ALPP CLC Exam Certified Lactation Counselor REAL/Actual Proctored Exam Questions & Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 (Graded A+)

ALPP CLC Exam Certified Lactation Counselor REAL/Actual Proctored Exam Questions & Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 (Graded A+) what increases gastrin and decreases somatostatin in babies?-correctanswer-- sucking babies have cutaneous (touch) receptors in their mouths that respond to sucking starting at 27 weeks gestation - species own milk - decreased stress - touch wellness making milk-correct-answer-messages from the breast travel through the nervous system to the brain, then hormones travel to the breast through the blood system prolactin levels-correct-answer-go down in between nursing and rise during nursing infrequent nursing-correct-answer-leads to lower levels and less rise even with the same amount of nipple contact ongoing milk production-correct-answer-positively associated with suckling within the first 2 hours after birth initiation for mothers of preemies-correct-answer-initiation of milk expression before one hour resulted in significantly more milk when measured on days 7 and 42 hormone pathways-correct-answer-two separate hormone pathways, pituitary gland is important to both triggering oxytocin mechanism #1-correct-answer-conditioned response - conditioned milk ejection (let down) reflex - was probably given too much importance in the years we didn't understand the other mechanisms - conditioned over time and lasts a lifetime - is faster for women who already have one from previous breastfeeding - to condition response.. smell, touch, hear the stimulus triggering oxytocin mechanism #2-correct-answer-nipple stretching, happens with a proper latch triggering oxytocin mechanism #3-correct-answer-baby hand massage, each hand movement releases oxytocin hormones of lactation-correct-answer-have an emotional/behavioral function as well as making and moving milk; aggression, protection, bonding & trust nest or cache-correct-answer-mammal species with high fat/protein and low water content = infrequent feeds nest = bunnies cache = deer carry, follow, or hibernate-correct-answer-mammal species with hither water content milk have more frequent feeds carry = koala follow = elephants hibernate = bears our culture-correct-answer-wants us to be nesters when it comes to feeding, but our milk composition indicates that we should be carriers the brain-correct-answer-most rapidly developing organ in human newborns; human milk is the ideal fuel for brain growth nursing pattern-correct-answer-should be frequent to accommodate human milk composition milk composition-correct-answer-is complex - each species of mammal milk is different - milk is "species specific" stages of making human milk-correct-answer-lactogenesis I, lactogenesis II, lactogenesis III lactogenesis I-correct-answer-secretory differentiation, placental hormones, colostrum