Claudia, You wrote: "there's no one here in Monterrey who's a leader and less an IBCLE, which I will become someday in the future, but I read, study and try hard, and if I donīt help this moms ,who will help this babies to keep on doing what they like most, NURSE! Anyway I hope to get 4000 hours of experience to be able to sit at this test,I just have an associates degree, so 2000 extra hours are required for me." In my very early days at this, over 40 years ago, when I felt very much alone and misunderstood, a very kind counselor told me "If you weren't there to do it, it wouldn't get done!" Remembering that frequently helped me to overcome discouragement! Jean ***************** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html