Ah yes - let's talk about how we are approaching this issue of great magnitude - the New IBLCE Scope of Practice, because Betsy is correct - how we approach it may very well have a huge impact on the outcome. Unfortunately she was not specific about that in her first post - she did say sit back and wait. Thank you for clarifying your point. So here are my thoughts: We could all shut up right now - no more letters, no more communication, no one tell anyone else who may not have heard about this.I mean, a whole bunch of us have written our nice little letters that should be enough right? So let's all sit back and wait and see. It's not complacency; it's just that we've done our writing and complaining so let's see what they have to say. (Please know I am being 100% sarcastic here!) Interestingly enough we have been discussing this since October 24. Today is October 29 - that is 5 days worth of discussion and a lot of discussion at that. Big glaring missing thing tho - absolutely NO comment from IBLCE. NOTHING. NADA. Not even a comment of "now, now, dears, nothing to worry about - you're just overreacting is all!", or "Do as we say - Resistance is Futile!" What is wrong with this picture? Most of us started sending in letters 5 days ago. Has anyone gotten a response? I certainly haven't. Not even a form letter.I feel so slighted by that! Not only that, I have yet to receive any notification of any kind re: the new SoP. Makes me wonder what really is going on.why aren't we being made aware of these things - what's up with giving all the people who took the exam that information and not the rest of us? Sneaking in the back door is NOT the action of a professional entity in my book. And personally, if this is how this entity wants to practice - well, maybe I don't want to be associated with it.My personal ethics seem to be much higher than theirs - I don't sneak in back doors. Another thought: I really liked Regina's post on being a rebel and not sitting quietly as we are forced into submission and unable to perform our jobs without risking our certification which is a huge risk to all of us: those who have no other medical certification and those with that certification who forget to take off their LC hat while talking to a client. I like being a rebel.who else likes being a rebel?? I think many of us do.so, let's keep it up! We could make Billy Idol's song Rebel Yell out theme song! "With a Rebel Yell, she cried More, more, more!!!" More letters!!! The way we handle this certainly will have an impact on the outcome - if we stop speaking out now and stop encouraging others to speak out then we will lose our voice and IBLCE will no longer hear us the way they need to. If we continue to get everyone around the world involved in a letter writing campaign and flood the e-mail-boxes of the board members then they will have to listen. And perhaps they will even acknowledge us and act. I seriously doubt that IBLCE board members want to kill the IBLCE, but if they don't listen to the members and make changes NOW they certainly will. Whether or not they do anything is a whole 'nother story.time will tell on that - but I think we also need to look at how much time they take to figure this out. So far the entire group of IBCLC's worldwide has been practicing in direct contradiction to their Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics putting 100% of us at risk. Medical certifications or not - if you have forgotten to take off your LC hat even once while talking with a patient and giving correct information on anything that the Dr. may have gotten wrong - you just blew it. And for those of you in other countries that don't practice in the same (sometimes ridiculous) way that the USA does - you are really screwed. We can all kiss our certifications GoodBye! This is not something that should be dealt with at the next board meeting 3 months down the line.this needs to be dealt with NOW. At the very least, a public apology should be made and this SoP revoked immediately for rewording/reworking. So, before I go get my dinner, my consult went well. Discovered that mommy got virtually no help (maybe 15 min) for her BF because she was a 2nd time mom and BF her first daughter (That was hell for her, btw) and they were very busy the day baby was born. Baby was perfect in every way, corrected latch and positioning and had a great chat with mom's mom who used to be an IBCLC long ago - grandfathered in when the IBLCE was first starting up and the testing was coming in. It was great to talk with someone who had done so long ago what I now do. She also didn't want to tell me she used to be an LC - she mentioned the nipple sandwich which got my ears perked up in a hurry! I made her tell me.it was pretty funny. At any rate - everyone please continue to spread the word, get people writing, get it out there - continue to let IBLCE know they have a big ole messy diaper to clean up! :-) Warmly, Jaye Glad I don't have that kind of mess to clean up! *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html