Dear Lactnet Friends:

I agree with those, including Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon-General of the
US, who say that the bulk of the barriers to breastfeeding in the States
are societal. Not medical.

However, the issue of licensure is a separate one because of the nature of
the health services delivery system in the US. I wonder which will come
first, ABM creating an official subspecialty (once breastfeeding has a
Boards, it can become an official subspecialty), or IBCLCs becoming
licensed. In the medicalized system that prevails here in the States, both
are needed.

Mothers will always help each other; mother to mother (or parent to parent)
support will always be essential, will always be readily accessible and
will always occur. Reminds me that folks don't stop putting bandaids on
their children because other folks are certified in First Aid.

warmly,

-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth

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