Last January 15 was published in Babies and more the post The specialist consultants also convey myths about breastfeeding, written by the editor Eva Paris, which was analyzed the role of consultants specialized in Breastfeeding.
The Association of Certified Breastfeeding Consultants of Spain (IBCLC) has contacted Babies and more to make a series of points regarding this text, which we invite you to read:
“I am obliged to defend the good name of Certified Breastfeeding Consultants (IBCLC) who advise Lactation in our country, and remind you that in order to obtain the certification it is necessary the accreditation of 1000 hours of experience in the care of mothers and specific training in previous breastfeeding, and pass an extensive and complex exam. The certification extends over a period of five years, after which recertification is necessary to hold the IBCLC title.The updating of the knowledge of the IBCLC is guaranteed by the International Lactation Consultant Association, which is the only international organization that is currently evaluating breastfeeding training. In fact, the importance of the IBCLC for breastfeeding and breastfeeding management is a standard recommendation in efforts to improve the promotion, protection and support at the local, regional, national and global levels of breastfeeding by organizations such as the Organization World Health.
In this regard, Certified Breastfeeding Consultants know the Cochrane review "Treatments for breast engorgement during breastfeeding", 2011, according to which studies that support the effectiveness of some of the treatments referred to in the article on Reference are not solid, such as cabbage leaves, while recognizing that its application to the breast can relieve, is unlikely to be harmful and is cheap.
In the same way, we know the estrogenic activity of herbal extracts, and whose effects can be consulted on www.e-lactancia.org, such as fenugreek or fenugreek mentioned, and which can decrease milk production when administered during breastfeeding.
I would also like to mention the guide of the Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-Based Care on interventions aimed at treating pain and lesions on the nipples based on the evidence that recommends warm water compresses or infusions to reduce nipple pain
These examples serve to illustrate that the recommendations in Breastfeeding can be controversial, not being able to classify as myths or underestimate the level of knowledge of Certified Breastfeeding Consultants from a single study, much less, of their summary or comments of the same.
The Certified Breastfeeding Consultants work based on the available scientific evidence, and when we inform the mother of any of the measures that mothers and daughters have been transmitted for generations, we inform them if their effectiveness is controversial or widely demonstrated, no replace in no case the treatments whose effectiveness is demonstrated ”.
