GREETINGS FELLOW LACTNETERS I'M NEW TO THIS AND IT'S TAKEN ME DAYS TO SEND
THIS MESSAGE ALONE. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I'M AWOL FROM NURSE MIDWIFERY
SCHOOL AND WORKING WITH MOM'S AND BABES SINCE 1975 I BECAME AN LC AFTER I
MYSELF REC'D TREMENDOUS HELP FROM ONE OF ALL CHILDREN'S FINEST NEO-LC'S IN
ST PETE FL WITH T MY THIRD CHILD BORN WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT
VESSELS AND THE ENSUING PROBLEMS FOLLOWING HIS SURGICALLY INDUCED CEREBRAL
PALSY.
I'M TRAINED IN '89 VIA UCLA AT NORTHWESTERN, SAT FOR BOARDS IN '91 AND HAVE
COMBINED PRIV PRAC. AND HOSP BASED LC ON THE SPACE COAST OF FL. MY NEXT
DREAM IS TO ASSSIST WITH THE FIRST NEWBORN BREASTFED IN SPACE !! HOW HAVE I
DONE SO FAR ?
IS IT OK TO CHAT AT MIDNIGHT ON LINE ? I'M ALSO THE ILCA/FL AFFILIATE FLCA
REPRESENTATIVE TO FLA PERINATAL ASSOC. AS THE ONLY LC IN THE DECISION
MAKING MEMBERSHIP I AM HONORED BUT THERE'S ALOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE
POLITICAL ARENA TO BUILD OUR CREDIBILITY AMONGST THE MEDICAL AND PUBLIC
REALMS. IT'S IMMENSE AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY.
I'M ANXIOUSLY AWAITING GLOPAR'S MEETING BEFORE THE HEA CONFERENCE IN
ORLANDO JANUARY. I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS AND JUST AS MUCH TO SHARE I
LOOK FORWARD TO LACTNET AND LEARNING HOW TO USE THIS KEYBOARD FASTER WHEW !