Lisa said "Surely a consultant is someone who is called in when there is a
problem, not someone who needs to see every breastfeeding woman???"
Yes, Lisa, I agree wholeheartedly with this. I have stated this many times
to my coworkers and managers. However, some of them disagree and at present
we the ibclcs are the ones really seeing and teaching all the moms all the
normal stuff. We could definitely make more progress and do more for the
moms/babies if we were utilized to do more staff development (cont.
education) and see the challenging cases. If all the maternity staff were
educated/trained then the moms and babies would get MUCH better bf
care/support. This is a pet peeve of mine. But I don't run the show.

Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC
Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA

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