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I agree with Marsha and Kathleen that, given the choice between the
two, ILCA should write standards of practice, not the IBLCE BOD.
OTOH, there are a several important concerns to address. One is that
ILCA clearly and knowingly abdicated that authority to the IBLCE
BOD, since they were aware that this was happening and even
collaborated to a point. This is very concerning--how could it happen
that ILCA did not put a stop to this in the first place. We are often
only powerless when we allow it and I worry about a BOD (ILCA) that
has allowed itself to be so powerless as compared with the IBLCE BOD.
Secondly, there are contradictions and confusion within the
guidelines written by ILCA as well and some are pretty significant.
Even so, the ILCA BOD does seem to more consistently reflect real
practice and I have more hope that they could do a good job of
tearing down the old structure and creating a truly functional one.
Thirdly, we would really need to add a formal registration process
and not have ILCA membership be optional OR we would need a third
organization that is responsible for registration and ethics,
separate from ILCA and the IBLCE.
Again, I encourage everyone to look at the CPM info I linked to
earlier--it is an excellent framework for us. The fact that midwives
in the US have a difficult time with the medical establishment's
attempts to fully control birth is actually not an indicator that
this is the wrong model, but rather evidence that it is the right
one. Look at what has happened to birth b/c it has been medicalized--
if we follow the path we have been going down, then we will have
succeeded in fully medicalizing infant feeding as well. I'd much
rather we as a whole took the physiologic norm as our mantra!
Jennifer Tow
"Breastfeeding is the practice of mothering".
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