Practise International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Examination with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE); certification programme administered by the IBCLC Commission · IBCLC Detailed Content Outline, effective 2023, updated May 1, 2023 for the IBCLC Commission structure and retained in the Candidate Information Guide updated March 2026. The workbook label 'International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) Exam' is an issuer-based label for the IBCLC examination, not a separate examination. The canonical workbook slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- IBCLC Detailed Content Outline — Effective 2023
- Candidate Information Guide — Updated March 2026
- Step 1: Prepare for IBCLC Certification
- Code of Professional Conduct for IBCLCs
- Clinical Competencies for the Practice of IBCLCs — Effective December 2018
- Scope of Practice for IBCLC Certificants — Effective December 2018
- ABM Clinical Protocol #2: Birth Hospitalization Discharge of Breastfeeding Dyads — Revised 2022
- WHO: Infant and Young Child Feeding
- CDC: Breast Surgery and Breastfeeding
- CDC: Vitamin D and Breastfeeding
- ABM Clinical Protocol #10: Late Preterm and Early Term Infants — Second Revision 2016
- Office on Women's Health: Making Breastmilk
- CDC: Supporting Mothers With Relactation
- CDC: Appendix G — Lactational Amenorrhea Method
- AAP: When Breastfeeding Problems Arise in Infant With Tongue-Tie, Don't Jump to Surgery
- ABM Clinical Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum — Revised 2022
- ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant — Revised 2017
- CDC: Contraindications to Breastfeeding
- CDC: Herpes Simplex Virus and Breastfeeding
- ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain With Breastfeeding
- CDC: Alcohol
- ABM Clinical Protocol #9: Use of Galactogogues — Second Revision 2018
- CDC: Marijuana
- CDC: Prescription Medication Use
- NIMH: Perinatal Depression
- Health Canada: Safe Sleep for Every Sleep
- NICHD: Safe Sleep Environment for Baby
- NHS: Breastfeeding — Positioning and Attachment
- NHS: Expressing and Storing Breast Milk
- WHO: Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
- CDC: Breast Milk Storage and Preparation
- CDC: Human Milk Storage Guidelines
- CDC: How to Clean and Sanitize Breast Pumps
- CDC: Questions About Infant Feeding in Emergencies
- CDC ACIP GRADE Handbook: Domains Decreasing Certainty in the Evidence
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Examination
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A term infant weighed 3,400 g at birth and weighs 3,026 g on day 3. Which interpretation and response are most appropriate?
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Examination
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Development and Nutrition
Infant nutritional requirements — vitamin D
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