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Date: | Fri, 26 May 1995 10:39:55 -0400 |
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Shouldn,t it be illegal to call yourself a lactation consultant if not
certified to do so? You certainly can't call yourself a doctor unless you
have at least graduated form medical/osteopathy school.>
> I too have had many moms tell me that the "LC" in the hospital told her
this or
> that. Now I know that that hospital does not have an LC, but is using
nurses
> to give incorrect lactation information. Just today, a mom cancelled an
> appointment with me (a private LC) because this hospital told her that she
> could avail herself of the hospital's LC. This mom had a 26 week preemie,
has
> sore nipples and is getting less and less milk. The hospital LC does not
look
> at her nipples to see what is going on (this mom recently got over? a case
of
> oral thrush) and told her she just needs to keep drinking lots and lots to
get
> more milk. She felt like she didn't want to have to pay me if she could
get
> free help in the hospital but expressed concern that the LC at the hospital
> would not be able to help her. I told her if it would make her
comfortable,
> then go ahead and see the person at the hospital one more time - if she
wasn't
> satisfied, I'd still be happy to see her and work out a payment plan to
help
> with the money situation. Soooooooooooo frustrating that this big
important
> hospital in my area won't employ a *real* LC, but keeps insisting that they
> have them on their staff.
> Yaffa
>
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