Hello fellow Lactnet-ers This is my first posting to this amazing network. I have read the postings a few times and have finally signed up, and am blown away by the vast range of experiences and knowledge out there! I'm a midwife and am taking the IBCLC exam this July, so am trying to study hard! I take childbirth education classes and hope to begin a bf class late this year, and am involved with education to teenagers in schools thru the NZ well-child provider. I am not working much as a midwife as we have 3 young sons, the youngest Jacob being almost 8 months and happily nursing. I am reading the comments on lecithin with interest as I have sometimes mentioned it to mothers and have had problems with blocked ducts myself. However, I think that,in my own nursing experience, blocked ducts are a reaction to a mechanical problem eg too tight a bra, or squeezing into a dress, or missing a feed or sometimes even unusual activity like waterblasting or similiar. The lecithin I eat each day in my own homemade bread hasn't helped, but being very prompt at treating *any* slightly sore area or bruised feeling does help. Looking forward to many happy hours of immersing myself in my favourite topic! Fiona Hermann Hamilton, New Zealand *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html