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Contents 2025
Issue 1/2025
6 The Fussy Baby – a Challenge in Breastfeeding Counselling
12 Why Babies Cry
17 Inconsolable Babies - HANDOUT
19 Understanding Reflexes and Feeding: Supporting the Unsettled Infant
22 Informal Human Milk Sharing
25 MicroRNAs Are Apparently Important Ingredients in Human Milk
27 Onions – Broccoli – Colic?
31 Teaching Breastfeeding Skills to Mujur: A Unique Approach to Orangutan Maternal Care
33 Summary of Board Meetings

Issue 2/2025

Issue 3/2025

Issue 4/2025
Contents 2024
Issue 1/2024
4 The Breast Milk Intake of Infants and Young Children: Global and Recent Estimates
7 Lactating Breast Pain Syndrome: A New Point of View
15 Critical Appraisal of Research
20 Research, Writing and Resources
22 New WHO Guideline for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children of 6–23 Months of Age
25 ELACTA News
26 IBCLC Recognition Taskgroup Report
27 Brief Guide to Assessing Growth Chart Progression and Evaluating the Normal Course of Breastfeeding
29 Putting Science into Practice – Part 1
33 LACTDOC – a Practical Tool for Assessing a Child’s Weight Development
FROM MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS: VSLÖ
35 The Breastfeeding Disc in German and English

Issue 2/2024
EDITORIAL
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
4 Discussion on the topics of “Candida in the Breast”, “Mastitis Spectrum” and “Subacute Mastitis”
5 Breastfeeding During Assisted Reproduction
11 Breastfeeding during Pregnancy and Tandem Nursing
14 Lactational Amenorrhoea and Fertility
16 Supporting Parents with Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Tandem Feeding
21 Handout - Contraception and Breastfeeding
25 Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond
ELACTA-NEWS
30 Introduction and Explanation of the Amendment to the ELACTA Statutes
31 WORKSHOP SUMMARY “Perspectives of the IBCLC education in Europe”
31 ELACTA Members Attended the 12th Meeting of the BFHI Network of Country Coordinators in Lille, France
32 Primum Non Nocere (First, Do No Harm) …
33 Supplementing With Formula As an Allergy Prevention Strategy?
35 Excerpt from the EISL Statement on the Discourse About the S3 Guideline Allergy Prevention on Continuing to Give Formula Daily After It Has Been Given Once

Issue 3/2024
EDITORIAL
IMPRINT
4 Induced Lactation in Non-gestational Parents
7 Induced Lactation and Adoption:
Three Case Reports
13 Non-puerperal Induced Lactation: A Multidisciplinary Teamwork Case Study
20 The Use of Domperidone and Further Substances as a Galactagogue
26 Relactation Case Report
28 Sciene Into Practice – Part II
31 Handout - The Way Back to the Breast
33 News from BDL: International Comparison?
36 Obituary of Elizabeth Hormann, IBCLC
37 Personal Obituaries

Issue 4/2024
6 Supporting Breastfeeding Parents Returning to Work: A Guide for Lactation Consultants
9 Is Nursery Good For My Child?
14 Information Sheet: Looking After a Nursing Child
17 Characteristics and Marketing Claims of Infant Feeding Bottles and Teats Available in Germany
23 Relactation after Taking Cabergoline by Mistake
27 What Regulations Exist in Europe to Protect Breastfeeding Mothers?
32 Report from the 13th Symposium in Slovenia
32 News from the Latvian Lactation Consultant Association (LLCA)
33 ELACTA at LCGB Conference
34 ELACTA News: The board would like to share several meetings and events
35 What Mothers Do - Book Review
Contents 2023

Issue 1/2023
4 Don´t Offer, Don´t Refuse
5 “Don´t Offer, Don´t Refuse” – A Weaning Method?
7 Night Weaning with Compassion: A Practical Guide for IBCLCs
11 Handout - Weaning – a Journey with Strong Feelings
13 Pharmacological Methods of Weaning versus Conservative Weaning
18 “Stopping Breastfeeding Was the Best Decision We Made”
23 When and Why do Babies and Toddlers Wean Themselves?
25 “I Find It Natural, Important and Beautiful”
30 ELACTA News from the Board
from member associations
32 APCLC
Practical know how
33 Recertifying as an IBCLC: What’s New? 
36 Mixed Up: Combination Feeding by Choice or Necessity

