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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A ped is a real doctor.  A lactation counselor has a class, not a degree and is wrong.[/quote]

Guess how much lactation education pediatrician students receive? Zero. I've worked with enough to know most of them know jack. Go with the LC. It's not "a class", it's years of training and extensive testing. [/quote]

Pediatricians likely see many more lacation issues that lactation consultants.  They see multiple newborns every week, week in, week out.  Feeding issues with newborns are extremely common in pediatrician offices. [/quote]

I'm aware, as I am a pediatrician. Guess how much my colleague, who is a pediatrician with 25 years of experience, knows about lactation? Nothing. I see every single newborn with feeding issues. And this isn't an isolated experience. Most of my friends have one to two people in their office who ACTUALLY know about lactation. An MD/DO doesn't mean anything in this arena...just the simple truth.  [/quote]

Ok ... so you know about lactation, not sure what your argument is. [b]Do you honestly think an LC ... which requires just six months of clinical experience ... knows more than a pediatrician? [/b]And of course, the baby isn't the LC's patient.  LC has no dity of care towards the baby, and despite this, is engaged in activities that can impact the baby's health significantly. [/quote]

Do you honestly think someone whose exclusive professional focus is breastfeeding would NOT be more knowledgeable about breastfeeding than a general purpose medical professional?!

Pediatricians aren’t omnipotent.[/quote]

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