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Information for Providers of Breastfeeding Care

If you are not already a member of the New York Lactation Consultant Association (NYLCA), become a member and take advantage of our member benefits. If you work with breastfeeding mothers and are already a NYLCA member, find out how to list your services on our website. If you would like to become board certified as a lactation consultant, find out whether an internship will help you reach that goal. Our events page lists upcoming conferences, workshops, annual meetings, and other events that we organize. We also feature professional books and manuals that you can purchase from our member authors.

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Check out recent news about breast milk sugars.

Provider Advisories

Issue 1: The FDA has put out warnings about a milk thickener known as Simply Thick. If you are feeding this to your baby, please read the advisory about this may be dangerous for early babies and share this with other practitioners you may be working with.

Issue 2: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that clinicians should use the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts to assess the growth of infants up to age 2. These charts are based on breastfeeding as the normal standard for growth for all infants.

Issue 3: The recent recall of 5 million cans of formula can be anxiety provoking for parents who feed formula to their babies. If you have clients who must feed their babies some formula, they should:

* check the Food and Drug Administration's latest information on formula recalls
* check expiration dates on bottles

Some clients may also be receptive to considering human donor milk.

Issue 4: Some companies that market formula also market "feeding experts" who they claim are "lactation consultants". The term "lactation consultant" is not trademarked. Anyone can claim to be a lactation consultant. No one can claim to be an International "Board Certified" Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) without meeting the rigorous criteria of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). We require that lactation consultants mentioned on this website are board certified. Furthermore, we reinforce the IBLCE requirement to follow the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes by requiring that service providers listed on this website follow the Code. Following the Code ensures that recommendations are based on the baby's needs, not on the need to sell a product.