>Just my thoughts here:  I have been an active LLL Leader for 12 and 1/2
>years.  I have breastfed five children. I have read every book I could get
>my hands on about breastfeeding, attended as many conferences as I could
>afford, and helped countless mothers and babies throughout the years. I have
>no formal degrees, no initials after my name.  I still have a couple of
>years of lay counceling before I qualify to sit the exam. A person who has
>never had children, much less breastfed one, can sit the exam with a four
>year degree in engineering.  Who would you rather have help you with a
>breastfeeding problem?

>Kay Hagan-Haller

I am also working on the requirements to take the exam and I find this post
confusing.  Couldn't Kay receive credit for her 12 years of contact hours
helping moms in LLL as well as CERPS for the conferences?  My understanding
is that my mentor down here in Costa Rica, Nancy Sabean used her LLL hours
to fufill her contact hours.  Also, wouldn't the "B.A. in engineering" have
to fufill the minimum contact hour requirement as well as the continuing ed
hours before taking the exam? I'm just a rookie and the exam seems miles
away for me but could someone clarify this?

Jessica V. Cordero
LLL leader, hospital volunteer and "long term effects" nut
Costa Rica