Certified Breastfeeding Counselor CBC Exam 2
Prep Questions and Answers Latest Versions
2025 A+
What can affect the healthcare professional's presentation
about breastfeeding?
personal experience, biases, time, culture, knowledge deficits
Which organization was the first in the US to provide mother
to mother support?
La Leche League
Throughout history, it was common for infants to be given
alternatives to _____ due to perceived dangers
colostrum
When was the la leche league founded
1956
Which president developed a breastfeeding goal for the
nation
Carter
- no advertising bottles, nipples, or breastmilk substitutes
- no promotion of products in healthcare facilities
- no freebies
- no company sales reps to advise mothers
- no gifts or samples to healthcare workers
- no words or pictures of infants on labels
- info to health workers to be scientific and factual, labels
should explain benefits of breastfeeding
- unsuitable products should not be promoted for babies
- manufacturers should comply even if countries have not
adopted laws
International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
, 1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely
communicated to all health care staff.
2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this
policy.
3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management
of breastfeeding.
4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation,
even if they are separated from their infants.
6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breastmilk,
unless medically indicated.
7. Practice "rooming in"-- allow mothers and infants to remain
together 24 hours a day.
8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
9. Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants
10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and
refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.
How did something normal become abnormal?
Rigid provider beliefs, status, sexualization, support (healthcare
prof., family, media)
First step toward cultural competence
increase knowledge
What should we always do to increase cultural awareness?
Ask questions!
Formula is thought to be the _____ as breastmilk
same
Formula is often given because of ____
work
bumps around nipple that lubricates and protects the nipple,
as well as produce a scent to help locate it
montgomery's tubercles
secretory cells in which milk is produced
Prep Questions and Answers Latest Versions
2025 A+
What can affect the healthcare professional's presentation
about breastfeeding?
personal experience, biases, time, culture, knowledge deficits
Which organization was the first in the US to provide mother
to mother support?
La Leche League
Throughout history, it was common for infants to be given
alternatives to _____ due to perceived dangers
colostrum
When was the la leche league founded
1956
Which president developed a breastfeeding goal for the
nation
Carter
- no advertising bottles, nipples, or breastmilk substitutes
- no promotion of products in healthcare facilities
- no freebies
- no company sales reps to advise mothers
- no gifts or samples to healthcare workers
- no words or pictures of infants on labels
- info to health workers to be scientific and factual, labels
should explain benefits of breastfeeding
- unsuitable products should not be promoted for babies
- manufacturers should comply even if countries have not
adopted laws
International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
, 1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely
communicated to all health care staff.
2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this
policy.
3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management
of breastfeeding.
4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation,
even if they are separated from their infants.
6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breastmilk,
unless medically indicated.
7. Practice "rooming in"-- allow mothers and infants to remain
together 24 hours a day.
8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
9. Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants
10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and
refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.
How did something normal become abnormal?
Rigid provider beliefs, status, sexualization, support (healthcare
prof., family, media)
First step toward cultural competence
increase knowledge
What should we always do to increase cultural awareness?
Ask questions!
Formula is thought to be the _____ as breastmilk
same
Formula is often given because of ____
work
bumps around nipple that lubricates and protects the nipple,
as well as produce a scent to help locate it
montgomery's tubercles
secretory cells in which milk is produced