Issue 2/2023
4 Breastfeeding with Lactation Anaphylaxis: A Case Study
11 Breastfeeding and Candida – What is Candida (thrush)?
15 The Neurodivergent Lactation Experience
19 HANDOUT _ Could it be D-MER (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex)?
21 The President's Overview
21 IBCLC Recognition Task Group Report
22 4th World Breastfeeding Conference
23 Report on the BDL conference in Fulda-Künzell, Germany, on 23rd–25th March 2023
24 CERPS International in Malta
26 Supporting Neurodivergent Parents to Breastfeed
30 Induced Lactation for Women with Endometriosis – 3 case studies
33 Breastfeeding and Oesophageal Atresia – Theory and Practice
38 Culturally competent breastfeeding support for Irish Travellers

Issue 3/2023
4 At-the-breast Supplementation
11 Breastfeeding with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
18 EISL Expert Page – Low Milk Supply
19 HANDOUT - Help! Have I got Enough Milk?
21 The NEW Supplemental Nursing System – What Can We Expect?
25 Alternative Way of Using a Feeding Tube With a Nipple Shield
26 Cow’s Milk Allergies in Exclusively Breastfed Infants
32 Paradigm Shift in the Management of Candida: Contextualising Addition to a Recent Professional Article
ELACTA NEWS
34 13th ELACTA ConferenceNeuer Text

Issue 4/2023
4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Paradigm Shift
5 ABM Clinical Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum (Revised)
8 Pamela Douglas’ Mechanobiological Model of Benign Lactation-related Breast Inflammation
13 Perspective: A Comparison of the Concepts of Inflammatory Breast Diseases
19 HANDOUT - Human
Milk – the Elixir of Life
21 Infant Sucking Assessment: The Latest Studies on Sucking, Digital and External Sucking Assessment
26 Biological Nurturing: Unthinking Breastfeeding
32 ELACTA NEWS - ELACTA at the ILCA Conference in Las Vegas, USA: Plenary Discussion for Recognition of the Profession
33 Report Meeting Between Partners ELACTA and EISL 14–15 July, Munich
33 Board Meeting in Helsinki and the 10th Nordic Breastfeeding Conference
34 New Volunteer for Taskgroup Education
34 Lactation Events Calendar
Contents 2022

Issue 1/2022
4 Tongue-tie – a Subject that Continues to be Challenging
21 Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie
25 The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie
29 Handout - Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum after Birth for Professionals
Handout - Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum Baby and Child – for Professionals
33 Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Position Statement on Ankyloglossia in Breastfeeding Dyads
34 Moving on from Tongue-tie Focused Breastfeeding Support
36 Bleeding after a Frenotomy –
and a Life-changing Diagnosis
38 Why is the Baby Not Sucking?
45 News from the ELACTA Board

Issue 2/2022
4 SUS-Baby
6 Developing an Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Preparedness Plan for the Island of Ireland
8 Help From the First Days of the War
9 Feeding My Premature Baby – From Tube Feeds to Exclusive Breastfeeding
14 Successful Breastfeeding of Premature Infants
17 Pumping – A Prerequisite for Many Things!
19 Home Pumping Management After a Preterm Baby Has Left the Hospital
21 HANDOUT - Supplementing With Simple Equipment
23 Pain Reactions in Newborns and How They Can be Alleviated
26 Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ministry of Health Family Clinics Ashkelon District
30 New WHO Policy Brief – 2022
33 Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe
36 Elacta News From the board
38 We Are Morning The Loss of Our Longstanding Co-director, Colleague And Friend.

Issue 3/2022
4 When is a Baby Ready for Complementary Foods?
8 Nutrient Supply in Infancy
15 Breast Milk: a Valuable Source of Nutrients Even After the Introduction of Complementary Foods
18 Take A Closer Look – The American Academy of Paediatrics Policy Statement (2022) Breastfeeding and the use of human milk
19 Introduction to weaning, predominant approaches, and cultural practices
23 No, I Won’t Eat My Baby Food!
25 Traditional Weaning or Baby-Led Weaning? – How to get the best of both worlds
30 ELACTA-NEWS
30 ELACTA news
31 NETWORKING
31 The New Austrian Complementary Feeding Guidelines

