Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Good morning Coni! And welcome to the list! I like the sound of what you are doing with your goats, it is the same direction I am going with my herd of registered Boer and registered Nubian goats(I have a couple of token Lamanchas as well, just because I like them). They are almost all showable stock but I want them to prosper on range conditions as well. I have around forty head right now but that number will be jumping considerably this spring.=) What breeds do you have?? As far as a preference in dairy cattle, as far as we are concerned, your Grandmother was right. Jersey's take the prize for the best tasting milk. And it is a fact that they have the highest butterfat of any dairy breed. We have had Jersey's since the mid '80's when I was 7 years old. I love them!! They are the right size to be easy to handle and though they don't give as much as a holstien, Blossom our herd matriarch who is 13 years old, gives about 6 gallons a day even at that age. They don't all give that much, but generally a couple cows will easily give enough for the needs of even as large a family as ours(14 people, many still growing). We usually have three or four milking at one time as we raise bottle calves and bottle goats on it and sell it to several neighbors. It is legal to sell raw milk off the farm here in Missouri. Hope this helps answer your questions a bit!=)=) Dixon Ozark Jewels Boers & Nubians > Good morning, list members, I am pleased to be a new member here, and wanted to introduce myself. I live on a small farm in DeLeon Springs, Florida (yes, I am taking a short break from hurricane preparations) where I raise mainly dairy and meat goats. These goats are registered show stock, but my goal in breeding has always been to keep my stock productive. often times, animals that are proven show winners are not necessarily top production stock. Finding a balance is important to us here. > I am interested in the benefits of raw milk, whether cow or goat, and wonder if there is any preference as to breed ( of cattle ). My Grandmother swore by the jersey breed for cream content. Looking forward to learning a lot, and making new friends and contacts out there in cyberspace. > > Coni > Hoof & Horn Farm > DeLeon Springs, FL > http://www.geocities.com/hoof_n_horn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 At 04:04 PM 11/21/2005 +0000, you wrote: welcome Niki! However, I recently completed paperwork to provide LC >services for a hospital, and the Director told me that I would be >working as an allied HCP. Could anyone clear this up for me? i do not know the answer to this but would love to hear others' opinions! Lyla Wolfenstein, list owner, B.S., LLLL, IBCLC, RLC www.beyondbirthservices.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Lynn, I too am a IBCLC (of 1.5 years) and LLLL (of 8 years) with young children at home (12, 9, and 5). I started out as an LLLL, then went back to school to get my Bachelors degree, sat the IBCLC exam with the required 2500 hours and then went into Private Practice with a mentor/friend. Private Practice is more mother friendly, but definitely time consuming J I will tell you that PPLC does not make you any money, and you see all the train wrecks and problems that the hospitals foist on mothers who don’t know any better. But it is worth it terms of helping the moms, nothing beats that. I work when my kids are in school and on the weekends when my husband is home. Oh and keep going to LLL meetings, it lets you see what is *normal breastfeeding* since you’ll see so many problems in Private Practice. Do your home work, read ’s book on Private Practice and go into it with your eyes wide open J And I will ditto what Leigh said here, all my inspirations and mentors have been LLLL/IBCLC’s. Good Luck! Blessings, Robyn Roche-l LLLL, IBCLC, BS:MCH Hi Ladies, My name is Lynn , and I am currently a La Leche League Leader in Washington State. I have been a Leader for seven years, and I am considering working towards my IBCLC. I would most likely be doing so in a private practice, so I wanted to learn more about how other LCs work it out. My husband , and I, have two sons; , who is 8 and Nolan, who is 5. They keep us very busy. Next fall Nolan will be starting Kindergarten, so I am thinking that if I do indeed decide to start on an IBCLC course, that will be the time. I would appreciate insights any of you can share with me about what it's like to be an IBCLC in private practice, how you came to be one, the specifics of the pathways to do it, etc. Also, I'm curious to know how many of you are, or have been, La Lache League Leaders? I look forward to learning more. Warmly, Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Anne, Thanks for introducing yourself to me. I have had several people respond to me, and I really appreciate the time everyone has taken. So many helpful tips, and insights for me to ponder. It's good to hear many different perspectives from all over the country. Good for you for keeping at it so many years! I know LLL appreciates what you do for them, and most importantly, all the mothers and babies you