Jennifer, you took the words right out of my mouth.  I have no other medical 
credential.  I am a teacher.  [So, for that matter, is every other IBCLC on the 
planet, whether or not she knows it, and whether or not she's an effective 
one.  And that does impact her clients.  It's one thing to know the anatomy 
and function of a breast and breastfeeding management.  It's another thing 
entirely to be able to communicate that knowledge to a new mother in a way 
that now becomes useful to her; that's called "teaching".  But I digress.]

If IBLCE has its way, my certification from them is useless.  There is no law in 
my state requiring me to be board-certified.  All my IBCLC does for me is tie 
my hands, seemingly.  For whom am I supposed to advocate?  The mother and 
her child, or the medical establishment and its sizable yet-easily-wounded ego?

Regina M. Roig-Romero, BS IBCLC
Senior Lactation Consultant
Miami-Dade County Health Dept WIC/Nutrition Program


On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:18:46 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>There is absolutely NO POINT in being an IBCLC if
>you have some other HCP credential, because only that credential has
>any value and your IBCLC is a useless, expensive waste of paper. And,
>of course there is NO POINT in being an IBCLC if you have no other HCP
>credential, b/c you are then simply a lackey for the medical model and
>your IBCLC is a useless, expensive waste of paper. So, this whole
>certification process was set up for what purpose exactly? To serve
>whom--certainly not mothers and babies....so whom?
>
> Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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