One more intro

[Guest guest]

Bonjour to everyone !

My name is Odile Lapointe. I passed the IBLCE exam in 2001. I have

been a La Leche League Leader for 8 years and a PL for 4. My husband

of 15 years, Yves, is proud that I'm an IBCLC mostly since it " may "

mean no more volonteer work. ;-)

I have 5 boys, all breastfed of course. They are Jean-Yves 13,

11, Hubert 10, 6 and Leo 3 yo. We live in Laval, half

an hour north of Montreal, Canada.

My " previous " carrer is Specialised educator...and I must say I

haven't worked much as such. Started my family and met LLL. :-)

I worked out an agreement with 2 pharmacies here, and they hire me

for a few hours each, each week, so I can give private bf

consultations free to their customers. Quite great. It gives me 5

paid hours per week for sure. I can then look at conferences or books

and say " Well, I'll take that! " . Those 5 hours mean this is no

volonteer work anymore. It even pays for my LLL volonteer work. Gas,

monthly meeting's pizza...you know....

I haven't been very serious about publiciting my private practice. I

visit a few moms each month, and that is good rythm for me now. I

don't think I'll be in private practice for ever; I'd prefer (I

think) to work building bf programs for the gvnt.

I enjoy giving conferences and teaching the Health professionnal

community. I've done a few as a LC.

Given the choice, though, I think I'd like to study full time. So

meanwhile, I'm beeing paid to wait, doing something I like, until it

is the right time. Not so bad.

Odile

south of the North Pole

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Margie! And congratulations on passing your IBCLC this

summer! You are a great addition to the Lactation Group at CCRMC!