Quick Start Guide:

REGISTRATION®: Use the registration mark ® symbol for the first time only!
- drugs, equipment and food, anything related to the content that is a proper noun. 

ABBREVIATION: not at beginning of sentence!
- for full names, follow with abbreviation immediately (first time only)
- use periods for places like U.S. and U.K.

NUMBERS: always use a digit after a noun: day 8, case 4

CAPITALIZATION: capitalize all words in titles except for prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, articles unless first word

Full Style Guide:

ILCA Style Guidelines for Written Professional Resources - (speaker list included at the end but also on a separate wiki page)

International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®)

BRITISH ENGLISH VERSUS U.S. ENGLISH
The use of spellings specific to either British English or U.S. English will be maintained. Prior to jointly submitting a co-authored document for publication by ILCA. Generally, this means "stick to the slides" if they use a certain spelling. But PLEASE LET A CSL KNOW IF THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS to the point where it becomes detrimental to your XF or quality of job.  

ABBREVIATIONS (or not)
Academic Degrees, Certifications, and Honors
Academic degrees are abbreviated in the text when used with a full name (e.g., Lucy A. Smith, IBCLC, PhD).
Academic degrees can be used alone in certain circumstances (e.g., Lucy is an IBCLC and holds a PhD in biology.).
Titles and degrees should not be included in the byline.

Acronyms and Registration Marks
At first mention in the text, use full name with the abbreviation following immediately in parentheses.
Use the registration mark ® the first time the name is used.
Capitalize trade and brand names of drugs, equipment, and food.
Avoid introducing an abbreviation in a subheading or beginning a sentence with an abbreviation.

Examples:
Fellows of ILCA (FILCA), then FILCA
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®), then IBLCE
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®), then IBCLC
International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®), then ILCA
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (International Code), then International Code (not “the Code” or “WHO Code”)

To use an abbreviation, the term must be used 4 or more times in the text.

Places
At first mention in the text, the name of a state, territory, province, or country should be spelled out when it follows the name of a city (e.g., Montreal, Quebec; Melbourne, Australia).
Names of cities, states, countries, territories, possessions, provinces, and countries should be spelled out in full when they stand alone. If a state name appears with a city, they are abbreviated without periods (e.g., Washington, DC).
Abbreviations such as U.S. and U.K. (with no spaces between the period and the letter) can be used as modifiers only when they precede the word they are modifying, and should be spelled out in all other contexts (e.g., U.K. hospitals; hospitals in the United Kingdom). 

 

SPECIAL CONTENT: USE THESE PROVIDED SPELLINGS

antifungal (no hyphen)
artificial nipple or bottle teat (not “bottle nipple”)

breastfeeding-friendly (not capitalized when used generically)
Baby-Friendly designated (not “certified,” no trademark)
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, or BFHI after first use (all capitalized, no trademark)
birth weight (two words)
bottle feeding (as an adjective use “bottle-fed”)
breast pump (two words)
breast/chest pump (preferred over “breast pump”)
breastfeeding (not “nursing,” when referring solely to a breastfeeding mother or a parent of any gender who prefers this term)
breastfeeding/chestfeeding (preferred over “breastfeeding” when referring to parents of any gender directly feeding at the breast/chest)
breast milk (two words); use of “human milk” is preferred; “mother’s own milk,” “father’s own milk,” “parent’s own milk,” or “expressed milk” may be used

candida infection (thrush), if “candida infection” is used also use “thrush.”
caesarean birth or caesarean section (British English: lower case, not “C-section”)
cesarean birth or cesarean section (U.S. English: lower case, not “C-section”)
cup feeding (as an adjective use “cup-fed”)
chestfeeding (not chest-feeding)

dysphoric milk ejection reflex, or d-MER after first use

expressing (not “pumping”)
expressed milk (not “pumped milk”)

father (not an informal alternative such as “dad,” “da,” or “papa”)
father–infant or father–infant dyad, with a dash (not “father–baby”)
finger feeding (as an adjective use “finger-fed”)
formula-fed (hyphenate adjectives)

health care (two words) 
human milk (preferred over “breast milk”)
human milk substitute (use of “formula” is acceptable; use “breastmilk substitute (BMS)” only if part of a legal document; avoid “artificial baby milk”)

