Hi everyone,

I have been lurking since signing back on to lactnet.  I want to briefly
intro myself.  I have not been on lactnet in quite a few years, at least 4.
I was a LLLL in CT.  My plan to sit the exam at that time, put on hold by the
whirlwind of an intense fourth baby, then marital difficulties.  I am now
happy to be back, living in sunny S. FL, sitting the exam this summer, single
and student--mom to four lovely children.

In a message dated 5/11/02 7:14:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> I remember when you were a failure
> if you "used a shield" to help a mom...now we all know they have benefits as
> well as risks...

This example just goes to point out that not only has the info changed but
the facts as well.  I "remember when" this attitude was pretty much true,
because the mom would be a failure with a shield that often did contribute to
milk stasis and nipple damage just by design, thick and unyielding.  The
flexible silicon creates a circumstantially useful tool--now.

However, a new problem emerges (the f/u thread) and thus the need for new
methods to assist with d/c the use.  They don't snip away as easily as the
oldies.  New methods, new info, new problems, new solutions.  dynamic field.

Karen Seroussi LLLL, B.S., IBCLC 2002 candidate

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