On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:15:54 +0000, Fiona creina <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

> 
>For those of you who have become IBCLCs and weren't nurses first, how did 
you go about accumulating the requisite hours of clinical experience before 
sitting the exam?
>>

I had a my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology/Premed. I became a La Leche 
League Leader when my second child was an infant, so I had LLL hours, (I did 
a lot of home visits, as well) then I took on volunteering for the LLL Hot Line 
(more hours than just leading) and then worked part time at LLL headquarters, 
on the 1800 LLL line. I then worked part time, as a Post  Partum Doula, but 
claimed only the hours I worked with breastfeeding mothers, helping them 
breastfeed. It took me about 3 years. 

I feel I gained extensive experience, with babies from preterm VLBW, to 
healthy newborns, to crawlers to toddlers, and beyond.  

Good luck. 

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL
Private Practice 

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