Who needs an IBCLC?

In a recent survey, 50 percent of the parents reported problems getting their babies to latch on to the breast, or other feeding issues like nipple confusion (baby preferring a bottle.) 44 percent said pain was a problem, and 40 percent said they felt that they weren't producing enough milk.

Norma specializes in latch problems, including lip and tongue ties, and in helping with low milk production. Tell Me About Tongue Ties! is a go to article for both parents and IBCLCs, and is currently being translated into other languages.

IBCLCs can help you with both common and complex breastfeeding concerns. With skilled help, it is very rare for the breastfeeding relationship to need to be interrupted or discontinued.

What is an IBCLC?

An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is a health care professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding. She has demonstrated her competence to practice by passing an internationally recognized criterion-reference examination. 

IBCLCs are certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Inc. under the direction of the U.S. National Commission for Certifying Agencies. Mandatory recertification every 5 years assures that all IBCLCs keep their knowledge and skills current and up-to-date.

The IBCLC credential is the only internationally recognized accreditation for lactation consultants.

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Who we are and what we do, on video:

An IBCLC can help you with:

Adjusting to life with a newborn 
Adoptive nursing 
Anesthesia
Baby wearing
Biting
Bottles
Breast refusal
Choosing a pump
Cleft lip/cleft palate 
Colic
Cultural issues
Dealing with criticism
Dental and oral health
Elimination patterns 
Failure to thrive
Fertility issues
Formula preparation
Frequency of breastfeeding
Getting enough sleep 
How to tell baby is getting enough milk
How the birthing affects breastfeeding
Introducing solids
Losing weight after childbirth
Low milk production
Medications
Milk banking and milk sharing
Milk storage
Nipple confusion
Normal newborn behavior

Nursing during pregnancy
Nursing multiples
Nursing outside of the home
Nursing strikes
Overactive letdown
Pacifiers
Physical and mental challenges, including postpartum depression
Premature babies
Preparing to breastfeed
Pumping issues
Reduction and augmentation surgeries
Reflux
Relactation
Returning to work or school
Scheduling
Sexual abuse
Sick mother or baby
Sleep issues
Sore breasts – mastitis, plugged ducts, abscesses
Sore nipples
Suckling difficulties
Surgery
Tandem nursing
Tongue, lip and bucal ties
Too much milk
Weaning, including night weaning
Yeast/thrush