Dear Jan,
       Well said!!!  Can you hear me clapping?

       -Debi Page Ferrarello, RN, MS, IBCLC
anyone else feeling saddened by the fact that someone so experienced and
learned as Kathy Auerbach is selling real estate because she needs to make a
living?  I'm thinking of opening a flower shop.

In a message dated 8/13/01 4:09:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> The issue at hand is not whose best and whose not best or educating the
> public -- the issue at hand is how can we make IBCLCs professional *enough*
> that they are being paid what they are worth and recognized by the payors as
> worthy of being paid.
>
> As for not medicalizing breastfeeding -- hey -- I'm all for it, and will be
> delighted to see a decrease in the medicalization of breastfeeding, which I
> can assure you will happen just as soon as childbirth is demedicalized.

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