>>>I am not allowed into the OB wards of my local hospital to help new moms with lactation because I am not a nurse (I swear that's what they tell me)<<<<< I have experienced the same problem but I am a nurse. Hospitals would allow me to come in if the doctor wrote a specific order using my name. However in at least 2 hospitals, I was not allowed to touch the baby or mother, and could not read or write in the charts. I was told that because I was not on staff, there were legal issues involved. Proving I had liability insurance etc. . . didn't help.