Hi, welcome to the badass breastfeeding podcast.

This is Diane, your lactation consultant.

And I'm Abby, the badass breastfeater.

And this week we don't have any sponsors.

So we're going to get right into our shoutout of the week.

We're going to do our review of the week.

And then we're just going to talk straight through with no breaks.

How about that?

We don't want to break up this conversation because really we're just going to be discussing

things and, you know, telling you what we think about parenting.

I'm sure you could imagine what we're going to say about parenting.

It'll just be like, sit back and relax. It'll be fun.

So, so this week's shout out of the week is actually a fun one because it is to somebody who wrote a review for us about a year ago, talking about how she was becoming an IBCLC and how she loves a podcast. And then she sent me a message on Instagram and saying,

I wanted to share an update to one of the podcast reviews I wrote. And you all read on the

show last April. I was a few weeks into working my way towards becoming an IBCLC. That next week,

I started, I have new glasses. And it's like, I'mLC that next week I started I have new glasses and it's like I'm like I can't

maybe they don't work so well anyway I was a few weeks into working my way towards becoming an IBCLC that

next week I started as a WIC breastfeeding peer counselor. October of last year, I became a certified

breastfeeding specialist. And this September, I passed audit and will be sitting for my IBCLC exam.

Just wanted to share my progress. I appreciate the candid reminders of why my job is so important

and how amazing your bodies are. So then I got another update. She passed. She's now an IBCLC, Erica Dudley, CBS

certified breastfeeding specialist, and IBCLC. Amazing. Yes. And I think there were a whole bunch of

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