IBCLC Exam Practice Questions
Which of the following maternal perinatal factors is MOST LIKELY to interfere with initiation
of breastfeeding? - ✔✔Cesarean surgery
A mother complains of incision pain following her cesa
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IBCLC Exam Practice Questions
Which of the following maternal perinatal factors is MOST LIKELY to interfere with initiation
of breastfeeding? - ✔✔Cesarean surgery
A mother complains of incision pain following her cesarean birth and requests pain relief
medication, but she is worried about the effect on her baby. Your FIRST response to her
should be: - ✔✔We will monitor you and your baby closely after you have received pain
medication
Which components of human milk are MOST STABLE to pasteurization and freezing? -
✔✔Minerals
Which of the following is the MOST APPROPRIATE complementary food for a
10-month-old breastfed baby? - ✔✔Strips of lightly cooked pork
Nutrient-dense and iron-rich foods are the most important complementary
foods for the breastfed child between 6 and 12 months.
A mother asks about sources of vitamin D for her 16-month-old breastfeeding child. Your
FIRST recommendation should be: - ✔✔Continue breastfeeding, and ask your doctors to test
you both for vitamin D levels
Which of the following foods is the BEST source of calcium for a partly breastfeeding
16-month-old who cannot tolerate dairy products? - ✔✔Sesame seed paste
a hospital nurse told her "if he nurses longer
than that, he's only using you as a pacifier and you'll get sore." Your FIRST statement to
her should be: - ✔✔Let's see what he can do with nursing at breast at his own pace.
You are working to implement the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in your facility, where
scheduled feeds are often recommended for outdated and incorrect reasons. Your FIRST
strategy should be to: - ✔✔during Step 2 training, explore and correct all the reasons that are
given for scheduling
feeds.
What is the MOST IMPORTANT reason for continuing to breastfeed into the second
year of life and beyond? - ✔✔Immune protection tailored to the child's environment
A mother with epilepsy wants to breastfeed her third baby, after formula-feeding her first
two. Which aspect of breastfeeding should you spend MOST time discussing with her? -
✔✔Increased infant alertness
Breastfed infants are more alert and responsive compared to formula-fed
babies
mother kept her 4-year-old daughter and 7-month-old baby alive while snowbound in
their car 9 days. Which component of breastmilk at this stage was HIGHER than at previous
stages of lactation? - ✔✔Lysozyme
Lysozyme increases over the early months of lactation and is h
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