What is the name of Kathleen Huggins breastfeeding store?  How is it  doing? 
I am still so on the fence about this... been wanting to do it for years  but 
so much holding me back -- like fear of overhead, fear of how do I still  care 
for my 8 year old twins while "minding the store", how do I keep it  
responsibly staffed so that I can get away with family at times, what will  it be like 
to not be able to throw dinner in the oven while still working (as I  do now 
in my home), how do I do a decent consult while potentially "waiting on  
customers", what do I do with the mother who calls at 8 p.m. on Saturday night,  
etc, etc.  I know the business/retailing end because that was my  original field 
of work, been IBCLC for ten years so I have a grip on that, but  it is the 
logistics and the money flow that intimidate me.  So, I think  about this a lot 
and now I hear that a store just like this is about to open  about 45 minutes 
away from me by a mother of a new baby and her friend --  neither IBCLC's.  
They are looking to hire IBCLC's. Bummer.  I have  been long since mesmerized by 
The Upper Breast Side and the amazing job Felina  does and also interested in 
the very controversial Isis in Boston. Then too,  there is the moral and soul 
side of IBCLC that tugs at my heart reminding me  that really -- a woman 
needs nothing but her breasts to breastfeed, so can I  hawk wares with a 
conscience?  I mean this with all due respect to those of  us who are currently selling 
breastfeeding products.  Also, my husband is  about to open a food related 
business and can a struggling family really handle  two owned and operated 
businesses simultaneously?  So, there you are -- my  thoughts on paper waiting for 
your feedback. Thanks, Ann in PP currently  operating out of my dining room 
doing home visits. 
 
Ann  Conlon-Smith, IBCLC 
Triangle Lactation Consultants 
_www.trianglelactation.com_ (http://www.trianglelactation.com/) 




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