I have been following the reaction to the SOP with much interest. I am not 
a LC, nor a LLL; years ago I qualified as a BC with the Israel Childbirth 
Education Association, a daughter organization of the National Childbirth 
Trust of England. Due to health reasons I let my certificate lapse, only 
to find that I couldn't re-qualify because they'd changed the 
requirements. Simply, I don't have a college degree.
I continued to advise, read journals, and go to courses, workshops and 
seminars. I consistently refer up when I see I'm over my head.
Two years ago, when my youngest child went to school I hoped to become an 
IBLC but the requirements for documented hours for a person without a 
degree were impossible for me to fill anytime in the reasonable future. I 
am a writer and I lecture occasionally  and I cannot volunteer instead of 
working.
While I can appreciate that the IBLC needs to maintain a high level of 
professionalism in order to garner points in the world of modern medicine, 
I wonder at what point you lose more than you gain.
I am just the kind of person the IBLC has succeed in keeping out of the 
profession. I would be sorry to see all of you wonderful people leave.

Yael Edelstein

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