Felicia writes:

It  reminds me of a conference I was at for childbirth educators and a 
session  about lactation help (given by long time LLL Chele Marmet) she told the 
group  about referring moms to LLL.  You never know if they are calling a 
Leader  with her first phone call or a Leader who has doing this for 20 years 
– so  don’t be afraid to call back or call a different leader you can be 
getting  different skill sets.  It doesn’t mean as a Leader we are not 
allowed to  learn or to say I think I saw something like this before. .  .
~~~ I would say the same thing about IBCLCs. One never knows if this is  
their first official call as an IBCLC, stepping into the waters, or the person 
 has many years of actual experience, or where their experience was gained, 
what  aged babies their experience may have been focused on. ( Moms can 
look up how  long someone may have been certified officially, most don't,  but 
this  still tells them nothing about how much real experience she has 
working alone  with new moms in differing, desperate situations.) Since IBLCE has 
no  practical component to its exam, there is no assessment of anything but 
book  learning/test performance that has been judged.  Looking back I  
think, wow, those poor mothers who saw me in the first, uh, 5-7 years...  :)
 
Peace,
Judy

 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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