This Wednesday, 5 March 2014, is IBCLC® Day!
Every day, International Board Certified Lactation Consultants help families reach their breastfeeding goals. IBCLC Day is our opportunity to honor and thank the individuals that help parents and their babies year-round.
Did an IBCLC help you reach your breastfeeding goals?
“Thanks to my IBCLC, my baby and I went from a failure to thrive babe who had not regained birth weight at 5 weeks to a full milk supply. She helped me with a plethora of support tools: SNS, formula, pumping, and domperidone. I was able to breastfeed him for two years! I will be forever thankful.”
Was your baby in the NICU or special care nursery? Did an IBCLC help you establish breastfeeding?
“My hospital IBCLC worked like crazy when my baby was in the NICU. She really advocated for me and my baby and she knew how important it was to keep us together.”
Did an IBCLC help you out when the first latch wasn’t as smooth as you’d hoped?
“Our IBCLC helped us with our tongue tied newborn. She saw us for several follow up visits to make sure breastfeeding was going well.”
Did an IBCLC help you feel supported as you managed your unique breastfeeding situation?
“One of the most helpful things she has done for me is to continue to reach out to me on a daily basis. It makes me feel not isolated on solving my breastfeeding problems, and tells me that she really cares about my success.”
Did you or your baby have unique medical issues that made breastfeeding more challenging?
“My IBCLC helped me develop the confidence in my altered body [post breast reduction surgery] to successfully nurse. She taught me about supplemental nursers and milk increasing herbs.”
There are many ways to thank an IBCLC today – please join us!
Tell us your story. Leave thanks for your IBCLC in the comments here or on our Facebook page here.
Thank your IBCLC. Stop by the ILCA Facebook page and show your gratitude. We’ll be posting content starting Wednesday (at noon UTC +11). Or share our thank you image here on your lactation consultant’s page. You can also send a e-card here.
Thank the hospital, birth center, or community center that employed an IBCLC that helped you. Share your appreciation with the facility today by sharing our thank you image here (live starting Wednesday at noon UTC +11, but you can download one at any time here) on their Facebook page.
Show your gratitude to the IBCLC that helped you help a family. Are you a health care provider or doula that collaborated with a lactation consultant this year? Are you an IBCLC that consulted with another IBCLC recently? Let them know you appreciate it! Share this image on their Facebook page or send thanks in an e-card.
Are you celebrating IBCLC day in other ways? Please share with us, either in the comments here or on Facebook.
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IBCLC Day, I celebrated with a boob cake at work!