I waited a year when my mother died... so we deal with social issues on both
sides of the family chain.
We make choices, either for our children who just arrived or for our parents
who are about to leave or just left, because we feel attending to their
needs is important.
It felt good to me, to make that decision. It felt good, to set my
priorities straight. Concentrating on the one, for me, didn't go together
with concentrating on the other.
Some things can wait, other thing cannot.
I agree with those who said that concentration is important for all the exam
takers in the room and being social does not only mean taking your child's
needs into account.
It also means taking the needs of your co-candidates seriously.
Could the mother ask what the cost would be, for having a second proctor in
an adjacent room...? She could then decide whether that is worth it for her.
Many feel the time is abundant; I did use both three hour sessions (morning
and afternoon) fully, however, because I did not want to rush through an
exam that I take once every ten years.
Will the mother herself be able to concentrate enough, if her baby really
needs her? Can she really *be* there for her infant, while she is
concentrating on the exam?
And if she cannot, how worse of is the baby if a secondary caregiver is
there to hold the baby and paying full attention, only calling on the mom if
baby needs to be breastfed...?
And one step further... can we really practice and do consultations for a
mother if our own child is with us...? I don't think so. Clients deserve our
full attention; that is the essence of what we do.
So somehow this baby will have to do without mom every once in a while when
she is working, paying full attention to her clients.
Maybe the exam is a good moment to start practising...?
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
----- Original Message -----
From: "T S" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:52 PM
Subject: [LACTNET] IBLCE exam
Do you know that in the past couple of years, the IBLCE has contracted with
an independent organization to proctor and administer the exam? I'm sure
this move was to help us appear more professional and to remove some
potential for cheating or conflict of interest. There are at least two
monitors per room too, so to set up an additional room would probably cost
[the mother] lots of $$.
The exam has been rewritten (or it is going to be) to be less questions and
with the pictures being in the booklet, one can move at their own pace and
the exam doesn't take all day. There should be some way to get some
expressed breastmilk into this baby, if need be while mom is taking the exam
or if not, she might consider waiting another year in light of her baby's
needs.
Please no flames, I waited a year since my baby's needs were too great when
I first wanted to take the exam.
Terriann
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