have helped over the years appreciate it more, as you have no doubt found. I kind of look at IBCLC as a way to do my LLL work, but more in-depth. I certainly don't do LLL work for the money! Ha Ha =) Warmly, Lynn Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 welcome rachel! what a wonderful success story! i have had a few of my own like that and they are very gratifying, indeed! Lyla Wolfenstein, B.S., IBCLC, RLCOwner, Lactation Consultant, Parent Educator Zenana Spa & Wellness Center, LLC and Beyond Birth Lactation Services503.238.mama (6262) or 504.232.baby (2229)mobile fax 503.473-8047 email Lyla@... web www.BeyondBirthServices.com and www.Zenana-Spa.com----- Original Message ----- From: rachismom To: Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Introduction Hello All,My name is Levine. I have been IBCLC since 2000, and an LLLLeader (NGA now) in New Jersey since 1994.I have a private practice in Central NJ and northern Monmouth County,NJ. I have also worked at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC since2001, and in addition co-founded and continue to direct TheBreastfeeding Center of Manhattan at Beth Israel.Working in a hospital has it's ups and downs, but there, I always havethe support and perspective of my fellow LCs. In private practice, Ioften feel isolated with no support.I was very excited to see this group listed on Breastfeedingonline(thank you Curtis!)and am looking forward to participating inthe discussion.I was interested to read the recent comments about posteriortongue-tie. I am scheduled to present a conference session on thetopic of tongue tie at the NJ LLL conference next month. This is sucha difficult issue sometimes, and especially because so manypediatricians will often make the blanket statement, "oh tongue tiedoesn't effect breastfeeding so we don't do that (frenotomy) anymore."Yesterday at work, my resolve to keep supporting those mothers facingthis problem was strenghthened by a mom I saw.Two years ago, I had seen her with her first baby, and had immediatelynoticed the baby had a posterior tie - very short, thick frenum etc .. . As I always do in these cases, I gave the mother a copy of Dr.Coryllos and Genna's AAP article - explained how the tie wasmost likely the cause of mom's severe pain while baby nursed. Asalways, I asked her to discuss this with the pediatrician, and alsogave her Dr. Coryllos' phone number in case she wanted a consult with her.The mother told me yesterday that she tried "everything", and that shewas told by an LC and her pediatrician that the problem was"behavioural" and that tt was not the cause of the pain and poor latch.After 6 weeks, she was so desperate for help, she called Dr. C. Dr.C. confirmed my observations, clipped the frenum, and the mom tells methat nursing was "immediately" 100% less painful! She went on tobreastfeed her baby for 18 months!So all of you out there struggling with a medical community that isoften not supportive in this situation - please keep on doing whatyou're doing. You really can make a tremendous difference for so manymothers and babies!Well,that was a long-winded intro. Glad to be in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 welcome rachel! what a wonderful success story! i have had a few of my own like that and they are very gratifying, indeed! Lyla Wolfenstein, B.S., IBCLC, RLCOwner, Lactation Consultant, Parent Educator Zenana Spa & Wellness Center, LLC and Beyond Birth Lactation Services503.238.mama (6262) or 504.232.baby (2229)mobile fax 503.473-8047 email Lyla@... web www.BeyondBirthServices.com and www.Zenana-Spa.com----- Original Message ----- From: rachismom To: Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Introduction Hello All,My name is Levine. I have been IBCLC since 2000, and an LLLLeader (NGA now) in New Jersey since 1994.I have a private practice in Central NJ and northern Monmouth County,NJ. I have also worked at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC since2001, and in addition co-founded and continue to direct TheBreastfeeding Center of Manhattan at Beth Israel.Working in a hospital has it's ups and downs, but there, I always havethe support and perspective of my fellow LCs. In private practice, Ioften feel isolated with no support.I was very excited to see this group listed on Breastfeedingonline(thank you Curtis!)and am looking forward to participating inthe discussion.I was interested to read the recent comments about posteriortongue-tie. I am scheduled to present a conference session on thetopic of tongue tie at the NJ LLL conference next month. This is sucha difficult issue sometimes, and especially because so manypediatricians will often make the blanket statement, "oh tongue tiedoesn't effect breastfeeding so we don't do that (frenotomy) anymore."Yesterday at work, my resolve to keep supporting those mothers facingthis problem was strenghthened by a mom I saw.Two years ago, I had seen her with her first baby, and had immediatelynoticed the baby had a posterior tie - very short, thick frenum etc .. . As I always do in these cases, I gave the mother a copy of Dr.Coryllos and Genna's AAP article - explained how the tie