In a message dated 10/6/98 12:56:44 PM, Debbie A wrote: <<must report that their Clinical Manager--in charge of staffing the offices-- didn't know that there was such a thing as a Lactation Consultant! (All I can say is: Could you die, and is it any wonder why I feel that I am in an unenlightened area?)>> don't feel so all alone. a few years back, working at a women's hospital in Washington DC; when I told an OB resident that I was the lactation consultant on that day he burst out laughing "a lac-ta-tion con-sul-tant!?! never heard of that! you need to go on David Letterman - he would love that! I can just imagine what Letterman would do with that!" later, after setting that resident straight, I wrote Letterman. Well, he never did write back nor did he invite me onto his TV show! I wanted to tell that resident "HA! WRONG AGAIN curdled formula breath!" Deborah Tobin RN BSN IBCLC LCCE Northern Virginia USA mailto:[log in to unmask]