Someone, in this discussion of credentials, brought up that breastfeeding is not well covered in nursing school. Someone else then used the argument I've heard used over and over again that some things have to be left out since there is so much to learn, and that we can't really expect nursing or medical school to cover everything in detail. I have to disagree that it's acceptable, or even understandable, that breastfeeding is often given very little time. I have spent over 6 years of my life breastfeeding. Every single woman who gives birth is faced with the decision on how to feed her baby. To have the entire medical and nursing profession for the most part receive no education on how to help makes no sense at all. It would not be acceptable for anyone who cares for patients to know nothing about any other body system. It should not be so for breasts and breastfeeding. Even the nursing students who rotate with me while they are taking their maternity care class have had no education about breastfeeding. I realize that specialist level training cannot be provided for every area of the body, but I feel every nurse and doctor should have a basic understanding of the breasts and bresatfeeding, and furthermore know where to refer someone when they are out of their league. Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 4, including my toddler nursling Caroline Rose *********************************************** 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