P-IBCLC BFHL-17

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P01 A breastfeeding mother who must be hospitalized for surgery should be encouraged to:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P02 A mother with cystic fibrosis can breastfeed as long as she is monitored to ensure that she:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P03 What is a lactation consultant’s best response to a mother who wants to breastfeed but is unwilling to refrain from smoking? The mother should be ________ because ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P04 ______________ promotes a longer interval of amenorrhea.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P05 The results of several studies of breastfeeding and sexual relations between parents suggest that breastfeeding ________ coital frequency and maternal enjoyment.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P06 Severe postpartum hemorrhage can injure the ________ and cause ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P07 Breastfeeding by women without a history of depression typically leads to ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P08 In the year after giving birth, women with multiple sclerosis who were at least risk of relapse of their disease were those who breastfed:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P09 The reduced desire for intercourse felt by many breastfeeding women reflects their ________ endocrine state.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P10 The length of lactational amenorrhea while breastfeeding any one child ________ the length of amenorrhea while breastfeeding a subsequent child.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P11 Maternal cigarette smoking during the course of breastfeeding decreases the:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P12 Which of the following conditions impairs the likelihood of an adopted baby nursing well at the breast?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P13 Type 2 diabetes in pregnant women is usually accompanied by:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P14 Putting a neonate to breast shortly after delivery can reduce maternal blood loss from the uterus, because the infant’s suckling:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P15 During the postpartum interval, ________blood concentrations of oxytocin act to ________maternal sensitivity to pain.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P16 It is thought that suckling interferes with the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, which in turn leads to secretion of insufficient ________ to cause ovulation.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P17 The primary focus of care for a new mother intending to breastfeed is establishing:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P18 The symptoms of Raynaud’s phenomenon can be minimized by:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P19 Vaginal bleeding in the first 8 weeks postpartum indicates that the woman has:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P20 A woman’s first postpartum menses is ________likely to be preceded by ovulation if it occurs in the ________ postpartum.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P21 A diabetic mother who is ready to wean her infant is best advised to wean ________, in order to ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P22 Of the spinal cord positions listed below, which is the highest that will support lactation?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P23 In populations without access to modern contraceptives, which of the following is a major determinant of total fertility?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P24 An excess of thyroid hormone in a breastfeeding mother is characterized by:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P25 In the early weeks postpartum, excessive bleeding may be caused by:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P26 High levels of oxytocin observed immediately after birth promote:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P28 As compared with nonsmokers, breastfeeding mothers exposed to secondhand smoke:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P29 A lactation specialist seeking to reduce the effect of stressors on a new mother’s life should recognize that:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P30 Breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P31 During pregnancy, ________blood concentrations of estrogen act to ________maternal sensitivity to pain.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P32 Women who are being treated for inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease, _______ be encouraged to breastfeed, because ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P33 The early postpartum in women with type 1 diabetes is usually characterized by :

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P35 A woman’s adjustment to the role of motherhood is aided by the release of oxytocin, which leads to:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P37 As compared with diabetic mothers who do not breastfeed, diabetic mothers who do breastfeed have blood glucose concentrations that generally average:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P38 Women in whom gestational diabetes developed during pregnancy but resolved at parturition are best advised to ________ because ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P39 How does vaccinating a pregnant women influence the health of the infant?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P40 A mother who breastfeeds six times in 24 hours will reliably prevent ovulation during the first 6 months postpartum. Is this statement true or false? Why?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P41 Prophylactic antibiotics given to a mother during labor to reduce group B Streptococcus concentration may:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P42 Which of the following promotes candidiasis in a breastfeeding diabetic mother?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P43 Which of the following actions will reduce the likelihood of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in neonates immediately after birth?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P44 A breastfeeding mother of a 4-month-old baby who contracts an acute illness, such as influenza or gastroenteritis, should ________ wean in order to ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P45 The American Red Cross recommends that lactating women wait at least ________ weeks after giving birth before donating blood if the delivery ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P46 Which of the following is the best response to someone who asks if women who have seizure disorders should breastfeed?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P47 The injected insulin taken by lactating women with type 1 diabetes ________ pass to the infant in her milk, ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P48 A mother who experiences peripartum depression is most likely to:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P49 A woman who presents with amenorrhea, abundant milk supply, and high prolactin concentrations likely has symptoms of:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P50 As compared with the effectiveness of contraceptive pills or intrauterine devices, the contraceptive effectiveness of lactational amenorrhea is ________ and the mother has not bled vaginally after day 56 postpartum.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P51 As compared to breastfeeding women without type 1 diabetes, breastfeeding women with type 1 diabetes:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P52 As compared with nonsmokers, women who regularly smoke cigarettes _______________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P53 Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disease thought to be caused by an autoimmune response, typically:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P54 Which of the following describes a typical effect of moderate or severe peripartum depression?

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P55 After childbirth, but before a breastfeeding woman’s menses return, she will ovulate:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P56 The link between supplements fed to a breastfed infant and return of menses is that:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P57 All of the following influence suppression of ovulation, but only the ________ can be relatively easily measured.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P58 Mothers with cystic fibrosis generally ________ be encouraged to breastfeed, because ________.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P59 After parturition, a mother with type 1 diabetes will excrete ________ in her urine.

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P60 While she is being treated for tuberculosis, a mother who gives birth vaginally should:

P-IBCLC BFHL-17-P62 The Bellagio Consensus states that exclusive breastfeeding during the first ________ months postpartum, in the absence of vaginal bleeding after day 56 postpartum, provides about ________% protection against pregnancy.