Kimberly Smetzer, RN, IBCLC, started working with new breastfeeding mothers and after her daughter Tiffany was born. Breastfeeding was much harder than she had imagined and she really thought of giving up. The amazing support she received while breastfeeding her children is the driving force behind where she is today. Since graduating from nursing school in 1999, Kimberly has worked in two countries and four states while accompanying her military spouse. She has had the privilege of working in mother/baby, labor and delivery, and transition nursery positions. Kimberly is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, (IBCLC) and has been able to use that knowledge in all of her positions. Kimberly and her husband moved to Las Cruces in the summer of 2008. Since then, she has worked as a lactation consultant and nurse manager at Mountain View Regional Medical Center with a wonderful group of people that believe in the same principles. They are proud to one of eight baby-friendly hospitals in the state of New Mexico while setting a standard that makes baby-friendly and ten steps to successful breastfeeding the norm rather than the exception.