Lactation Professionals’ Words and Actions Have Lasting Impact
Lactation Professionals' Words and Actions Have Lasting Impact. By: Lo Nigrosh, IBCLC “Are you really a mom if you didn’t want to fist fight the LC department?” This was a comment I got on Tiktok from someone when I asked how many pieces of conflicting advice people...
A New Paradigm in Lactation Care.
A New Paradigm in Lactation Care. By Rachel Curtis, MA, IBCLC, CD labor A new day is dawning in the world of clinical lactation care, as insurance companies expand coverage to IBCLCs. We lactation care providers are a hardy bunch. We occupy the gritty and obscured...
The Autistic Lactation Experience: It’s No Different and So Different.
The Autistic Lactation Experience. It's no Different and So Different: By Genny Stiller, IBCLC This story begins in the usual way, with you walking in to see your next lactation client, they are wearing gloves to change their baby's diaper. There’s an element of...
Peer Support spaces Facilitated by Professionals
PEER SUPPORT SPACES FACILITATED BY PROFESSIONALS: A Place to Learn, Be Encouraged, & Encourage Others By Jennifer Hafele, M.Ed., IBCLC To be honest, I felt a bit anxious when my 2-year-old presented our nursing pillow to me and asked for “milk” with words and...
Signs Lactation Consultants are Suffering from Burnout.
By Annette Leary, RN, BSN, IBCLC Are you too tired to go for a walk? Have a lack of desire to socialize with friends or family? Find yourself looking for joy and feeling under appreciated? With the increased need for lactation support in various settings, lactation...
What is Measured Matters and What Matters Should be Measured; Accurately and Comprehensively
By Erin L.O'Reilly, RN, MSNR, IBCLC Potent public health indicators and issues are usually monitored through accurate assessment and documentation. Take smoking for example—whenever you go to the doctor: if you smoke, when you started smoking, how much you smoke and...
Tube Feeding to Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding
By Lillian Gray Scott, M.S., CCC-SLP, IBCLC Some infants begin their lives in medical situations that require supplemental tube feeding to support necessary growth. These tubes can originate from the mouth or nose and travel to the stomach, or can be surgically placed...
Milk Banking in the Muslim World
By Dr. Shereen Abdelghani Soliman Based upon the WHO and UNICEF recommendations, breastfeeding/chestfeeding should be initiated immediately after delivery and be the exclusive form of nourishment for the first 6 months of life – meaning no other foods or liquids are...
Breastfeeding & Neurodevelopment in extremely preterm infants
By Joan Randle, MSHS, BSN, IBCLC Learning how to breastfeed a newborn is hard! Even under the best of circumstances adjusting to the arrival of a newborn and learning to breastfeed/chestfeed can be incredibly difficult. Even more difficult can be preterm births,...
Trauma Informed Care and Lactation
By Jennie Toland, BSN, RN, CLC Let’s start with a simple exercise by holding five fingers up. Now, if any of the following sentences resonant with you regardless of how minor it may be, please put a finger down. Put a finger down if you have ever been harassed. Put a...
