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  • IBCLC Candidate Clinical Hours Opportunity

    IBCLC Candidate Clinical Hours Opportunity

    About the opportunity:

    I am an IBCLC, working both in private practice and in a hospital settings. I am looking for an IBCLC exam candidate who has finished their 14 health sciences courses and their 90 hours of lactation specific education, and who is looking for a mentor to gain clinical experience. Please note, if you are following Pathway 3, you will need to have your application approved before you can start counting your hours.

    Requirements:

    Tasks / activities:

    • Accompany me on in-home lactation visits
    • Participate and assist with the teaching of prenatal breastfeeding classes
    • Assist with patient records and documentation
    • Assist with patient and physician communication
    • Provide Spanish interpretation with Spanish-speaking clients and Spanish-language prenatal classes and groups

    About me:

    My name is Réka Morvay. I’ve been an IBCLC since 2011. Currently, I work in private practice as OC Lactation Consultant, serving North Orange County, and South Los Angeles County. I work inpatient at Memorial Hospital of Gardena, and outpatient at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. I also develop curricula and teach lactation educator and lactation consultant students through BreastfeedLA.

    If you’re interested in this opportunity, please click on the button below and fill out the form to apply.

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  • Lack of Diversity Among Private Practice Lactation Consultants

    Based on feedback from people of color who commented on my article, I have taken it down for the following reasons:

    1. My survey was not representative of private practice lactation consultants, so I should not try to generalize from my sample to the population.
    2. My ideas for improving diversity among lactation consultants did not consider input from people of color themselves.

    My intent was to call attention to a lack of diversity in our field, and tie it to the obstacles in IBCLC training overall, and offer my idea for how to improve things. Clearly, I have a lot to learn, so I’m going to step aside. If you commented on any of my Facebook posts, know that I have read your comments and have taken them to heart. I am reading the suggested links and reconsidering how I can make my PP IBCLC Tech Survey more representative in the future. I’m trying to do the work to become a better ally to people of color and actually help increase diversity in our field.

    As regards the rest of the survey, I’m still crunching the numbers and creating graphs, and will have those posted here as soon as I have them.

    For further information, here are links to resources that were suggested to me in response to this article:

    National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color http://napplsc.org/

    National Association of Birth Workers of Color https://www.facebook.com/NABWOC/

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    Article from Forbes magazine entitled Failure Is Not An Option: The Pressure Black Women Feel To Succeed

    Article from Forbes magazine entitled The Clear Connection Between Slavery And American Capitalism

    Article from Essence magazine entitled It’s True: Black Women Are Working Harder And Getting Less In Return

    Article from Medium.com entitled Twice As Good: The Perils of Flawless Black Women