The author descriptions apply to the time at which the authors wrote their articles for L&S. Titles, positions and professional experiences may have changed in the meantime.

Amir Lisa (Australia)

Associate Professor Lisa H. Amir, MBBS MMed PhD IBCLC FABM FILCA, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne and in private practice and Principal Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Australia.

Antenatal breast milk expression for women with diabetes in Pregnancy

Edition 2019/1 p. 15

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Amram Orli (Israel)

RN, IBCLC 2006-2021; Orli lives in the southern part of Israel. She has been working in Public Health since she finished nursing school in 1993. Today, she is the Head of the Ashkelon District Office of Public Health. The district has 15 family centered clinics, 2 primary clinics situated in 2 local district hospitals and 280 schools. There are 120 nurses in Ashkelon District and 24 lactation specialists. 97 % of the nurses are lactation instructors. Orli is married with 3 children and one granddaughter.

Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ministry of Health Family Clinics Ashkelon District

Edition 2022/2 p. 26

Anders Verena (Germany)

specializes in pediatric and adolescent medicine. Currently she is having further

training in neonatology at the DRK Hospital Westend, Berlin. She has been an IBCLC since 2016 and is the mother of 3 children, including twins, who were happily breastfed for a long time.

Breastfeeding twins

Edition 2021/1 p.19

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Andres Gabi (Germany)

Osteopath (Heilpraktikerin), IBCLC, Family Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

IBCLC since 1995, worked as a family pediatric nurse for the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt for 10 years, and now works as a self-employed osteopath in her own practice in Herzogenaurach.

Website: www.heilpraktikerherzogenaurach.de

Mammary Constriction Syndrome – a Cause of Persistent

Breast Pain during Breastfeeding

Edition 2021/4 p.26

Arendt Maryse (Luxemburg)

Lactation Consultant IBCLC, editorial member of the Journal of Human Lactation, BFHI coordinator for Luxembourg

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 6

Edition 2022/4 p. 10

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Baban Anca Raluca (Romanian)

MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, Personal Development Advisor, second year resident in Infectious Diseases

Empowering mothers with problems perceiving

their femininity and helping them to integrate

their female bodies into motherhood

Edition 2021/1 p.35

Ball Helen (UK)

Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre; Department of Anthropology, Durham University

The impact of breastfeeding on mother-baby sleep – addressing popular myths

Edition 2021/3 p.4

Banks Constance (Australia)

Midwife and pediatric nurse. IBCLC since 1996 and instructor for trainee lactation consultants

Breastfeeding Care and Support in Mercy Hospital for Women

in Melbourne, Australia before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Edition 2020/4 p.18

Bauer Zsuzsa (Germany)

Perspective: A Comparison of the Concepts of Inflammatory Breast Diseases

Edition 2023/4 p.13

Germany adopts National Strategy to Promote Breastfeeding

Edition 2021/3 p. 31

Avoiding Inappropriate Conflicts of Interest at the Level of (Inter)national Breastfeeding Recommendations.

Edition 2018/2 p. 8

What Happens When Culture Designs Paediatric Research

Edition 2017/4 p. 24

Dental Treatment During Breastfeeding

Edition 2017/3 p. 21

Breastfeeding as Pain Relief -

Effective measures for immunizations and drawing blood

Edition 2017/2 p. 22

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New Figures on the Health-Protective Effect of Breastfeeding

Edition 2016/4 p. 24

Breastfeeding Rate Increases Slightly Whereas Breastfeeding

Duration Stagnates - Current status in Germany

Edition 2016/3 p. 19

Prosecution of a Long-term Breastfeeding Mother in Switzerland

Edition 2016/3 p. 11

Breastfeeding and the Risk of Dental Caries -

An update based on two current systematic reviews

Edition 2016/2 p. 23

Nipple Shield and Reduced Breastfeeding

Duration – is There a Causal Association?- letter to the editor

Edition 2016/1 p. 4

Becker Sabine (Germany)

Graduated in business administration for non-profit organizations, DGKS/IBCLC, has been a project manager in Afghanistan since 2002, primarily in the area of mother-child health

works for the German aid organization KinderBerg International eV (KBI) based in Stuttgart.

Breastfeeding in Afghanistan

Edition 2015/2 p. 8

Beckmann Anita (Germany)

independent dentist, breastfeeding counsellor (Stillbegleiterin DAIS); specialised in holistic treatment of craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD); since 2017 specialised

training in oral restrictions, has been giving lectures since 2019; 2 children (2014/2017) with too short lingual frenula

Early Childhood Caries and Breastfeeding

Edition 2020/3 p. 30

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Bednarska Michalina (Poland)

Help From the First Days of the War

Edition 2022/2 p. 8

Benedik Alenka (Slovenia)

Mum of three, translator,IBCLC, LLL Leader, babywearing consultant (Deutsche Trageschule), doula certified by DONA Int. and by Doulas in Austria.