wasmost likely the cause of mom's severe pain while baby nursed. Asalways, I asked her to discuss this with the pediatrician, and alsogave her Dr. Coryllos' phone number in case she wanted a consult with her.The mother told me yesterday that she tried "everything", and that shewas told by an LC and her pediatrician that the problem was"behavioural" and that tt was not the cause of the pain and poor latch.After 6 weeks, she was so desperate for help, she called Dr. C. Dr.C. confirmed my observations, clipped the frenum, and the mom tells methat nursing was "immediately" 100% less painful! She went on tobreastfeed her baby for 18 months!So all of you out there struggling with a medical community that isoften not supportive in this situation - please keep on doing whatyou're doing. You really can make a tremendous difference for so manymothers and babies!Well,that was a long-winded intro. Glad to be in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hi, I joined up a couple days ago but have been swamped so am just now able to take a few minutes to do an intro. J My name is Jaye Simpson and I am a PPLC in Sacramento, CA. I’ve been working with moms for 14 yrs this January, have been IBCLC since 2000. I also teach Infant Massage classes, breastfeeding classes (newly teaching this one), run a weekly new mom’s support group, do an “Ask the LC” gig on another website, am a single mom, homeschool my boys (shared worked with their father), nanny a 4 month old 2 days a week and take calls for BF help 7 days a week. J Needless to say – I am ever so slightly BUSY! J I never thought this field would provide full time work…boy was I wrong! J I had a really fun experience this morning I wanted to share: I was invited to do a 3 minute segment on a local TV station show about breastfeeding. We didn’t get in what we wanted to – they only gave us 2.5 minutes to all our disappointment – but it went very well and it looks like there is a serious opportunity for more BF promotion in the near future! The two gals who interviewed me are pregnant and had challenges with their first babies and want to help other moms not go through what they did. J Very cool! Well, that’s it. Time to go take a breather – been a long but good day! Warmly, Jaye Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM Breastfeeding Network Sacramento, CA www.breastfeedingnetwork.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 welcome jaye! and that sounds really exciting about the t.v spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hello Everyone, I have finally, after years of thinking about it, done it and joined this list! I live in Israel, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and have been in PP for the past 10 years. I have lived in Israel for the past 16 years, but am originally from Kansas City and Los Angeles. I have 6 breastfed children, ranging in ages from 14- 2 1/2, with my 7th child expected in about 6 weeks. I do home visits, although I dream about having my own office or having people come to me, as I rush from one appointment to the next, and when I have to climb 6 flights of steps with my scale and everything I need, I get so jealous of those who have the luxury of a clinic! I look forward to sharing information with you all. Billowitz, IBCLC, RLC Israel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 welcome to mary! and also to any other new members i missed welcoming. and as for previous discussions and research - do be sure to include searching THIS group's archives as there are some great discussions in there! warmly, Lyla www.beyondbirthservices.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Bianca, so good to see you here, too! Hugs, Ibolya Introduction Dear Ladies, My name is Bianca ovich, I am an LLL leader and IBCLC from Hungary. I got the opportunity to be part of this list a little before Christmas, and I did not really have time to write my short introduction untill now. We have 4 children (23,20,18, 10). First I heared about La Leche League 24 years ago, when I was expecting our first child. I got the WAB which I love greatly and I am still very thankful for because that really helped me to get through our breastfeeding difficulties in 1985 when nobody ever heared about LLL in this part of the World. After struggling for 3 weeks with latch-on problems with our little daughter, finally I made a phonecall from Hungary to the States, talked to an LLL leader and our problem was solved in 24 hours. Beside that WAB always gave me strenght when I was frustrated or could not solve some breastfeeding problems. I just mention this because of the conversation in the last days about WAB and the newest edition on this list. After our 3d child was weaned and I wasn't breastfeeding, in 1992 LLL "came" to Hungary with the help of Alison Langley ( a wife of a man working for Reuters in our country for 5 years). Immediately I got involved with the work of LLL Hungary which was established in that year. I am president of LLL Hungary eversince, having a group for 15 years now and doing phonecalls also for that much time. Probably I am addicted to this job ) I became IBCLC 6 years