> My approach to this has always been, if the mother calls me as an LLLL,
then
> I see her as such, no matter how complex her problem.

Jennifer,

I respect and even admire that you can do this, but I also have to make some
sort of a minimal contribution to the family income from my work.
After all, this is a *profession*,  and we have been working so hard to try
to get this acknowledged everywhere.
I feel can be undermining to the profession  to see someone free of charge
for a complex problem that requires the skill of an IBCLC.

Still, I do contribute quite a bit of my skills and knowledge "free of
charge" at my monthly LLL meetings, and through LLL phone counseling.  But
if someone needs to be seen, that is where I draw the line.

I can understand if many LC's left LLL because of this comflict.  I continue
to do both because I enjoy it, I enjoy the monthly meetings and the mother
to mother support.  I have many mothers whom I see as an IBCLC later join
our LLL group, much more than the other way around.     I try to stay
"loyal" both to LLL and to my professional status of  IBCLC, but I have
often felt quite challenged by this conflict.

Yael Wyshogrod IBCLC
Rechovot, Israel

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