Issue 4/2022
4 The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – A European perspective.
16 Separated with an Incision and Reconnected Right Away
20 Different Interpretations of the Ten Steps in German BFHI Hospitals
25 HANDOUT - The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
27 Twelve years of breastfeeding in the Massa-Carrara area in Tuscany, Italy
29 ELACTA-NEWS
32 Survey- BFHI and BFI implementation in different countries
34 Instructing Trainees in Kangaroo Mother Care and Breastfeeding
39 Measuring and Valuing Women’s Lactation Work: The Mothers’ Milk Tool
43 Giving Voice to Mothers
Contents 2021
Issue 1/2021
4 Letter to the editor
4 Hand Expression and other Manual Techniques in Breastfeeding Counselling
11 Hormones in the Breastfeeding Period
15 Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D MER)
19 Handout
19 Breastfeeding Positions
21 Breastfeeding Twins
27 Literature
28 Body Tension and Breastfeeding Behaviour
33 Breastfeeding and Obesity
35 Empowering mothers with problems perceiving their femininity and helping them to integrate their female bodies into motherhood
39 ELACTA_News
39 News from Elacta board
Issue 2/2021
4 When Breastfeeding is Not the First Choice
11 Infant Formula – How to Find a Fit
16 Ethical Handling of Infant Formula
18 How to Supplement to Protect Breastfeeding
26 Breas
tfeeding and Supplementation in Ireland
32 Facts, Old Wives’ Tales and Myths about Formula
37 HANDOUT
37 Mindful and Needs-Oriented Bottle Feeding:
39 ELACTA NEWS
39 News from the board
40 One Minute Wonders on Breastfeeding/Breast Milk
Issue 3//2021
4 The impact of breastfeeding on mother-baby sleep – addressing popular myths
9 Breastfeeding myths, prejudices and old wives’ tales in medicine and nursing
15 HANDOUT - Did you know that …
17 We breastfeed longer
21 Copyright – important for all of us
22 Why is intellectual property so important to IBCLCs?
24 How does my personal breastfeeding experience influence my practice as an IBCLC and vice versa?
27 ELACTA NEWS
27 Why did we choose Bremen as a venue?
28 News from ELACTA Board
28 TaskGroup Education Translation and Research
29 Breastfeeding in Austria and Ireland
31 Germany adopts National Strategy to Promote Breastfeeding
33 Statements regarding the National Breastfeeding Strategy
Issue 4/2021
4 Wound Management for Cracked Nipples
8 Overview and Discussion of Tools for Prevention and Treatment of Sore Nipples
12 Video Tutorial on How to Make Breastfeeding Donuts
16 Nipple Pain: A New Resolution in Healing with Photobiomodulation Therapy
21 Handout Ouch – When the Nipples Hurt
23 Painful or Cracked Nipples? Case Studies About What the Nipple Tells Us
26 Mammary Constriction Syndrome – a Cause of Persistent Breast Pain during Breastfeeding
32 Suppression of Lactation Following Stillbirth or Infant Death
35 Suppression of lactation
36 Earn CERPs with Lactation & Breastfeeding
37 ELACTA News
37 International ELACTA Conference May 2022 in Bremen – Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers Backed Up by Science
38 The Program of the 12th ELACTA Conference in Bremen
40 Elacta News From the Board
Contents 2020
Issue 1/2020
2 Editorial
4 Letters to the editor
5 EISL Recommendations on Weight Development: How to Ensure that a Breastfed Child Thrives
9 Handout - Nutrition for Breastfeeding Mother
11 Eating with Enjoyment in the Breastfeeding Period
14 Vegan Diets and Breastfeeding 
18 Infants with Trisomy 21 and Breastfeeding Counselling
23 Coronavirus/COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: Current International Recommendations
25 ELACTA news
25 Update of ELACTA‘s 4th March Statement in the Light of the Pandemic COVID-19
25 Invitation to the General Assembly of the European Lactation Consultants Alliance
26 Abstracts
27 Statement ELACTA on the Current Situation of COVID-19 in Europe
28 Practical know how
28 Aftercare and Training Exercises after Frenotomy - Are They Really Necessary?
30 New International Logo for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC).
31 Partner associations
31 Petition For Recognition of the IBCLC Profession
Issue 2/2020
2 Editorial
4 Breast Pumps at Low Prices – The New Market Trend
8 Pump Management Using a Psychosocial Working Model
11 Handout - Every Drop Counts – Expressing Your Milk
13 How are Mothers Coping with Pumped Milk Feeding?
16 Relaxed Pump Management
20 Milk Expression to Provide Newborns with the Best Start During the COVID-19 Pandemic
22 The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols
23 ABM Clinical Protocol #32: Management of Hyperlactation
24 Birth and Breastfeeding in the Times of COVID-19 from the Perspective of the Mothers
25 Breastfeeding Advice in Italy During the Corona Pandemic
27 IBCLC Work in Romania During the COVID-19 Pandemic
28 Croatia
29 A Challenge or Perhaps a Blessing in Disguise?
30 Breastfeeding Advice in Denmark During the Corona Pandemic
31 Breastfeeding Support in Ireland with COVID-19 Restrictions
32 The Situation from the Midwifery Perspective (Austria)
33 Report on a Neonatology Unit in Austria
34 Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Baby-friendly Hospital in Athens, Greece
35 Report From the Hospital
36 Breastfeeding Counselling Practice in “Corona-times”
37 Breastfeeding Counselling in the Netherlands During the COVID-19 Pandemic
38 Communication in Online Lactation Consultations
40 ELACTA news
40 ELACTA General Assembly
Issue 3/2020
2 EDITORIAL
4 Breastfeeding Counseling with Young Mothers
9 Grandchildren and Grandparents
11 HANDOUT - Fit for Breastfed Grandchildren
13 Becoming Grandmothers – What Does This Mean for Us as IBCLCs?
14 Mum × 2
16 How an Issue of Lactation & Breastfeeding Is Created
17 News From the ELACTA Board
19 Meeting of the Editorial Team With Representatives of the ELACTA Board on 17.–19.07.2020 in Passau
20 Establishing Bonding in the Case of Difficult Mother-Child Attachment After a Traumatic Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic – a Case Study
23 Severe HSV-1 Mastitis in a Breastfeeding Mother
26 Expression of Breast Milk: Experience From a Project in Bangladesh
30 Early Childhood Caries and Breastfeeding
34 European Countries Are Failing to Protect the Health of Their Mothers and Babies, New Report Shows
35 Summary of the Revised ABM Protocol #6 “Bedsharing and Breastfeeding”
Issue 4/2020
2 Editorial
4 Letter to the editor
5 Feminism and Breastfeeding – a Contradiction?
9 Handout - The male Contribution to Breastfeeding
11 Fathers and Breastfeeding
15 Breastfeeding after Fertility Treatment with Donor Eggs – a Success or a Challenge?
18 Breastfeeding Care and Support in Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne, Australia before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
21 ABM Clinical Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast Complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman
22 ABM Clinical Protocol #31: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Studies in Lactating Women
22 ABM Clinical Protocol #34:Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding
24 Medical Aspects in Breastfeeding Counselling – Good Communication between IBCLCs and Doctors
26 Diagnosis and Treatment of Thrush during Breastfeeding
31 The History of a European Association: From VELB to ELACTA
34 Board News
Contents 2019

