Ibclc exam stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

% of breastmilk that is carbohydrates - Answer Approximately 7% Wikipedia. % of breastmilk that is fat - Answer Approximately 4% Hale and Hartman, 2007. Textbook of Human Lactation, page 50. % of breastmilk that is protein - Answer Approximately .8 - 1 % Mannel, Martens & Walker, 2008. Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice (2nd ed.), page 272. % of calories in breastmilk from carbohydrates - Answer Approximately 40% Hale and Hartman, 2007. Textbook of Human Lactation, pa...

A staff member is fond of telling mothers how expensive it is to formula feed infants and how inexpensive it is to breastfeed. What is she doing when she talks to mothers on this topic? Prolonging breastfeeding Promoting breastfeeding Protecting breastfeeding Supporting breastfeeding - Answer Promoting breastfeeding Who currently collects the most comprehensive breastfeeding statistics in the United States? The United States Breastfeeding Committee Ross Laboratories The Centers for Disease...

When does the breast begin to develop in utero? - Answer 4th week of gestation Where does the primitive milk streak develop - Answer Bilaterally from the axilla to the groin By the 5th week gestation the milk streak becomes what? - Answer Mammary Milk Ridge (or milk line) Thickening and inward growth into the chest wall continues during what weeks gestation? - Answer 7-8 weeks gestation Between weeks 12 and 16 gestation specialized cells differentiate into what? - Answer Smooth muscl...

< - Answer Less than > - Answer More than A - Answer Missing - amastia (no breast) ABM - Answer Artificial Baby Milk ABO Incompatibility - Answer Mother's blood type is O Infant's blood type is A, B, or AB Leads to rapid jaundice in infant ac - Answer before meals AGA - Answer appropriate for gestational age Active Transport - Answer Passage of a drug into breastmilk assisted by components in the breastmilk Adrenal hormones - Answer Hormones produced in the adr...

Gigantomastia - Answer Extreme growth of the breasts in pregnancy. Very rare. Potential hormonal cause. Milk Ejection Reflex - Answer Causes contraction of the myoepithelial cells. Requires oxytocin. Lactocytes - Answer Specialized epithelial cells that line the interior of the alveolus. Absorb nutrients, immunoglobulin and hormones from the blood to compose milk. Serum Placental Lactogen - Answer Aids in areolar growth. Oxytocin - Answer Secreted from posterior pituitary. Responsibl...

Failure to thrive - Answer -infant continues to lose weight after 10 days of life -does not regain birth weight by 3 weeks of age -below 10th percentile beyond 1 month of age signs: lethargic, sleep excessively, hypertonic, irritable, difficult to soothe, <6 wet diapers with concentrated urine, infrequent scant stools, <8 short duration feedings/day late signs: content to starve, sleep a lot, whine quietly/weakly can be caused by maternal milk production, maternal or infant ill...

Hawthorne effect - Answer study participants behave differently (usually better) because they know they are being observed Placebo effect - Answer The placebo effect is when a "fake treatment" (e.g., a sugar pill) is used in one study group (while the other group gets the "real" treatment) and it works because the person believes it will work. But it has no "real" therapeutic properties. Pygmalion effect - Answer Also called the Rosenthal effect, this phenomenon occurs when expectati...

high lipid solubility - Answer drug property most likely to permit high passage into milk lymphocytes - Answer protective components of milk is destroyed by freezing 62.5°C for 30 minutes - Answer standard temperature and time for Holder pasteurization used in donor human milk banks is Fat levels in mother's milk are highest: - Answer when the breast is relatively empty. pregnant woman with many allergies asks about infant feeding. Your best response is - Answer A baby is never all...

True or False: The following hospital practice has a positive impact on breastfeeding: "feeding baby every 5 hours." - Answer False Suctioning after delivery can negatively impact breastfeeding in the following way: 1. Edema in the extremities including the breast and nipple tissue 2. Impaired sucking 3. Baby who is uncomfortable breastfeeding in many positions 4. Breast aversion 5. Delays first feeding - Answer Breast aversion What's the difference between a close- versus open- ...

How many ounces would you expect a 4 month old baby to gain each week? - Answer 5 to 7 ounces How much would you expect a 5 month old to weigh? - Answer Twice their birth weight How many ounces would you expect an 8 month old to gain each week? - Answer 3 to 5 ounces How much would you expect a 1 year old to weigh? - Answer 3x their birth weight (some sources say 2x their birth weight at 12 months) What is different in the appearance of a breastfed baby vs. a formula fed baby at 12 m...