>I guess I'm being a little defensive but I feel I need to say this as a >non-LC. I've never misrepresented myself on purpose many times I'm asked if >I'm a LL leader, or LC, or midwife, my answer is always no but that does not >mean I cannot give some good advice Of course the comments that have been made do not refer to those people who are not misrepresenting their background. In some places, this misrepresentation does occur, however,..In my area, it is assumed that nurses are knowledgeable about bf, ...and in my experience, this is not universally true. In my nursing school, you would have had to learn it from osmosis... Warmly, Kathleen ********************************************************************* Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask]) "All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer **********************************************************************