Issue 1/2019
4 Letter to the editor
5 Cover story
5 The breastfed child with Diabetes mellitus type 1
10 Science
10 The experience of Gestational Diabetes
14 Early childhood diabetes is no longer a rare Disease
15 Cover story
15 Antenatal breast milk expression for women with diabetes in Pregnancy
17 Handout
17 Expressing colostrum – during pregnancy and after Birth
19 Cover story
19 Pregnancy and starting breastfeeding with Diabetes
22 practical know how
22 Breastfeeding and returning to Work
26 The challenge of lactation in fasting Mothers
28 Handout
28 What about breastfeeding during Ramadan?
30 ELACTA news
30 CERPs International
31 The ELACTA task group Recognition & Communication
32 Practical know how
32 WhatsApp in breastfeeding counselling – practical Tips

Issue 2/2019
4 Neonatal weight changes
12 A growth chart is but a chart
17 Handout
17 Weight development
19 Cover story
19 Nutrition and weight development of premature infants
29 Practical know how
29 Improving weight gain in premature infants through lactoengineering
31 Weight gain problems – two clinical cases
33 Weight development in children with trisomy 21
38 Which baby scale?
40 Science
40 Does breastfeeding protect children from becoming overweight?
42 Elacta news
42 Call for action to ELACTA member associations
42 Members - goodbye and welcome!
43 11th European Conference of ELACTA
43 Elacta board is looking for new board members in 2020!
44 from member associations
44 Visit to the slovakian association of lactation consultants
45 NVL- the Netherlands.
45 Visit report of the 10th Spanish breastfeeding congress
46 ELACTA visited Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) on 26-27th April 2019
Member Association: VAMY

Issue 3/2019

Issue 4/2019
Contents 2018

Issue 1/2018
- Editorial
- Stress – a Reason for Breastfeeding Problems?
- Postpartum Psychological Disorders and their Effects on the Parent-Child Bond
- Book revue - Adventures in Tandem Nursing
- Handout - Medication during Breastfeeding
- ENTIS – European Network of Teratology Information Services
- Breastfeeding and Mental Health
- 10th European Conference of ELACTA
- from member associations: NVL - Hartelijk welkom!
- Psychotropic Drugs and Breastfeeding
- Official Invitation to the General Assembly of the European Lactation Consultants Alliance
- Elacta Board is Looking for New Boardmembers!
- Breastfeeding a Toddler, Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Tandem-Nursing
- Weaning – How Can I Support my Baby Attentively?

