>Now wouldn't this be perfect for IBCLC wannabes? Pass a preliminary >exam on lactation to gain "resident" status. It would mean that you have the >basic knowledge and are just working on experience. What do you all think? This suggestion seems to have great merit!!! It validates and preserves the IBCLC designation while recognizing those "in progress". I am very interested to hear how this strikes the rest of my good LC friends out there....I'm also married to an engineer but he never had that option--he needed 4 years of on-the-job-experience before he was eligible to take the professional engineer exam. Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana