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CLC Exam Study Guide – Verified Questions & Answers for Certified Lactation Counselor Certification (2025)

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pass your Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) exam with this fully verified Q&A guide! Covers essential lactation knowledge: breastfeeding physiology, oxytocin/prolactin mechanisms, milk production, maternal nutrition, latch and positioning, ethics, BFHI, baby behavior, and WHO/UNICEF strategies. Includes up-to-date evidence-based answers aligned with the CLC exam blueprint. Ideal for nurses, doulas, IBCLC aspirants, and health professionals seeking CLC certification

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CLC Exam Q&A with complete solution.
The International Code ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓addresses improper
marketing practices

ex hospital giving out discharge packages with formula



Milking Stool- 3 legs ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Protect, promote &
Support-want all to be equal



Levels of evidence based pyramid ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓top -
bottom: 1.Metanalysis &systemic reviews 2. Single randomized controlled
studies 3. Cohort studies 4. Case Controlled Studies 5. Case Studies



When is greatest risk of stopping breastfeeding? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓
✓3-7 days (after going home from hospital)



Top reasons people stop breastfeeding ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓baby
won't latch, breast pain/soreness, work/school



Russ Labs Marketing Survey ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓survey 1965-2001
formula company tracking breastfeeding goals



Races in Order most likely to BF ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓spanish
speaking-hispanic, white, hispanic, black

,Global Strategy for Infant and young feeding ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓
WHO and UNICEF developed this global strategy to focus world attention
on impact of feeding practices on the nutritional status, growth,
development and health and thus the survival of infants and young
children.



World Breastfeeding trends innitive ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓help track
how they are doing on global outcomes



innocenti ospitale -florence ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓BF orphan babies
increased rate of survival-today UNICEF child resource nutrition center



path of messages to make milk ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓message to
breast-to nervous system -to brain- to hormones to travel to breast- then to
blood stream



what cells make milk ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓alveolar cells



alveolar cells are what?

what are they surrounded by ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓layer of cells with
milk inside, surrounded by myoepitheal cells



Myoepitheal cells will contract when what hits them ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓oxytocin

, Are the ducts in breast evenly spaced? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓No
varies woman to woman



How many nipple pores each breast? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓3-5



Milk is ____ &_____ from sebaceous gland ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓
antimicrobial and sticky



what are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted
from? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓oxytocin and prolactin, pituitary gland



Prolactin is the hormone responsible for? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Milk
production



What is the passage of prolactin being produced ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓
✓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



When doe humans have prolactin in them ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓all
the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples increase level of
prolactin when touched)



Prolactin levels go _____ in between nursing and _____ during nursing.
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓down, rise

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