Hello today is an ideal day in SFl. Going up to 74...should have been on way to NY but spouse needs cardiac cath on Monday, with bad weather coming up there glad we are here....no shoveling. This note is in response to Susan Burger who said that IBCLC or Lactation Consultants are viewed like personal trainers....too true. We have one daughter who is pregnant and her office coworkers are telling her you need to register for Childbirth Classes...her response, "my mom teaches remember?", then it was well you need to get a Lactation Consultant....response: "my mom is a lactation consultant". Oh and you need a doula...response: "hey do any of you remember my mom is an LDRP nurse!!!".These helpful reminders came from her boss who was induced, had her epidural and breastfeed less than a month and still bottle feeds the 4 year old but trainers and LCs are like the nanny a status symbol. Every day we encounter women upon admission who start to request the Lacatation Consultant even before putting the baby on the breast. It's status, just like our big suites. And most will cave in the first night and request a bottle. Culturally Miami is a breastfeeding desert. They say " I am going to try", " I will do both". We are trying to make inroads but I really feel that we need to promote it from the minute they enter the doctor's office .....Empowering them to think they can and will succeed and they have milk. I had a lady two days ago who told me she had "no milk" baby sucking away and moved its head and I had to duck for the spray that came out. I told her that WAS milk, she told me "no, it was water." Fortunately the baby had more sense than its mother and grandmother and refused the bottle and only wanted Mom. She was sad the baby had rejected the bottle, (it was offered before I came to the room). By the end of the 12 hour shift she had gotten the message loud and clear....."I only want Mommy!" The fact that her nurse for the day was an LC was the impressive part to her. "I have the Lactation Consutant for my nurse today." So did 4 other dyads. Well stay warm. Off to shop for the pregnant one's birthday gift...pjs, and breastfeeding bra. Lovingly, Leanne Jewell, RNC, LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC Miami *********************************************** 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