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"Jeanette F. Panchula" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:22:38 -0400
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I was an LLLL of 11 years (and had a Social Work degree) when I sat for the
1985 IBLCE.  After being an IBCLC, I found that when I moved from an area I
was well known to a new city, no one would take me seriously - so I went
back to school part time to get an RN (I was over 40 and my eldest
graduated from High School the same year).  Yes, I "sold out" according to
some - but it has opened so many doors - so many opportunities - that I am
not sorry.  In fact, I was able to support our family when my husband lost
his job.  

Now I am in another time in my life (50's) and I have anther job that
requires a different set of credentials (Public Health Nurse) so I am back
in school - taking Statistics and 3 other courses that I must complete by
the end of next year in order to keep my job.  At the same time I can work,
see moms, train others on breastfeeding, etc.  NO, I don't need a PHN
Certificate to do the job I do - but I do need it to get paid by the powers
that be.  That's life.  AND I have had to pay for all of these myself.

Others have called me crazy, I should be thinking retirement instead of
stressing myself out going to school - but I guess I'm lucky - I had a
mother who studied Russian in her 40s and German in her 60's.  I have the
example of some of the La Leche League Founding Mothers - who went back to
school, became lawyers, business women, etc as part of their own
"Sequencing".  

My point?  Some want to grow one way, some another.  We should not expect
everyone to follow the same set of footsteps.  We should not criticize the
path each has chosen to follow.  

BUT "if you want to play my game you need to play by my rules" is a barrier
that we will all meet - and some decide to jump it, others to go under  it,
others to just walk along it.  

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, IBCLC
Vacaville, CA
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