Fathers and Breastfeeding - Fathers as Gatekeepers for Improved Breastfeeding and Child Development

Edition 2020/4 p.11

A Challenge or Perhaps a Blessing in Disguise?

Edition 2020/2 p. 28

Berrozpe Martínez Maria (Spain)

What Happens When Culture Designs Paediatric Research

Edition 2017/4 p. 24

Bettinelli Maria Enrica (Italian)

Cracked Nipples: Prevention and Management

Edition 2018/3 p. 14

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Bier Anja (Germany)

works freelance in the Munich area, staff member of the Europäischen Institut für Stillen und Laktation (EISL); instructor for Germany’s “Healthy Start – Young Family Network” (Netzwerk Gesund ins Leben)

Paradigm Shift in the Management of Candida: Contextualising Addition to a Recent Professional Article

Edition 2023/3 p. 32

EISL Recommendations on Weight Development: How to Ensure that a Breastfed Child Thrives

Edition 2020/ 1 p. 5

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Coronavirus/COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: Current International Recommendations

Edition 2020/1 p. 23

WhatsApp in breastfeeding counselling – practical Tips

Edition 2019/1 p. 32

Breastfeeding Aids – Where is the Problem?

Basic information on the WHO Code

Edition 2028/2 p. 23

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Biernath-Kruse Katja (Germany)

Midwife, IBCLC Breastfeeding Coordinator, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg

Video Tutorial on How to Make Breastfeeding Donuts

Edition 2021/4 p.12

Bigi Alessia

Breastfeeding from a Human Rights perspective

Edition 2018/2 p. 4

Bilic Lea (Austria)

Lactation Consultant, IBCLC, nurse, member of the editorial team

When is a Baby Ready for Complementary Foods?

Edition 2022/3 p.4

Breastfeeding myths, prejudices and old wives’ tales in medicine and nursing

Edition 2021/3 p. 9

freely accessible article

We breastfeed longer -How long should you breastfeed a child?

Edition 2021/3 p.17

Feminism and Breastfeeding – a Contradiction?

Edition 2020/4 p.5

Böhm Gudrun (Austria)

Dr, IBCLC; Specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, VSLÖ board member, Convent Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy, Linz

The baby-friendly hospital – a profitable process

Edition 2015/3 p. 9

Bogensperger-Hezel Eva (Germany)

International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC); Works freelance as an IBCLC in the Nuremberg area; Speaker at in-hospital training sessions run by the European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation (Europäisches Institut für

Stillen und Laktation – EISL). Many years of experience as a nurse on the maternity ward.

Mothers‘ views on information provided to pregnant mothers

on preparing for Breastfeeding

Edition 2018/4 p. 4

Borg Buontempo Mariella (UK)

Dr.

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Braumann Christiane (Austria)

Specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, OEGUM Level II (Austrian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine), head of the prenatal outpatient clinic of the Konventhospital der Barmherzigen Brüder in Linz, General Practitioner, IBCLC, practice for breastfeeding medicine and counselling, board member VSLÖ

Breastfeeding and Oesophageal Atresia – Theory and Practice

Edition 2023/2 p. 33

Brennan Christine (Switzerland)

Managing Director of “Breastfeeding Promotion Switzerland”, www.stillfoerderung.ch

First Professorship for Mother’s Milk Research in Medicine

Edition 2015/4 p. 8

Bruschi Elisa (Italian)

BFCI – Baby-Friendly Community Initiative referral midwife for the province of Massa Carrara. Midwifery tasks of organizational complexity for the maternal and child area of the Apuane Hospital and Lunigiana and Apuane consultants.

Quality and clinical risk contact person for maternal and child pathways.

Training coordinator for the midwifery profession and the Maternal and Child

Department.

Twelve years of breastfeeding in the Massa-Carrara area in Tuscany, Italy

Edition 2022/4 p. 27

Busck-Rasmussen Marianne (Denmark)

Public Health Nurse, Master's Degree in Public Health

Healthcare, IBCLC

The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 25

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Carney Suzanne (Irland)

Author and Educator of Lactation and Breast Health Course for Physiotherapists and Lactation Consultants

Nipple Pain: A New Resolution in Healing with Photobiomodulation Therapy

Edition 2021/4 p.16

Cattaneo Adriano (Italian)

Dr.

