Log your lactation clinical hours and see where you stand
For IBCLC candidates: log each lactation clinical session and course as you go and see your hours by Pathway 1, 2 or 3 inside the five year window, your 95 education hours, and what ages out next, against the published numbers. Only the certifying body decides eligibility, and your entries stay in this browser.
Yours, on your device: your hours are stored only in this browser. There is no account and nothing is uploaded.
An invented candidate, counted on 27 September 2026
- under 10 h
- 10 to 24 h
- 25 h or more
- leaves next
Pathway 1, 1,000 hours
Not yetRecognised health professionals and recognised breastfeeding support counsellors.
999 of 1,000 hours. Needs 1 more hour inside the five year window.
Every number, with its source
- Pathway 1: 1,000 hours within the 5 years before you apply (Candidate Information Guide, Section IV.A, Pathway 1, items 3 to 8).
- In an appropriate supervised setting; the hours do not need to be directly supervised.
- 999 hours counted. Needs 1 more hour inside the five year window.
- Every logged hour inside the window counts for this pathway.
- 16 counted hours leave the window in the next 90 days, the first on 3 November 2026.
- At your pace of 2.5 hours a week over the last 12 weeks, the logged hours would reach this number around 4 October 2026.
- under 10 h
- 10 to 24 h
- 25 h or more
- leaves next
Pathway 2, 300 hours
Number reachedGraduates of an accredited lactation academic programme.
714 of 300 hours. The logged hours reach the published 300.
Every number, with its source
- Pathway 2: 300 hours within the 5 years before you apply (Candidate Information Guide, Section IV.B, Pathway 2, item 3).
- Directly supervised by currently certified consultants in good standing.
- 714 hours counted. The logged hours reach the published 300.
- 285 logged hours inside the window are left out by this pathway's rules.
- No counted hours leave the window in the next 90 days.
- The logged hours already reach this number.
- under 10 h
- 10 to 24 h
- 25 h or more
- leaves next
Pathway 3, 500 hours
Number reachedCandidates in a mentorship plan verified before any hours are earned.
714 of 500 hours. The logged hours reach the published 500.
Every number, with its source
- Pathway 3: 500 hours within the 5 years before you apply (Candidate Information Guide, Section IV.C, Pathway 3, item 3).
- Directly supervised by currently certified consultant mentors, under a plan verified before the hours begin.
- 714 hours counted. The logged hours reach the published 500.
- 285 logged hours inside the window are left out by this pathway's rules.
- No counted hours leave the window in the next 90 days.
- The logged hours already reach this number.
Log a session in seconds
Date, minutes, setting, what you did and who supervised. Repeat the last entry with one tap, and log courses with their hours and whether they covered the WHO Code or communication skills.
Counted inside the window
Pathway 1 asks for 1,000 hours, Pathway 2 for 300 and Pathway 3 for 500, all within the five years before you apply. The progress page shows each total, the gap and the hours that leave the window next.
Names stay on your device
Your entries, your supervisors' and mentors' names and your notes are stored only in this browser. There is no account and nothing is uploaded. Never type a patient's or a family's name: the log has no field for one and does not need it.
What it is not
- Lactation Ledger does not determine eligibility. The certifying body decides eligibility. The app shows your logged hours against the published numbers, with the source named.
- It keeps records and does arithmetic. It gives no clinical or medical advice.
- Lactation Ledger is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE), the IBCLC Commission, the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE) or any other certifying body. IBCLC and CDCES are certification marks of their owners.
Requirement figures from the certifying body's Candidate Information Guide (updated March 2026) and its web pages, read 27 September 2026. The body's current candidate guide governs: check it before you apply.
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