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Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:48:06 -0400
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> And you know what?  I suspect that they could be right!  Nearly every day
I
> *wish* I had trained as a nurse.  I wish I knew much, much more about the
> physical and physiological and anatomical intricacies of lactation and
> breastfeeding.  I wish I had much more theoretical and practical knowledge
> and that it had been taught to me by someone with the "best"
qualifications,
> instead of mostly self-taught by observation. I wish I had been trained in
> at least the basics of all the other health conditions that impact on
> lactation or breastfeeding, and knew more about how breastfeeding affected
> other health conditions.  I don't mind at all that other HCPs don't speak
my
> language, but I sure wish I could speak theirs!

But Pam, I don't think it NEEDS to be a registered nurse course that can
teach you this.  And from what I learned in nursing it WON'T be a registered
nurse course that will teach you this!!!  I think it needs to be a specialty
in lactation, for anyone, no matter what their background (teaching,
nutrition, LLLL, real estate, lawyer, MD, RN,  etc).

> BTW, does anyone know what happens after 2003 to the IBCLCs who have *not*
> attended the full-time courses?

I "assume" current IBCLCs will all be "grandmothered." :-)    ie: we will
still be valid.  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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