Welcome to Lactnet, Nanci.
I started out as a La Leche League Leader and Childbirth educator. I 
worked for 4 years while raising my children to put my hours together. I 
helped my childbirth students with breastfeeding issues, opened my home 
to mothers who had breastfeeding problems that could not be solved over 
the telephone and referred them to IBCLCs if I was not sufficient help; 
and worked in homeless shelters helping mothers with breastfeeding and 
other women's health issues. I also read everything I could get my hands 
on, saved every penny I made to use to attend conferences and buy 
textbooks, and finally, to pay for the exam. A few experienced IBCLCs 
(there were far fewer then) let me pick their brains, see their slides, 
and follow them around too. And I joined my local lactation consultant 
association a year or two before I took the exam to network with local 
colleagues and go to their continuing education offerings.

Best wishes on your journey!
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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