For Lactation Professionals

Episode 6 | Recorded June, 2026 Natalie Blythe, IBCLC used to work in business/finance, she graduated with a business management degree and went on to work in that field for nearly a decade. After having her own babies, she took 5 years to earn her IBCLC and then launched her own private practice in 2018. Initially, she had lactation consultants work with her and now she operates as the sole provi...

Episode 5 | Recorded May 8, 2026 Angela Love-Zaranka shares everything you need to know about recertifying for the IBCLC. In This Episode: ​Recertify through Continuing Education: The Types of CERPs, Taking the CE Self Assessment, and How to record and find your old CERPs ​Recertify by retaking the Exam: Why, How, and What to Study ​All the resources you need to know ​Bonus: How to learn about lac...

Episode 4 | Recorded May 2026 In This Episode: ​Two changes I will make in my practice after re-reading the Clinical Competencies and the Scope of Practice See the blog post here, at ForLactationProfessionals.com Resources IBLCE, Scope of Practice for IBCLCs , Effective Date: December 2018 https://iblce.org/about-iblce/bylaws-iblce-documents/ under the category IBCLC Professionals Standards IBLCE,...

Episode 3 | Recorded December, 2025 I rely heavily on the WHO weight-for-age Growth Chart when assessing littles. Let’s dig in and learn all about this tool.  In This Episode: How was the WHO Growth Chart created? What’s the difference between a standard and a reference? How to describe percentiles to patients Should I assess developmental milestones in combination with the growth chart when looki...

Episode 2 | Recorded December, 2025 Satiate your curiosity: Does the food that mom eats change the flavor of her breast milk? We dive into the systematic review "Influence of maternal diet on flavor transfer to amniotic fluid and breast milk and children's responses" to explore how maternal nutrition shapes infant taste experiences through breastfeeding. In This Episode: ​The authors...

Episode 1 | Recorded January 2026 My journey to becoming an IBCLC, and other things you may want to know about your host - like my experience, qualifications, and where I'm still growing. In this Episode: Why I launched a podcast and blog My experience as a lactation consultant Becoming an IBCLC: The unexpected twists and turns on my journey to earning those five letters after my name Learn wi...