IBCLC (not “LC”)
infant (rather than “baby”)
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (spell out in full when first mentioned), or International Code after first use (not “The Code” or “WHO Code”)

JHL 
Journal of Human Lactation

lactation consultant (lowercase; never “LC”); use of “International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®)” is preferred
La Leche League, or LLL after first use (not “the League”)
latch (not “attachment” or “latch-on” when used as a noun) (e.g., The baby had a good latch.)
late preterm infant (not “near term infant”)
lip-tie (hyphenate)
low birth weight (noun) (e.g., Her second baby had a low birth weight.)
low-birth-weight (adjective) (e.g., Low-birth-weight babies require closer observation.); use of “small for gestational age” is preferred

mastitis (rather than “breast infection”)
mother (not an informal alternative such as “mom,” “mum,” or “mama”)
mother–infant or mother–infant dyad, with a dash (not “mother–baby”)
milk ejection (not “letdown”)
milk ejection reflex, or MER after first use
milk expression (not “pumping”)

pacifier (dummy); if “pacifier” is used, also use “dummy”
parent–infant or parent–infant dyad, with a dash (not “parent–baby”)
physician (not “doctor”)
plugged duct (not “clogged duct”)
preterm (not “premature”)
professional nurse or registered nurse, or RN after first use (not “nurse”)

relactation (no hyphen)
rooming-in (hyphenate)

skin-to-skin (adjective) (e.g., Skin-to-skin care is recommended for all newborns.)
skin to skin (verb) (e.g., Her baby was put skin to skin shortly after the birth.)
small for gestational age, or SGA after first use (preferred over “low-birth-weight”)
syringe feeding (as an adjective use “syringe-fed”)

tongue-tie (hyphenate) or ankyloglossia

Web-based (capital W; hyphenated)
Web site (uppercase; two words)

 

Day of the Week, Months, Years, Eras
These should not be abbreviated.

Names/Titles
For initials, there are periods after the initials, with spaces between them (e.g., L. A. Smith). 
Spell out titles and do not capitalize if used after a name (e.g., Professor Smith; Lucy Ann Smith, professor of biology).
The title Dr. should be used only after the specified academic degree has been mentioned and only with the surname (e.g., After receiving her PhD in Lactation, Dr. Smith started work at McGill University.).

Do not spell out numbers in these cases
(in scientific writing, numerals are used to express numbers in most circumstances)
• After designators— write “day 8”, “case 4”, “treatment protocol 5”.
• When writing out specific percentages (e.g., A 5% incidence (95% confidence interval, 1No value assigned) was reported).
• When denoting age, measures of time, money, or temperature:

Examples:
The parents brought in their 8-month-old infant.
Sore nipples lasted for the first 2 weeks.
The infant’s temperature was 38.7C (101.7F).

Spell out numbers in these cases:
They are less than 10 (except in mathematical functions, quantities, percentages, ratios, or percentiles).
They are at the beginning of a sentence, title, subtitle, heading (but write numbers as numerals elsewhere in the sentence):

Examples:
One in 10 parents
Four in 100 infants
Twenty-seven percent to 30% of patients
Twenty-first century parents

Common Fractions (these are expressed as hyphenated words).

Examples:

one-fourth or two-thirds

When used as pronouns. (e.g. Usually, at least ten show up for the breastfeeding class.)

Ordinal numerals
Ordinals “first” through “ninth” should be spelled out (e.g., the second infant, his fifth son)
Ordinals greater than “ninth” are written in numerical form, except at the beginning of a sentence (e.g. She is the 10th parent to deliver today.).

Numbers of four or more digits
There should be commas between three digits in units of 1,000 or more (e.g., 1,000; 9,999; 2,091,050).
Exceptions include page numbers, binary digits, and degrees of temperature, which do not take commas.

Plurals of numbers
Add s without an apostrophe (e.g., 1950s).

TITLES/SUBTITLES
Wrap titles of all stand-alone documents (books, journals, position papers, information sheets) in quotation marks.

