In a message dated 2/3/99 10:48:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, Nleeguitar
writes:

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>  Dear Folks:
>     This is in reply to Brenda Phipps concern about touching people as an
> IBCLC. For the WIC supervisor to reconsider letting an IBCLC do consults out
> of concern for this issue seems like quite an overreaction. As Chloe Fisher
> and others have encouraged, one very rarely needs to touch to assist with a
> breastfeeding problem. I don't put my finger in a baby's mouth any more , as
> the shape of the mother's nipple the instant it leaves the baby's mouth
tells
> me what is going on in there. If there is any need for suck-training, the
> mother can be coached, as she uses her own finger.
>       Different story when I am doing cranio-sacral therapy. In that case I am
> using my finger in the baby's mouth for a very specific purpose, to do very
> specific techniques.
>       When in doubt, refer to the ILCA standards of practice! What do they say?
I
> can't find my copy right this second.....probably filed somewhere that I
can'
> t remember. Warmly, Nikki Lee
>