ago and do home visits only. Thanks for including me to this list. I really enjoy reading the letters. If I can add something to the new edition of the WAB, I would like to mention that in some parts it is a little too American. Of course no wonder since the auhtors live there and know that culture the most. I do not know how and if it could be made a little more international. I sure know that the examples of the mothers are often very far from our culture or everyday life here in Europe or in Hungary, but I personally still love the book. However, some mothers from my group mentioned that the life is much different here in Hungary, for instance, and some of the advices are hard to understand and use in our culture. Still I am really happy to look forward to the new edition. Love to you all, Bianca ovich LLL leader, IBCLC Hungary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hello Bianca, What a lovely way to get the world mothers together. The cultural differences will only enriches the BF community and if I understood correctly the way they are planing to write the new book -like having a chat over a cup of hot drink with friends- would cover that differences easily. Kindly Ann Columbia, land -- Mother's milk is the normal food for human babies. Got breastfeeding questions? 1-877-4 LA LECHE (1-) 24 hours a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hi Bianca!! Happy to meet you here too!! About WAB here in Italy we revised totally the book in order to fit better in Italian situation and be recognizable for italian mothers hugs a (who is LLLL too :-) ) Rome, Italy Debulay Bianca ha scritto: Dear Ladies, My name is Bianca ovich, I am an LLL leader and IBCLC from Hungary. I got the opportunity to be part of this list a little before Christmas, and I did not really have time to write my short introduction untill now. We have 4 children (23,20,18, 10). First I heared about La Leche League 24 years ago, when I was expecting our first child. I got the WAB which I love greatly and I am still very thankful for because that really helped me to get through our breastfeeding difficulties in 1985 when nobody ever heared about LLL in this part of the World. After struggling for 3 weeks with latch-on problems with our little daughter, finally I made a phonecall from Hungary to the States, talked to an LLL leader and our problem was solved in 24 hours. Beside that WAB always gave me strenght when I was frustrated or could not solve some breastfeeding problems. I just mention this because of the conversation in the last days about WAB and the newest edition on this list. After our 3d child was weaned and I wasn't breastfeeding, in 1992 LLL "came" to Hungary with the help of Alison Langley ( a wife of a man working for Reuters in our country for 5 years). Immediately I got involved with the work of LLL Hungary which was established in that year. I am president of LLL Hungary eversince, having a group for 15 years now and doing phonecalls also for that much time. Probably I am addicted to this job ) I became IBCLC 6 years ago and do home visits only. Thanks for including me to this list. I really enjoy reading the letters. If I can add something to the new edition of the WAB, I would like to mention that in some parts it is a little too American. Of course no wonder since the auhtors live there and know that culture the most. I do not know how and if it could be made a little more international. I sure know that the examples of the mothers are often very far from our culture or everyday life here in Europe or in Hungary, but I personally still love the book. However, some mothers from my group mentioned that the life is much different here in Hungary, for instance, and some of the advices are hard to understand and use in our culture. Still I am really happy to look forward to the new edition. Love to you all, Bianca ovich LLL leader, IBCLC Hungary ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:17 AM Subject: File - Welcome Message Greetings, and welcome to the list, a discussion forum for private practice IBCLCs and those who desire/intend to go into private practice. We can share the nuts and bolts of business development issues, in addition to troubleshooting individual cases and the issues surrounding cases in the context of private practice. Please send an introduction to the list soon after you subscribe so that we can all become familiar with the members of the group, and know with whom we are sharing information! In addition, as a courtesy to list members, especially those on digest mode, please be sure to trim replies to messages to include only the relevant snippet to which you ar replying. Thanks, Lyla Wolfenstein Group Moderator IBCLC, LLLL, and mom to Corina (6/95) and (8/98). Portland,Oregon, USA _____________ NOD32 3757 (20090111) Információ _____________ Az üzenetet a NOD32 antivirus system megvizsgálta. http://www.nod32.hu __________ Informazione NOD32 3759 (20090112) __________ Questo messaggio è stato controllato dal Sistema Antivirus NOD32 http://www.nod32.it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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