CLC CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2025 – 300 Accurate Questions
with Correct Detailed Answers || Recent
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**1. What is the primary hormone responsible for milk production?**
Prolactin
**2. What is the hormone responsible for the milk ejection reflex (let-down)?**
Oxytocin
**3. During a feeding, the milk that is released first is called?**
Foremilk
**4. The higher-fat milk released later in a feeding is called?**
Hindmilk
**5. The golden, antibody-rich first milk is called?**
Colostrum
**6. How soon after birth should a healthy newborn be placed skin-to-skin with the mother?**
Immediately, within the first hour
, **7. What is the typical stomach capacity of a 1-day-old newborn?**
5-7 mL (size of a cherry)
**8. What are the three primary signs of a good, deep latch?**
Lips flanged, more areola visible above the top lip, chin touching breast
**9. How many wet diapers should a 5-day-old, exclusively breastfed baby have in 24 hours?**
6 or more
**10. How many bowel movements should a 5-day-old, exclusively breastfed baby have in 24
hours?**
3 or more (size of a US quarter or larger)
**11. What is the most reliable sign that a baby is getting enough milk?**
Adequate output (wet and dirty diapers) and steady weight gain
**12. By day 4-5, a baby's stool should transition from meconium to what color?**
Yellow (mustard-seed yellow)
**13. What is the recommended duration for exclusive breastfeeding according to WHO and
AAP?**
6 months
**14. What is the term for feeding on demand, according to the baby's cues?**
Responsive feeding or cue-based feeding
**15. A baby showing hunger may do this with their tongue or mouth.**
STUDY GUIDE 2025 – 300 Accurate Questions
with Correct Detailed Answers || Recent
Version || Verified
**1. What is the primary hormone responsible for milk production?**
Prolactin
**2. What is the hormone responsible for the milk ejection reflex (let-down)?**
Oxytocin
**3. During a feeding, the milk that is released first is called?**
Foremilk
**4. The higher-fat milk released later in a feeding is called?**
Hindmilk
**5. The golden, antibody-rich first milk is called?**
Colostrum
**6. How soon after birth should a healthy newborn be placed skin-to-skin with the mother?**
Immediately, within the first hour
, **7. What is the typical stomach capacity of a 1-day-old newborn?**
5-7 mL (size of a cherry)
**8. What are the three primary signs of a good, deep latch?**
Lips flanged, more areola visible above the top lip, chin touching breast
**9. How many wet diapers should a 5-day-old, exclusively breastfed baby have in 24 hours?**
6 or more
**10. How many bowel movements should a 5-day-old, exclusively breastfed baby have in 24
hours?**
3 or more (size of a US quarter or larger)
**11. What is the most reliable sign that a baby is getting enough milk?**
Adequate output (wet and dirty diapers) and steady weight gain
**12. By day 4-5, a baby's stool should transition from meconium to what color?**
Yellow (mustard-seed yellow)
**13. What is the recommended duration for exclusive breastfeeding according to WHO and
AAP?**
6 months
**14. What is the term for feeding on demand, according to the baby's cues?**
Responsive feeding or cue-based feeding
**15. A baby showing hunger may do this with their tongue or mouth.**
