Ranging from just plain wrong to downright raunchy, lactation consultants (LCs) get called a lot of different names. Some are misguided, some are terms of endearment. These names provide a little breastfeeding humor to augment enhance brighten up your Friday!
Thanks to all the Lactnetters for sharing these substitutes for “Lactation Consultant”:
Location consultant (This is probably the most common. One woman was even listed under the real estate section in her local chamber of commerce directory!)
Lactitian
Lactitionist (as in “nutritionist”?)
Lactritionist
“The lactose intolerant – I mean the lactose tolerant – oh you know, what you are!”
Breast Lady
Milk Lady
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (now …read more

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Day 2009 is Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The theme for the 7th annual celebration is “IBCLCs: Beyond Borders,” which recognizes the work done by IBCLCs around the world. Take the fun IBCLC Trivia Quiz to find out just how many IBCLC’s there are in how many nations around the world! I scored a whopping four out of eight correct and learned some interesting facts.
Are you planning or attending an IBCLC Day event? Leave a comment!

The sixth annual IBCLC Day is March 5, 2008. It’s a special day to promote the credential for internationally board certified lactation consultants, educate the community, and celebrate! For more information and free downloadable materials, visit the IBCLC Day page from the International Lactation Consultant Association.

Pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon holds the distinction of being the first male physician to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) (here’s hoping many more physicians–male and female–have followed his lead). Obviously he’s passionate about infant care and breastfeeding. Perhaps that’s why he berates Bill Gates so harshly in his opinion piece “Bill Gates Invests in Companies Which Increase Infants’ Deaths” in The Huffington Post today.
While Dr. Gordon acknowledges all of the good Bill and Melinda Gates and their foundation have done, he criticizes them for their “blind investments.”
All experts agree that non-breastfed infants in the Third World …read more