Okay I'm pulled into this discussion to share my views too.  I went
through a period after I passed the IBCLC where I was very angry.  Don't
get me wrong I was proud to have passed the exam but all of a sudden I
had more credibility.  I was the same person with the same experience,
but NOW what I had to say had some weight.  This angered and confused me.
 As a La Leche League leader I was a "radical", a "militant", "a
breastfeeding nazi", "one of those", etc you get the picture.  Now
overnight I became respected and looked to for information.  Huh?  I
don't get it.  Initials don't change the person.  Yes, it is nice to have
them for the respect they lend me but I wish I could've been respected as
well for what I knew as a "plain old" LLL Leader.

Warmly, Ilene Fabisch, Brockton, MA
"Each day is a blank canvas waiting for our unique brushstrokes to create
a masterpiece."

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