Hello all,
 
I am so glad to be back to Lactnet.  Have missed you all so  much.  I have 
been reading the posts and getting myself refamilarized with  the names I 
remember, and the new ones who  have joined since I left.  
 
I have gained a new position.  I am very excited.  I am now the  Early 
Headstart Health Resource Specialist for our county office of  education.  In this 
new position, I will be able to offer lactation  assistance to many new moms 
while pregnant and post partum.  I have a very  supportive supervisor who is 
welcoming of breastfeeding and increasing the  breastfeeding rates in our tiny 
county.  From what I have gathered from the  records of the previous HRS, 
breastfeeding support was at a minimum.  I  look forward to changing this.  As I 
explained during my interview, this  will be my focus.  Of course all areas of 
health and wellness to the  pregnant mother and to her newborn child will be 
met, but as we all know, if we  can support her and help her feed her child with 
nature's normal and perfect  food if at all possible.  My commitment is 
strong.  I will be looking  to you to help me along the way.  I am also hoping that 
within this new  position, lies the path toward sitting for the IBCLC exam so 
that I may be able  to fully serve my community.
 
Any advise or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated and  revered.
 
Thank you
 
Renee Drake RN CLC
Early Headstart Health Resource Specialist 
California
 
"If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the  unique 
challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more  gently, 
with more love, patience, tolerance, and care".

Marvin J.  Ashton


“Motherhood is the greatest potential influence  either for good or ill in 
human life. The mother's image is the first that  stamps itself on the unwritten 
page of the young child's mind. It is her caress  that first awakens a sense 
of security; her kiss, the first realization of  affection; her sympathy and 
tenderness, the first assurance that there is love  in the world.” 

David O. McKay


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