"Betsy Riedel,RNC,IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  <...>So, I know some non-nurse IBCLC's are probably the ones who will be more 
frustrated(or maybe I should say restricted) by these new practice 
guidelines but that's the way it is. All of us (no matter what our 
profession) must work within guidelines whether we like it or not.

<...>.

I know some of you will not like what I have said, but we all have to work 
within a framework: like it or not. Let's not cut off our noses to spite 
our faces. We can continue to make inroads into lactation and continue to 
help mothers.Let's make that a priority.
   
   
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  Dear friends,
   
  How a IBCLC works and what is ''allowed'' to do or not do, or to say or not say should be fully and unrestrictedly be unrelated to whatever other credentials s/he has. Lactation Consultancy is and should be a unique profession, not a nursing specialty nor a midwifery specialty.  A scope of practice for a profession should not exclude a part of those people who sat for the same exam, but are not previously (para-)medically schooled. No, it should offer the broadest tools possible to do the job in the very best way, meaning to help and mothers and babies enjoy a as good as possible time as a breastfeeding dyad.
   
  Warmly,
   
  Gonneke, IBCLC without any other (para-) medical schooling



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