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Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:14:55 -0600
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My sympathies to you, Diane, on the loss of your mother. You've had a rough
time, and I imagine you can expect some hard months ahead. As we tell new
mums, "hang in there, it WILL get easier."

Your comment about changing your business was interesting, because I'm in
exactly the same place. My youngest child went to school this year (into
grade 7 after being educated at home), my LLL ACL position finished, I
finished a position on the local childbirth association board, and NOW was
the time to devote to my LC business. However, after analyzing the number of
babies born in my area, I realized there simply aren't enough to keep me
busy as an LC. So, I started thinking about what I really like to do besides
breastfeeding work. I really like doing educational stuff and working with
new parents postpartum, not just on the bf issues. I think many
breastfeeding problems are just parenting/unrealistic expectation problems,
anyway, which is why LLL is so effective with new parents--new parents need
to be helped to gain a more realistic perspective on life with baby, and
also know they are not the only ones not handling things as well as they'd like.
        Anyway, I'm now restructuring my business and am hoping to provide
some prenatal and postpartum parentcraft classes (bathing, diapering, etc.)
along with breastfeeding classes, and perhaps a series of postpartum classes
with guest speakers, etc. I think that perhaps with increased rapport
because of more contact, I may find myself busier with breastfeeding
consults. But if not, I'm still working with new parents, and maybe even
earning a living. I know I can't do that here doing just LC work. (We only
have about 300 babies born within a 1 1/2 drive of my town, very few
professional women who tend to be the ones renting pumps, and no high-risk
babies--they are all flown out to Edmonton.)
        Good luck with your new business, Diane. Maybe we can chat further
via e-mail, because I'd be very interested in where you're thinking of going.

Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC
Peace River Breastfeeding Clinic
Peace River Alberta, Canada

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