CLC Exam LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY A GRADE
What are Montgomery glands? - CORRECT ANSWER
Sebaceous glands on areola that are a result of pregnancy
hormones
What do Montgomery glands do? - CORRECT ANSWER Allow
milk to mix with sebum, makes milk sticky and anti-microbial
Function of prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Pro-lactation.
Makes milk.
Why do downs babies struggle with nursing? - CORRECT
ANSWER Low tone, harder to recognize cues, large and
weak tongue, depressed reflexes (not a strong gape),
hypotonic perioral muscles (weak suck)
Helpful interventions for downs baby? - CORRECT ANSWER
Try dancer technique where baby is sitting upright, mom
holds breast in palm of hand and pointer finger and thumb
on baby cheek.
How many days is an infant expected to have meconium? -
CORRECT ANSWER first 1-2 days of life
What are the 3 types of weaning? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
parent led- parents decide to end
2. baby led- parents switch to request only, never refuse but
never offer
, 3. society led- where everyone in society weans at same time
What is the WHO international code of marketing breast milk
substitutes? - CORRECT ANSWER The Code aims to stop
the aggressive and inappropriate marketing of breast-milk
substitutes and advocates for babies to be breastfed. No
promotional material at all, no samples.
What stimulates prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Baby
suckles/nipple stimulation stimulates brain to secrete
prolactin into blood and that triggers body to respond
Do all humans have prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes,
everyone has prolactin all the time but it is a matter of
ramping it up for lactation.
Function of oxytocin? - CORRECT ANSWER Myoepithelial
cells to contract, and uterus to contract. Also milk letdown.
What stimulates oxytocin? - CORRECT ANSWER Nipple
stretching (proper lactch), baby hand massage, its is a
conditioned response of milk ejection too.
How does the body make milk? - CORRECT ANSWER
Messages from the breast travel in nervous system to brain
and then hormones travel in blood back to breast.
How are milk composition and feed frequency related? -
CORRECT ANSWER High fat, protein, water milk producers
will nurse less often.
General composition of human milk? - CORRECT ANSWER
High in lactose, water. Low in protein, fat. Very dilute --> Due
to this composition nursing should be frequent.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY A GRADE
What are Montgomery glands? - CORRECT ANSWER
Sebaceous glands on areola that are a result of pregnancy
hormones
What do Montgomery glands do? - CORRECT ANSWER Allow
milk to mix with sebum, makes milk sticky and anti-microbial
Function of prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Pro-lactation.
Makes milk.
Why do downs babies struggle with nursing? - CORRECT
ANSWER Low tone, harder to recognize cues, large and
weak tongue, depressed reflexes (not a strong gape),
hypotonic perioral muscles (weak suck)
Helpful interventions for downs baby? - CORRECT ANSWER
Try dancer technique where baby is sitting upright, mom
holds breast in palm of hand and pointer finger and thumb
on baby cheek.
How many days is an infant expected to have meconium? -
CORRECT ANSWER first 1-2 days of life
What are the 3 types of weaning? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
parent led- parents decide to end
2. baby led- parents switch to request only, never refuse but
never offer
, 3. society led- where everyone in society weans at same time
What is the WHO international code of marketing breast milk
substitutes? - CORRECT ANSWER The Code aims to stop
the aggressive and inappropriate marketing of breast-milk
substitutes and advocates for babies to be breastfed. No
promotional material at all, no samples.
What stimulates prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Baby
suckles/nipple stimulation stimulates brain to secrete
prolactin into blood and that triggers body to respond
Do all humans have prolactin? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes,
everyone has prolactin all the time but it is a matter of
ramping it up for lactation.
Function of oxytocin? - CORRECT ANSWER Myoepithelial
cells to contract, and uterus to contract. Also milk letdown.
What stimulates oxytocin? - CORRECT ANSWER Nipple
stretching (proper lactch), baby hand massage, its is a
conditioned response of milk ejection too.
How does the body make milk? - CORRECT ANSWER
Messages from the breast travel in nervous system to brain
and then hormones travel in blood back to breast.
How are milk composition and feed frequency related? -
CORRECT ANSWER High fat, protein, water milk producers
will nurse less often.
General composition of human milk? - CORRECT ANSWER
High in lactose, water. Low in protein, fat. Very dilute --> Due
to this composition nursing should be frequent.
