IBCLC Day – March 5, 2025
IBCLC® Day is celebrated annually on the first Wednesday in March.
IBCLC® stands for International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, which is the credential held by so many of our iLactation participants.
Is it a lip tie? Implications of the maxillary frenulum on breastfeeding 2024 (0.75 L CERPs)
Register for the IBCLC Day presentation.
Registration price: US$5.
Available online from IBCLC Day March 5 until April 5, 2025.
Many infants undergo surgical intervention for “upper lip tie” (ULT) to improve breastfeeding. However, the effect of ULT on breastfeeding and if surgical correction improves outcomes is still poorly understood with scant and contradictory data. There are multiple reasons for the limited amount of data including the lack of a standard definition for ULT which has led to ambiguity regarding a normal vs. abnormal frenulum and which may benefit from correction.
This presentation summarizes and analyzes the current literature on upper lip tie, its impact on breastfeeding and utility of therapeutic surgical intervention.
(IBLCE Detailed Content outline topics: I,III,VI,VII – this talk was previously part of our 2024 conference, Flourishing.)
Dr Gina Weissman is a DMD dentist, an RN nurse and an IBCLC certified Lactation Consultant, since 1999. She has been a fellow of ABM since 2017. She is the owner and director of The Lactation Academy, an international school for the training of lactation consultants and an IBCLC mentor. She lives in Israel and works in Laniado Maternity Hospital and at her Breastfeeding and Tongue Tie Clinic, HalavM. She is the exiting president of the Israeli association of certified lactation consultants. She is also a published researcher on several related topics.
Gina is married and the mother of four grown breastfed boys.
Register for our IBCLC Day presentation: Is it a lip tie? Implications of the maxillary frenulum on breastfeeding 2024 (0.75 L CERPs)
IBCLC Day is also traditionally the first day of our March online breastfeeding conference. This conference is our 26th conference, Empowering breastfeeding: science and support, online until June 5, which is up to 3 full months of access. 18+ hours of education, providing CERPs, CNEs and CMEs for health professionals, plus amazing information and education for all lactation supporters. Go here to view the speakers, topics or click the button below to register now! Don’t miss it!
