Glenn Evans <[log in to unmask]> writes: >And speaking of protocols (I was, in my previous post) -- what do you private, >professional (meaning "for fee") lactation consultants use to CYA, or do you just >have to conform to prevailing wisdom? Again, Chanita, San Francisco I am in private practice and I have written all my own protocols/parent information sheets!! (Mostly b/c I'm too lazy to write all that out for each client to which it applies!) Naturally, they agree with my beliefs 100%, yet I could document the rationale for everything I use in one or another resource. Or our local ILCA affiliate has voted a particular procedure as a standard of care here (example: inverted syringes for inverted/non-projectile nipples). Must admit I don't have a separate protocol for cabbage--just as a part of engorgement! But they do use cabbage in the local hospitals here!! Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana [log in to unmask]