Shouldn,t it be illegal to call yourself a lactation consultant if not certified to do so? You certainly can't call yourself a doctor unless you have at least graduated form medical/osteopathy school.> > I too have had many moms tell me that the "LC" in the hospital told her this or > that. Now I know that that hospital does not have an LC, but is using nurses > to give incorrect lactation information. Just today, a mom cancelled an > appointment with me (a private LC) because this hospital told her that she > could avail herself of the hospital's LC. This mom had a 26 week preemie, has > sore nipples and is getting less and less milk. The hospital LC does not look > at her nipples to see what is going on (this mom recently got over? a case of > oral thrush) and told her she just needs to keep drinking lots and lots to get > more milk. She felt like she didn't want to have to pay me if she could get > free help in the hospital but expressed concern that the LC at the hospital > would not be able to help her. I told her if it would make her comfortable, > then go ahead and see the person at the hospital one more time - if she wasn't > satisfied, I'd still be happy to see her and work out a payment plan to help > with the money situation. Soooooooooooo frustrating that this big important > hospital in my area won't employ a *real* LC, but keeps insisting that they > have them on their staff. > Yaffa > -- **************************************************** * Deena Zimmerman MD MPH * * Department of Pediatrics * * UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School * * 1 RWJ Place * * New Brunswick, NJ 08903 * * * * phone (908) 235-7248 * * fax (908) 235-7345 * * email [log in to unmask] (internet) * ****************************************************