Hi Yael,
I agree with what you say below. I feel the same way whenever I read
lactnet. I have been ibclc since 1992 and realize how much more I know now
but how much more I still have to learn. But that is true of any profession.
My husband is a towboat pilot and I can remember when he was learning
piloting and all the rivers etc and now he is regarded as one of the best
(age 49 with lots of years experience now). Same when I started working in
nicu and after 10 yrs became regarded as one of the veterans. Any
professional, especially a healthcare professional, should always want to
grow and learn. I can't imagine that an opthamologist or neurologist (or
whatever) would ever stop learning new info, techniques, etc. I appreciate
lactnet so much for providing so much information, motivation, and exposure
to new resources for me to explore. I am currently reading Current Issues in
Clinical Lactation 2000 (CICL), editor K. Auerbach, and I find it
excellent!!! Also Barbara Wilson-Clay's and Kay Hoover's book, the BF ATlas,
which I recenlty finished, and in which (as I told Barbara) I find the text
even more valuable than the photographs! Can't wait to get Jack's book next
and to plug it in my bf class tomorrow night! Thanks to all the
professionals who share on lactnet.
Laurie
<<When I got the IBCLC credential, I felt I know less than ever. Because,
being *certified*, I am supposed to know a lot, yet still I feel I know so
little. snip I am humbled by the amount of experience and wisdom here on
lactnet, compared to mine. But I am learning all the time, and, as Esther
said, the more I learn, the more I realize how much more there is to
learn.>>
Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC
Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA
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