Certified Lactation Consultant Final Exam Latest
Update 2025-2026 Actual Exam 80 Questions
with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed
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1 breast or 2? - CORRECT ANSWER: There is no difference in baby's net fat intake
according to the number of breasts suckled per feeding or the breastfeeding frequency
Offer the 1st breast 1st and the 2nd breast 2nd it really doesn't matter 1 breast or 2
whatever they want
1+ year of lactation - CORRECT ANSWER: After one year of lactation the milk
expressed has significantly increased fat and energy contents, compared with milk
expressed by women who have been lactation for a shorter time.
The volume of milk does not have to change as the baby gets older/bigger because the
composition of the milk changes
Anemia and breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER: Postpartum hemorrhage can cause
sheehans syndrome which in turn causes hormonal issues including milk making
hormones
Retained placenta fragments prevents the shift from lactogenesis stage 1 to stage 2
which can affect your mature milk coming in
Breast milk composition changes... - CORRECT ANSWER: Over the course of lactation
Within the day there are variations on the composition of milk
Within a feeding
By the way it is taken during a feeding
and also between feedings
,Canabis use and breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER: Exposure of infant to any kind
of passive smoke is a concern. There is no safe threshold limit for cannabis use in
pregnancy. Among pregnant women cannabis use was significantly associated with an
increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight
The high fat solubility of cannabinoids make them difficult to analyze in breast milk. THC
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is measurable in milk 6 days after maternal use
Colic - CORRECT ANSWER: An easily identifiable childhood problem that has no
clearly identified treatment
Does not seem to be associated with GERD
Colicky babies had more than double the abundance of microbia in the gut
Constructed Knowing - CORRECT ANSWER: The position at which truth is understood
to be contextual, knowledge is tentative, and it is understood that the knower is part of
the known
Have abandoned either/or thinking
Have learned to live with conflict and have high tolerance for internal contradiction and
ambiguity
Believe all knowledge is constructed and the knower is an intimate part of the known
Want to avoid compartmentalizing thought and feeling, home and work, self and other
Want to embrace all the pieces of the self in some ultimate sense of the whole: mother-
daughter-wife-artist
Aspire to work that contributes to the empowerment and improvement in the quality of
life of others
Believe that ideas and values must be nurtured
Have a unique and authentic voice
Engorgement - CORRECT ANSWER: Breasts hard, hot, and shiny
Temp above normal
Feels discomfort in the breast
, Nipple difficult to grasp, makes difficult for baby to latch
Occurs most commonly day 3-5
As the pressure builds up inside the breast milk production decreases, this is natures
early dry up mechanism
Failure to effectively resolve prolonged symptomatic engorgement may have a negative
impact on continued adequate milk supply
Placing breasts in a bowl of warm water will stimulate the milk to flow out to relieve
some pressure so you can then feed
Fat content in breast milk - CORRECT ANSWER: Longer times in between feedings
made for a lower fat content but faster feedings made for a higher fat content where as
feedings lasting longer than 30 mins made for a lower fat content
Breastfed babies can regulate fat intake quickly and thus mothers should be
encouraged to practice baby led feeding
Maximum fat levels were obtained 30 mins post-feed
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection),
community, country (amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula &
formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER:
Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast
feeding's ability to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc..
- CORRECT ANSWER: Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - CORRECT ANSWER: Breastfeeding Support
Update 2025-2026 Actual Exam 80 Questions
with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed
A+ Verified by Professor
1 breast or 2? - CORRECT ANSWER: There is no difference in baby's net fat intake
according to the number of breasts suckled per feeding or the breastfeeding frequency
Offer the 1st breast 1st and the 2nd breast 2nd it really doesn't matter 1 breast or 2
whatever they want
1+ year of lactation - CORRECT ANSWER: After one year of lactation the milk
expressed has significantly increased fat and energy contents, compared with milk
expressed by women who have been lactation for a shorter time.
The volume of milk does not have to change as the baby gets older/bigger because the
composition of the milk changes
Anemia and breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER: Postpartum hemorrhage can cause
sheehans syndrome which in turn causes hormonal issues including milk making
hormones
Retained placenta fragments prevents the shift from lactogenesis stage 1 to stage 2
which can affect your mature milk coming in
Breast milk composition changes... - CORRECT ANSWER: Over the course of lactation
Within the day there are variations on the composition of milk
Within a feeding
By the way it is taken during a feeding
and also between feedings
,Canabis use and breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER: Exposure of infant to any kind
of passive smoke is a concern. There is no safe threshold limit for cannabis use in
pregnancy. Among pregnant women cannabis use was significantly associated with an
increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight
The high fat solubility of cannabinoids make them difficult to analyze in breast milk. THC
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is measurable in milk 6 days after maternal use
Colic - CORRECT ANSWER: An easily identifiable childhood problem that has no
clearly identified treatment
Does not seem to be associated with GERD
Colicky babies had more than double the abundance of microbia in the gut
Constructed Knowing - CORRECT ANSWER: The position at which truth is understood
to be contextual, knowledge is tentative, and it is understood that the knower is part of
the known
Have abandoned either/or thinking
Have learned to live with conflict and have high tolerance for internal contradiction and
ambiguity
Believe all knowledge is constructed and the knower is an intimate part of the known
Want to avoid compartmentalizing thought and feeling, home and work, self and other
Want to embrace all the pieces of the self in some ultimate sense of the whole: mother-
daughter-wife-artist
Aspire to work that contributes to the empowerment and improvement in the quality of
life of others
Believe that ideas and values must be nurtured
Have a unique and authentic voice
Engorgement - CORRECT ANSWER: Breasts hard, hot, and shiny
Temp above normal
Feels discomfort in the breast
, Nipple difficult to grasp, makes difficult for baby to latch
Occurs most commonly day 3-5
As the pressure builds up inside the breast milk production decreases, this is natures
early dry up mechanism
Failure to effectively resolve prolonged symptomatic engorgement may have a negative
impact on continued adequate milk supply
Placing breasts in a bowl of warm water will stimulate the milk to flow out to relieve
some pressure so you can then feed
Fat content in breast milk - CORRECT ANSWER: Longer times in between feedings
made for a lower fat content but faster feedings made for a higher fat content where as
feedings lasting longer than 30 mins made for a lower fat content
Breastfed babies can regulate fat intake quickly and thus mothers should be
encouraged to practice baby led feeding
Maximum fat levels were obtained 30 mins post-feed
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection),
community, country (amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula &
formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER:
Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast
feeding's ability to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc..
- CORRECT ANSWER: Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - CORRECT ANSWER: Breastfeeding Support
