This is in response to the woman who is thinking about studying for the exam on her own. Well, when I took the first exam (back in the dark ages of 1986) there were no courses available. This was a new certification and no one had jumped on the training bandwagon as of yet-probably since there had been so few people taking the exam that no study plans had been formulated yet. I retook the exam in 1993, since I had allowed my certification to lapse because I had not used it in a couple of years. I also did not take a course at that time. I am not a nurse, nor am I medically trained. My education is in pschology and education. I taught Special Ed before kids and am Montessori trained. Anyway, I think that a relatively on the ball person with time BLOCKED OUT FOR STUDY can reasonably be able to study on their own and pass the exam. We all know if we can be self disiplined enough to get the work done and there are no shortcuts. You need to do the work-it won't jump into your head by itself. I set aside 3-4, two or three hour blocks a week when I went to the library to study for about 6-8 weeks before the exam. Soapbox time-We have gotten to a point in this world where we no longer trust our abilities to learn on our own without someone spoonfeeding the info to us a little at a time. We really need to trust that we are capable of reading and digesting information. Some things we need to learn by watching but that is why we need a certain number of clinical hours in order to sit. Soon we're going to be taking courses to teach us how to do laundry and wash a car!!! After all there are classes we can take to teach us how to play with our babies!! Jumping off the soapbox now. Barbara Leshin-Zucker Higland Mills, NY P.S. Thanks for all that GREAT stuff about legal issues and visitation. Once I finish gathering all the info, I'll put something together on the Net for all of you. Now, anyone for the second question about getting a MA in something related to breastfeeding?