Sarah asks the question "what would be the best new profession" to choose to have the greatest impact on nursing mothers/mothers to be. My children are still young (3.5 and 5.5 years old) but I have been thinking of slowly going "back to school" for my RN. It is a scary proposition, I have a BA in History (think of all the job opportunities for me in 1985 -not- but I studied what I loved and never regretted my choices). I cooked professionally for almost ten years before my first child. That is, I cooked and people not only said Thank You but they handed me money and didn't request to have macaroni and cheese out of a blue box instead of my homemade vegetarian chili as my children now do ;-) I saw myself initially in a hospital setting, but think I would have more impact (and more reasonable hours) in a pediatrician's office. I might regret not having paid attention to CEUs these last four years, but I could still be the "nurse who helps moms to bf". It does seem far off, but it pleases me to think of myself using my skills as a LLL Leader and Mom in an actual paid profession. Lisa Jones, LLLL in Wellington FL *********************************************** 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