Susan,
I have often been referred to by patients (as well as other nurses who are
not OB) as the "lactating nurse". Something I have not been able to do for
a good 25 years. And on Mondays (my scheduled day for working with
breastfeeding moms) I am not a "real nurse" (RN), just lactating thank you.
Mary A. Banaszewski, RN, IBCLC
Hastings, MN (just down the road from you?)
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Susan wrote:
>      I, too, am curious how the term lactation consultant was coined.  I
> love being one, but the title can get long when introducing yourself many
> times a day on follow-up telephone calls.  Sometimes a patient will ask
> for the "Lactician", and I'm sure many of the veterans on this list have
> heard dozens of title variations, many of them humurous.          Warm
> regards to all,
>      Susan Potts RN IBCLC Minnesota