Imagine spending months looking forward to breastfeeding, taking a class and reading every book only to find yourself struggling to feed your baby. As a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) you are likely to run into parents wondering how to manage when breastfeeding doesn’t work as planned. Breastfeeding is our biological norm so it should come […]
Five Tips To Help Clients Enjoy Breastfeeding
As a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) your role is to help families with typical breastfeeding initiation and reaching their personal feeding goals. While breastfeeding is sometimes wonderful, it can also be taxing. As a CBC you can help your clients enjoy breastfeeding. Rather than waiting until a client is overwhelmed, these tips given early into […]
How to Help Clients Wean and Stop Breastfeeding
As a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) you will be helping parents in all stages of lactation. Sometimes that includes helping clients wean and stop breastfeeding. We cannot provide medical advice, but we can provide education and information about weaning. Whatever the reason a parent is choosing to wean, and at whatever age, you can assist […]
How Partners Can Be Part of Breastfeeding
As a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC), you support entire family units through the breastfeeding experience. While we often think in terms of providing support to a mother and baby, our work extends beyond that. We can support our clients by helping them know how partners can be part of the breastfeeding process. Partners play a […]
Certified Breastfeeding Counselor Training for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
If you are a nurse or healthcare professional who provides care for pregnant and lactating women, a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor training is an ideal certificate for you. As you have probably experienced, you can become an L&D nurse, NICU nurse, obstetrician and more with little to no lactation training. You are well skilled in clinical […]
Career Options For Certified Breastfeeding Counselors
You have a passion for supporting new families on their breastfeeding journey. Being able to turn that passion into a career sounds amazing, right? But what does a career as a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) actually look like? Are there career options for certified breastfeeding counselors? Yes! There are many career options for CBCs. In […]