Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC) 2025 Exam
Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
1. nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with same amount
of contact
.: infrequent
2. If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days prolactin will
be and sites will be primed and receptor sites will start to .: low,
not, start shutting down
3. What is in receptor site during pregnancy?: Progesterone
4. When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing out of
the receptor sites?: progesterone
5. When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the receptor
sites and they are open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation?:
Pro- lactin
,6. If prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth-: there will be fewer
sites and cause issues with milk supply
7. Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first hours after
birth: 2
8. what are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted
from
?: oxytocin and prolactin, pituitary gland
9. Prolactin is the hormone responsible for
?: Milk production
10. What is the passage of prolactin being produced
: baby suckles- message to nervous system tells brain to secrete prolacin in blood-
then tranverse into mother body into milk cells where milk is produced
11. When doe humans have prolactin in them
: all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples
increase level of prolactin when touched)
, 12. Prolactin levels go in between nursing and during nursing
.: -
down, rise
For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before hours
resulted in significantly more milk by day 7: one
13. What hormone T3, T4, T5: Oxytocin
14. When oxytocin hits myoepitheal cells what happens?: They start retracting
15. Oxytocin helps ducts to in size and lumen to get : increase, smalle
16. What triggers oxytocin?: 1. conditioned response (repeated stimuli over time
2. Nipple Stretching (happens with proper latch- oxytocin levels goes up and
down with suck and swallow)
3. baby hand massage (has to do with T3 and T5) each hand movement releases
oxytocin
35. Where is oxytocin and prolactin excreted?: pituitary gland
Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
1. nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with same amount
of contact
.: infrequent
2. If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days prolactin will
be and sites will be primed and receptor sites will start to .: low,
not, start shutting down
3. What is in receptor site during pregnancy?: Progesterone
4. When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing out of
the receptor sites?: progesterone
5. When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the receptor
sites and they are open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation?:
Pro- lactin
,6. If prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth-: there will be fewer
sites and cause issues with milk supply
7. Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first hours after
birth: 2
8. what are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted
from
?: oxytocin and prolactin, pituitary gland
9. Prolactin is the hormone responsible for
?: Milk production
10. What is the passage of prolactin being produced
: baby suckles- message to nervous system tells brain to secrete prolacin in blood-
then tranverse into mother body into milk cells where milk is produced
11. When doe humans have prolactin in them
: all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples
increase level of prolactin when touched)
, 12. Prolactin levels go in between nursing and during nursing
.: -
down, rise
For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before hours
resulted in significantly more milk by day 7: one
13. What hormone T3, T4, T5: Oxytocin
14. When oxytocin hits myoepitheal cells what happens?: They start retracting
15. Oxytocin helps ducts to in size and lumen to get : increase, smalle
16. What triggers oxytocin?: 1. conditioned response (repeated stimuli over time
2. Nipple Stretching (happens with proper latch- oxytocin levels goes up and
down with suck and swallow)
3. baby hand massage (has to do with T3 and T5) each hand movement releases
oxytocin
35. Where is oxytocin and prolactin excreted?: pituitary gland
