letting it lapse? Have you been vacillating between the…
Many IBLCE Exam-takers struggle with the pharmacology items on the IBLCE Exam. I’ve never found that too tough, really. But today, it dawned on me…
Hospital staff members frequently ask me how they should handle situations when parents want donor milk for their baby. Often, shrouded somewhere in their question…
Each year, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (WABA) establishes a slogan. The slogan for World Breastfeeding Week 2019 is: EMPOWER PARENTS, ENABLE BREASTFEEDING, Now…
We know about the benefits of breastfeeding, and have for years. But what makes it so very special? What are the components of human milk,…
A common theme we hear from IBCLC exam candidates, regardless of Pathway, is that the clinical hour requirements are confusing. Here, I hope to shed…
Have you failed the IBCLC® exam? Don’t give up — you can still pass it! We often get phone calls from people who have failed…
The late, great Dr. Audrey Naylor authored six principles to reduce or eliminate risk from drugs and other substances while lactating. Published in Lactation management…
IBLCE® offers the certification exam only twice a year in the United States. (And only once a year in some other locations.) Like many others,…