Hi~

My name is Stacy and I am fairly new to this list.  I hope to someday become
an IBCLC, but since I am a stay at home mom it's going to take me awhile yet.
 For the time being I am a Certified Lactation Educator and I have done a
little bit of consulting with new moms.

I have just recently moved to a small town in N. Ca. where there is virtually
no breastfeeding support for moms.  I have yet to find a LLL or Nursing
Mother's Council and the local hospital doesn't offer any type of
breastfeeding support at this time.  Which is what leads to my next question.
 I have been trying to get into the hospital to give these mom's the much
needed support, I even went as far as to volunteer my time a few days a week.
 I was turned down.  The woman who I spoke with was an IBCLC and she seemed
very resistant to having me help her.  However, she only works at the
hospital 1-2 days per week and sometimes for only 4 hours at a time.  She has
told me that the hospital won't let me work there, not even volunteer.  Does
anybody here know why this may be?

The last question I have is this.  I have gone through the hospitals public
relations dept. to see about starting a breastfeeding support group at the
hospital.  Today they told me they were very interested.  I am trying to find
out how to start and run a successful breastfeeding support group.  Could I
get this info. from those of you who have done it?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely-
Stacy
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