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☀️ Support and advocacy for MA IBCLCs
🌷 Guidance for aspiring professionals
🤱🏽 Feeding support for families

11/25/2025

✨ Join the Executive Board! ✨

We’re opening nominations for several Executive Board of Directors positions. Voting will take place in December to ensure transparency and fairness.

If you’re passionate about supporting lactation professionals, consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these roles:

🟣 President
• 2-year term
• Must have served at least one year on the board

🟣 Treasurer
• 2-year term
• Begins January 1, 2026

🟣 General Board Member
• 2-year term
• Begins January 1, 2026

🟣 General Board Member
• 1-year term
• Begins January 1, 2026

Reach out to info@masslca.org to nominate yourself!

11/13/2025

MLCA Presents: Business Finance LOTL

Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Zoom (link to be provided upon registration)

Speaker:
Kim Richards, CFO, Allied Consulting Engineering Services
Kim works with small businesses and individual practitioners to help manage their finances.

Topic:
Kim will provide financial management tips, covering tracking income, expenses, fees, and managing employees or contractors. She will also discuss the distinction between personal and business expenses, clarify common financial terminology, and suggest useful financial tools. Kim will answer your previously submitted questions. There will also be time for a live Q&A.

Submit your questions in advance to: Tamar Winter (up to one week before the event) @ Tamar@tamarwinterlc.com . Please note that Kim is not a CPA (Accountant) but can help identify questions to ask a CPA

11/03/2025

⭐️ Studying for the IBLCE Exam? ⭐️

Join us for an IBLCE Exam Study Group
📅 Monday’s, starting January 12th (for 12 weeks)
🕢 6:30 - 8PM | 💻 Via Zoom

Are you taking the exam this year and not sure where to start? We’ll go over recommended books, resources, and study strategies to help you begin your prep with confidence.

Whether you’re a first-time test taker or recertifying after years in practice, this session is a great way to get organized and stay motivated.

✨ Take advantage of MLCA’s supportive study group and get set for success!

09/07/2025

MLCA’s National Breastfeeding Month Celebration

Join us in honoring National Breastfeeding Month with MLCA!

📅 When: Saturday, September 13th
📍 Where: Allen Riddle Living Room, NWH

We’re excited to welcome Marsha Walker, IBCLC, who will share insights on the evolution of the IBCLC profession and breastfeeding trends over the years. We’ll also hear inspiring stories and experiences from local IBCLCs.

https://www.masslca.org/events #!event/2025/9/13/mlca-apos-s-national-breastfeeding-month-celebration-160

07/29/2025

Congratulations to the MLCA Exam Scholarship Recipient Tarsha!

Tarsha is a Labor and Delivery Nurse, Lactation Counselor, Childbirth Educator, PostPartum Doula and CPR Instructor.

“I am passionate about newborns, maternal health and mental wellness, dedicating my career to supporting families through some of life’s most important moments whether they’re big or small. My goal is to make a difference in the lives of those I care for while empowering them and giving them the confidence to create a longstanding foundation into parenthood. I love finding joy in the little things in life.”

👩🏽‍🏫 Scholarship Information 📚
Recipient Rewards
$695- the cost of the IBCLC Exam
1 year of MLCA IBCLC (listed) Membership
MLCA Swag

07/02/2025

MLCA wants to hear from all the IBCLCs in Massachusetts! If you’re an IBCLC who works in MA and haven’t already filled out the 2025 IBCLC Census, please take a few minutes do it. It will help us advocate for you, our fellow IBCLCs, and shape what licensure can do for us in 2026!
https://forms.gle/JYUzWzjWxWqRcfaa7

06/26/2025

WHO Code — Who Cares? You and the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

New Blog Post by Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

LINK IN STORIES!

06/25/2025

Congratulations to all the newly certified IBCLCs!

06/11/2025

💻June 24, 2025 🤱🏽

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Join us for a special information session with Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC, FLCA!

Kay Hoover, MEd, IBCLC, FLCA, author of The Breastfeeding Atlas, will lead a discussion on the challenges that arise when breastfeeding with larger breasts.

https://www.masslca.org/events #!event/2025/6/24/informational-session-with-kay-hoover-med-ibclc-flca

06/04/2025

Taking the IBCLC Exam in the fall? wants to help! We are offing a full scholarship for a student member. Apply today!

06/04/2025

🌟 Are you preparing for the September IBCLC exam? Join our 12-week study group! 📚✨

Our mentorship committee is here to support you with weekly Zoom meetings where we’ll dive into a comprehensive study guide and learn together. Let’s ace this exam as a team! 💪

https://www.masslca.org/events #!event/2025/6/16/ibclc-exam-study-group

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06/02/2025

Join Massachusetts Lactation Consultant Association and Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition for a presentation on prenatal colostrum collection!

Event: Prenatal Colostrum Collection: Hands on Experience (with receipts)

Event Details: Tasha Gunnarsson, RN, IBCLC will lead a presentation on prenatal colostrum collection.

Event Notes: Zoom invitation link will be emailed.

Cost
Members: $12 (with code: MAIBCLC2025) For MBC & MLCA members only
Non-Members: $20

Credit(s): 1 CERP

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