Vicki  asks:
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you must not be talking about America, Alla. I was a newborn  nursery nurse 
in the early 70's and and we supplemented the babies with  Similac, I 
believe it was, premixed and also glucose water. Not powder. When  were the first 
lactation consultants? 
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The first lactation consultants (known as that) were in the early  '80's.  
Chele Marmet and Ellen Shell's course in Encino CA, the UCLA  program in LA 
with Sandra Steffes and Kittie Frantz and Judi Lauwer's  Breastfeeding 
Support Consultant's home study course were among the very first  programs out 
there.  The IBLCE exam and the first ILCA conference were both  in 1985 at the 
del Coronado in San Diego, though people were "certified" through  their 
courses before the IBLCE exam began.  Pat Bull was the first  lactation 
consultant (so designated) in Illinois -- she had taken UCLA's first  CLC (and 
then it meant "certified lactation consultant" in 1982.  She moved  to IL and 
started a private practice in 1983, where I joined her in early  1985.  
 
That was back in  the day when people were still saying, "a WHAT?  Location 
consultant?   You work in real estate?"  
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA,  IBCLC, FILCA 


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