Hi all My name is Julie Jones and I work in a level 2 Special Care Nursery,and I have just taken the lastest IBCLC exam. I am very nervous about the results because the exam was a lot tougher than I expected (some of the questions were quite ambiguous) I am keeping my fingers crossed for October. I have found some of the discussions very interesting and lively--I have a few personal opinions about the use of equipment in breast feeding. In fact I use equipment quite extensively when dealing with a lot of the mums in the nursery but always teach hand expression as well. Its not an either/or situation. Its great if the mums can establish breast feeding without resorting to any gizmos but if they are needed, they should be used rather than fracturing an already tenuous breastfeeding relationship. Sometimes they are needed to get mum over the almost insurmountable hurdle (from her perspective)she sees herself in. Julie Jones RN _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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