You know in thinking about this it really hits close to home. I am a student midwife. However you can be "just" a midwife, a direct entry midwife, a lay midwife, a Certified Professional Midwife, a Certified Nurse Midwife, and I am SURE that I have forgotten a few, oh wait also a Licensed Midwife. It is up to the consumer to know which level of care she wants. I think if we can leave this choice up to the consumer, then maybe we should also leave the whole CLC, CLE, IBCLC debate up to them too?? Just a thought. Melisa ~*~*~*~*~ Did you hear? Breast is Best! Certified Lactation Counselor Student Midwife Alternative Medicine Counselor in Training Childbirth Educator www.nurturingmama.com View my auctions at http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/user/lacmama Mom to Harry who changed my life, Jacob who changed my spirit, and Elleanor who changed my soul. *********************************************** 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