Issue 2/2018
- Editorial
- Letter to the Editor
- Breastfeeding from a Human Rights perspective
- What is a Conflict of Interest?
- Avoiding Inappropriate Conflicts of Interest at the Level of (Inter)national Breastfeeding Recommendations.
- Complementary Feeding Recommendations and Business Interests
- Round Table on Breastfeeding Promotion in Germany
- Enable Six Months of Exclusive Breastfeeding – for the Health of Children and Mothers
- Clear Positions
- Checklist
- Breastfeeding Aids – Where is the Problem?
- A Guide to the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes for Medical Personnel
- Freeze-Drying of Breast-Milk
- When Breastfeeding Alone is Not Sufficient
- ELACTA-News
- Report of the ELACTA Board Meeting with their New Member Association VAMY
- from member associations
- Events Advisory from the Country Associations
- New ELACTA Member Association: VAMY

Issue 3/2018

Issue 4/18
Contents 2017

Issue 1/2017
- The Use of the Nipple Shield
- Nipple shields – should we demonise them or speak up for them?
- Statement Dr. Jack Newman, International Breastfeeding Centre, Toronto, Kanada
- Handout: Colostrum – Liquid Gold for Babies
- A Plea for Instruction on Hand Expression of the Breast in the early Postpartum
- Meeting ELACTA With Swilacta on 27th January 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland
- Impressions of the Second World Breastfeeding Conference
- From Member associations
- Statistical facts about early postpartum period
- Science - On the Influence of PDA on the Physiological and the Sensitive Bonding Behavior of the Mother-Baby Unit in the First Two Hours Postpartum.

Issue 2/2017
- Breastfeeding a Baby with Heart Disease
- A Different Way of Breastfeeding
- Handout: But with Cream, Please!
- The Cream Top-Up That Can Save the Breastfeeding Relationship
- Pro & Contra Stillhütchen – die Diskussion geht weiter
- Thin Silicone Nipple Shields
- Anything is Done Better
- Without Nipple Shields
- Science: Breastfeeding as Pain Relief
- Breastfeeding of Infants and Young Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
- The Breastfeeding Friendly Pediatric Office Practice
- Hyperbilirubinemia

Issue 3/2017
- Letters to the editor
- Infant Hand Movements During Breast Seeking
- Do Mothers Really Have The Choice To Breastfeed?
- Handout - Sudden Weaning –Actively Structuring a Difficult Situation
- Breastfeeding After Cosmetic Breast Surgery
- Dental Treatment During Breastfeeding
- Impressions of CERPS International 2017 in Salzburg

Issue 4/2017
- Breastfeeding by Women With Gestational Diabetes – a Contribution to Maternal Health Promotion
- Breastfeeding With Gestational Diabetes in Clinical Practice
- Clusterfeeding
- Handout: Cluster Feeding – Multi-Course Menu for Babies
- 7th ABM European Regional Meeting on Breastfeeding Medicine
- 10th ELACTA Conference On Breastfeeding in Rotterdam
- Report of the ELACTA Presidents’ ILCA Conference, July 2017
- Report BSS Conference
- Latte & Coccole 2nd Italian Conference and Workshop in Rome, Italy, 12–13 May 2017
- In Fond Memory of Ersilia Armeni
- Questionnaire
- What Happens When Culture Designs Paediatric Research
- World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTI)
Contents 2016

Issue 1/2016
- Reader's letter
- Nipple Shield and Reduced Breastfeeding Duration – is There a Causal Association?
- Promoting Breastfeeding With Refugees in Greece
- Handout - Breastfeeding without words
- Laser Treatment for a Sore Nipple
- “Who is Who” in Breastfeeding Counselling?
- Breastfeeding in Infants Suffering from Chylothorax
- 9th ELACTA Conference in Athens - These Conference Lectures Might Interest You
- Partner associations - La Leche League International (LLLI)
- Breastfeeding Counselling in Europe
- Science - An Epigenetic Memory of Pregnancy in the Mouse Mammary Gland

