The Partner-Engagement Gap: A Free Screening Checklist for IBCLCs
Most of our intake protocols screen the birthing parent. Almost none of them screen for partner engagement, even though it's a recognized risk factor for postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.
As IBCLCs and postpartum professionals, we're often the only clinicians who get a raw, real look inside a newly postpartum family's life. We notice things other providers don't, who shows up for feeds, who asks how she's really doing, whether breastfeeding struggle is treated as a shared problem or hers alone.
This free one-page checklist gives you 7 practical ways to start closing that gap:
Two questions to add to your intake
What to actually observe during visits (not just ask)
A script for checking in on partners directly
A verbatim script partners can use to recognize PPD/PPP warning signs
How to build your referral pathway before you need it
How to push this at an organizational level
How to keep it within your scope
Written by: Emily Kaiser, MSW, RLC, IBCLC - for IBCLCs and postpartum professionals who want to build stronger psychosocial screening into their practice.
