Hi Susan,
I'll just paste in the section of the post that I was replying to and yes,
similar sentiments have been expressed by a number of people over some time.

"An IBCLC does more than just support and encourage a mother as you
> described your role and as I do in my work for LLLI. Mothers need women
> to hold their hands and support them through the tough times so what lay
> or peer helpers do is invaluable. Yet, an IBCLC is supposed to provide a
> professional service with medical information (not advice or diagnosing
> medical issues) or guiding the parents to improve feedings of the baby.
> Test weights go along with being a professional lactation service."

Karleen Gribble
Australia



Subject: Re: Lay counselors and "professionals


Dear Karleen:

I beg to differ with your characterization of those of us who have the
misfortune to work
with populations that have had a huge disruption in normal infant feeding
practices.  I
have not seen one single posting that suggests that any of us who do use a
scale think
that scale use makes the difference between a lay counselor and a
"professional".  If you
have seen such a posting, please point me in that direction because I did
not read it and
may have missed it.  I personally, have pointed out how there are
similarities between
any indicator of intake that one would use when one looks at that indicator
in isolation.

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