Issue 2/2016
- letter to the editor
- Handout: Baby led weaning
- A Difficult Start With a Happy Ending
- Breastfeeding Support for Syrian Refugee Mothers in Croatia
- The Consequences of Not Breastfeeding in the Refugee Camp in Croatia
- without words
- Tongue-tie
- To Cut or Not to Cut?
- The 9th Lactation and Breastfeeding Congress in Athens is Now History
- Book review: Breastfeeding - A guide for the medical profession
- Book review: The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep
- Science - Breastfeeding and the Risk of Dental Caries

Issue 3/2016
- Long-term Breastfeeding – Breastfeeding in the Second and Third Years of Life and Beyond
- Prosecution of a Long-term Breastfeeding Mother in Switzerland
- Handout - longterm Breastfeeding
- Questionnaire: Breastfeeding Recommendation in Europe
- Short Report on ELACTA General Assembly
- CERPs International Training Course
- Meeting of the Presidents
- MILK
- Science: Breastfeeding Rate Increases Slightly Whereas Breastfeeding Duration Stagnates
- Partner associations: A Roadmap of WABA Actions and Achievements
- World Breastfeeding Week 2016

Issue 4/2016
- Observation in Dr. Jack Newman’s Breastfeeding Support Clinic in August 2016
- Pain During Breastfeeding Handout: “Power-Pumping” – Super Stimulation
- For Milk Production
- AME: A Tool to Maximize Breastmilk Production in Challenging Cases
- Breastfeeding: Smart, Cool and Career-right
- AICPAM Conference From
- 21st to 22nd October 2016 in Bologna, Italy
- CERPs International 24.–28. 5. 2017 in Salzburg/Austria
- Call For a Co-opting Board Member
- Meeting ELACTA With BDL on 9th September 2016 in Berlin
- From Member associations
- Making a Healthy Start Possible For Every Baby
- Science: New Figures on the Health-Protective
- Effect of Breastfeeding
Contents 2015
Issue 1/2015
- Breastfeeding of Twins - Early Information Especially Important
- Exclusive Breastfeeding - Also for Multiple Births
- A Close Breastfeeding Relationship as a Trio
- Twins in Everyday Life - a Double Burden?
- Handout - Dinner for Two and More …
- Book review - Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician - Using the Evidence
- ELACTA News
- Brief introduction of ELACTA’s member associations
- short news from member associations
- Reproductive Medicine
- First IBCLC Training in Luxemburg
- IBCLC Care and Health Insurance
- Science - The Influence of Nutrition on the Intestinal Microbiome
- partner associations - The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and Its Protocols

Issue 2/2015
- Cross-cultural breastfeeding counselling
- The “Mother’s Milk Law” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Breastfeeding in Afghanistan
- Handout - Breastfeeding without words
- Old Traditions and Breastfeeding in China
- News from ELACTA Board
- Book review - Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician - Using the Evidence
- From member associations - NVL; PALC; Galaxias
- Conference preview 2016 in Athens
- Science - The high cost of half-hearted breastfeeding promotion in Germany
- Partner associations - First European IBLCE Board Director

Issue 3/2015
- Austrian Hospitals: Mother and Baby-Friendly for Their Employees?
- BFHI and the Code - a Difficult Topic?
- We Have Not Recertified - a Progress Report
- Baby-friendly Hospital – Certification As a Profitable Process
- Handout - 10 Steps
- The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes as a Guarantor for the Protection of Breastfeeding.
- Latest News on the ELACTA Congress in 2016:
- News From VSLÖ (Austrian Association of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC)
- Science - Breastfeeding And Childhood Leukemia Incidence: A Meta-analysis And Systematic Review
- Protective Effects of Breastfeeding Against Breast Cancer
- Effect of Soothing Noise on Sucking Success of Newborn
- The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding and Sleep in Premature Infants

Issue 4/2015
- Obstacles in doctor’s breastfeeding support:
- First Professorship for Mother’s Milk Research in Medicine
- Sharing breastmilk
- partner associations - ILCA
- Handout - Nipple shield
- ELACTA News
- Summary ILCA Conference
- The ELACTA / GALAXIAS Congress in Athens is nearing:
- From member associations; Institut pre podporu dojĨenia (IPD)
- Call for new board members!
- BFHI in Europe
- Recent family politics
- Book review - Sheila Kitzinger – A Passion for Birth
- Science - Does the Use of Nipple Shields Influence Breastfeeding Duration?