Examples:
"Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies"
"Journal of Human Lactation"
"Clinical Guidelines for the Establishment of Exclusive Breastfeeding"

Capitalization of Words in Titles/Subtitles
Capitalize all major words, verbs (including linking verbs), nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns (including short words such as Not, Be, Go, Do, Am, Is).
The first word or the title (and any subtitles/subheadings) should be capitalized.
Do not use capitals for prepositions (regardless of length—this is different than what the APA recommends), coordinating conjunctions, or articles, unless they are the first word in the title or subtitle/subheading.
Common words that are NOT capitalized: a, an, and, the, and, of, nor, or, with, among, to, in, from, on

Hyphenated Compounds
When a capitalized word is a hyphenated compound in the title, capitalize both words.

Examples:
Baby-Friendly
Community-Based
Long-Term
Part-Time

SPEAKER LIST — Note these are included here for convenience but also on a separate wiki page.

These names are taken from the main ILCA speaker page at: https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/ILCA/speakers.asp?pfp=Browse%20by%20Speaker

 

A

Al Far, AyahPrivate Practice & University Lecturer
Ali, Siti MariamJohor Health State Department, Ministry Of Health Malaysia
Ashiyama, JackelineCrianzamor
B
Bagley, IvyChildren’s Health Services
Beck, HollyThe Holding Presence LLC
Bergouignan, Marie-CarolinePrivate practice
Bucsh, DeborahThe Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
C
Campbell, SuzanneThe University Of British Columbia - School Of Nursing
Carothers, CathyEvery Mother, Inc.
Chad, NinaWorld Health Organization
Chamberlain, KristinaUniversity of California San Diego Extension
Chandni, AyishaFounder: The Mother's Club
Chao-Huei, ChenTaichung Veternas General Hospital
Chapin, EliseBFHI/UNICEF
Charlamb, JayneSUNY Upstate Medical Universiry
Cooper, CrystalCrystal Cooper
D
Dodgson, JoanJournal of Human Lactation
Dumas, Louise
F
Fuson, AdrienneLactation Solutions NW
G
Goldman, LindaCalif. State University Dominguez Hills
H
Hamdan, MotasemAl-Quds University
Hawsawi, TaghreedKFSHRC
Hill, SarayInternational Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
Hirani, ShelaUniversity of Regina
I
Ismail, HamizahInternational Islamic University Malaysia
J
Jamani, Nurjasmine AidaInternational Islamic University Malaysia
K
Khasawneh, WafaCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
Killings, Nekisha
L
LaGrandeur, RobinUniversity of Washington
Lai, SoniaVirginia Mason Franciscan Health
Lake, SaraInternational Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
Landy, CynthiaCircle Medical Breastfeeding Clinic
LaVigne FitzPatrick, EileenBaby Friendly USA
M
Mackenzie, AnnabelleIBLCE Board of Directors
Mahmoud, SallyCal State University Dominguez Hills
Miller, CarrieSeattle University-College of Nursing
Moss, DaviaSUNY Upstate University Hospital
Moughrabi, SamiraCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-DOMINGUEZ HILLS
O
Oliveira, MarianaUFCSPA
P
Powell, RebeccaIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Medicine
R
Regts, JanetSouth Calgary Primary Care Network
Richardson, AubreyPrivate Practice
S
Sathiaseelan, ShyamalaLactation & beyond
Semenic, SoniaIngram School of Nursing, McGill University
Shats, KatherineUNICEF
Shelby, KendraBalanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Shenker, NatalieImperial College London
Smith, LindaBright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.
Soliman, SamahFakeeh Hospital
Syed Abd Hamid, Syed Abdul KhaliqInternational Islamic University Malaysia
T
Tajuddin, Hairin AnisaPRPKA
Tedder, JaniceHUG Your Baby
Tomori, CeciliaJohns Hopkins School of Nursing & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tully, KristinUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill
V
Vargas, MaryelenaFairleigh Dickinson University and themotherbabydoc.com
W
Webber, ElaineUniversity of Detroit Mercy
Wodwaski, NadineUniversity of Detroit Mercy
Y
Yuan (袁), Jing (静)Le Bu Breastfeeding Support Center (乐哺母乳哺育支持中心)