Hello All ! I am excited to be back on Lactnet after being away! To re-introduce myself, my name is Buffy (Chavez) Constant and I am a mother of Ben (4) and our angel in heaven, Aiden. I am a CBE, doula, and received my BA in Health Promotion from the University of Northern Iowa. I am now working at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa in The Women's Center and a special store for pregnant, breastfeeding, and preemie families, as well as teaching babysitting and sibling classes (yes, breastfeeding can become a wonderful component of those classes...and such potential for planting a seed of the breastfeeding spirit...) I hope to start teaching Lamaze and prenatal classes in the near future. Anyway, in response to the comments regarding patches and embroidery, I found the same problem when I was trying to develop a logo for my new doula business (which is not a raging success yet in the slow-to-adopt-new-ideas-Midwest) My mother happens to be a professional seamstress who can now (thanks to some new software) take a clip art, sketch, picture, etc. and digitize it in order for her monogram machines to read it and thus stitch it. So, for those of you out there who want this done, talk to a professional embroidery business and they can digitize your very own logo ! Also, in order to give myself the credit I worked so hard for, I had my mother monogram my name and credentials on my lab coat as well as "got breastmilk?" on the other side. I love the response I get from people and I feel it is a good way to promote breastfeeding when I walk by someone in the cafeteria, hallway, or when I am teaching a class. Buffy Constant, BA, CBE, Doula, Mom Waterloo, Iowa www.geocities.com/buffyconstant <www.geocities.com/buffyconstant> *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html