Kudos to Katherine!
I, too, would have loved to have seen the expression on the hospital rep.'s
face when you hit her with all those undenial facts! Money talks much more
than newborn babes!

I've been lurking for a couple of months now and figured it was about time
for me to post my intro.

My name is JoAnna Godwin Parente, and I'm an LLL Leader in Goose Creek, SC,
just outside of Charleston. I co-lead with two other, one being Beth Hilleke
(Hi!) online, my ACL. I moved here last August from Hampton, VA, where I was
accredited just before we moved. I'm originally from Benson, NC, just outside
of Raleigh. I attended UNC-Chapel Hill where I graduated in 1992 with a B.A.
in psychology. Not that it matters, but I think I will eventually take the
boards to be a LC when my little ones are big ones one day.

I have a son, Jacob, two and a half years old and a daughter, Grace, who is
three months old now. They are my life right now besides LLL. Nuff said.

Oops- my husband would be offended at my oversight - I'm married to Vince
since just after my graduation from UNC. He's a nuclear machinist mate 1st
class, submariner. Right now he's on his shore duty as an instructor here at
this sub. prototype.

I've learned a great deal while reading Lactnet and I'm enthusuastic about
breastfeeding advocacy in the future with all the great minds found here as
the backbone!

I could add tons to the epi. thread but I must go...

Warmly,
JoAnna