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Chacko Iby (Ireland)

Iby Chacko (Masters in neonatal intensive care nursing, IBCLC) has been working in the neonatal intensive care unit for 22 years. Her current job is NICU Lactation specialist, The Coombe hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Giving mothers a voice

Edition 2022/4 p. 43

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Chirichiello Geraldo (Italian)

IBCLC, Pediatrician, Neonatologist, AICPAM President

Breastfeeding Advice in Italy During the Corona Pandemic

Edition 2020/2 p. 25

Colson Suzanne (UK)

Biological Nurturing: Unthinking Breastfeeding

Edition 2023/4 p. 26

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Conboy Lisa (Irland)

(Post graduate diploma in neonatal intensive care nursing, IBCLC) has been working in NICU for 16 years. Currently working as NICU Lactation specialist, The Coombe hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Giving mothers a voice

Edition 2022/4 p. 43

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Cramer Annika (Germany)

Master of Arts in Language, Culture, Translation (Chinese and English), topic of the master's thesis: Breastfeeding in Traditional Chinese Medicine: The terminological and content-related hybridity of TCM specialist texts

Breastfeeding in China and the special role of ancient traditions

Edition 2015/2 p. 13

Cramer Elke (Germany)

IBCLC, Gynecologist and Obstetrician, member of the editorial team for Laktation

und Stillen (Lactation and Breastfeeding), grandmother of two granddaughters.

Becoming Grandmothers – What Does This Mean for Us as IBCLCs?

Edition 2020/3 p. 13

Breastfeeding: an Affair of the Heart – or Could Breastfeeding Put a Few Women at Risk for Life-threatening Heart Failure?

Edition 2019/4 p.23

The experience of Gestational Diabetes

Edition 2019/1 p.10

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Obstacles in doctor’s breastfeeding support:

Edition 2015/4 p. 4

Protective Effects of Breastfeeding Against Breast Cancer

What makes breastfeeding and its support important items even for oncologic sections.

Based on a lecture of Dr. Fedro Peccatori;

Edition 2015/3 p.16

Dalsgaard Bente (Denmark)

Registered Nurse, IBCLC

The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 25

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Daniels Grace (Irland)

Feeding My Premature Baby – From Tube Feeds to Exclusive Breastfeeding

Edition 2022/2 p.9

Darmangeat Véronique

Lactation consultant, certified IBCLC Founder of the Centre allaitement Véronique Darmangeat, Paris, France; www.allaiteraparis.fr

Infant Sucking Assessment: The Latest Studies on Sucking, Digital and External Sucking Assessment

Edition 2023/4 p. 21

Weight gain problems – two clinical cases

Edition 2019/2 p. 31

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Breastfeeding and returning to Work

Edition 2019/1 p. 22

Daskalaki Anna (Greece)

is a pediatrician, neonatologist and IBCLC at the NICU & Neonatal Department, Third Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,

University General Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece.

She is chief consultant neonatologist, and following Dr Gioula Mexi-Bourna’s

retirement, scientific director of the NICU which is part of the Third Department of Pediatrics.

The director of the NICU is the professor of pediatrics, so she cannot make autonomous decisions on policies. She is also a member of the Greek National Breastfeeding Committee. Correspondence to: annadaskalaki3@gmail.com

Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Baby-friendly Hospital in Athens, Greece

Edition 2020/2 p. 34

Debonnet Serena (Belgium)

Midwife (Belgian diploma) and IBCLC; Belgian BFHI Public Health Coordinator since 2005, President of the Belgian Association of Lactation Consultants, active as a guest speaker at national and international level. Serena is passionate about the diverse nature of breastmilk and its longlasting effects. Those who know her better call the camera that she always has with her, her third arm

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 4

Edition 2022/4 p. 8

Delfino Enrica (Italian)

MD, IBCLC

Dr Enrica Delfino, mother of two children, IBCLC, works as anaesthesiologist

dedicated to obstetrics at the Beauregard Hospital (Aosta Valley, Italy), certified

Baby Friendly Hospital since 2010. She holds a master’s degree in obstetric anaesthesia from the European e-learning School of Obstetric Anaesthesia, where she now lectures on teratology and anaesthesia on pregnant women.

Lactating Breast Pain Syndrome: A New Point of View

Edition 2024/1 p. 7

DiTomasso Diane

PhD, RN, is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Rhode Island. Throughout her nursing career she has worked in the area of maternal child health with a specialty in lactation care.

Neonatal weight changes

Edition 2019/2 p. 4

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Dittmann Elisabeth (Germany)

self-employed midwife, IBCLC and Family Midwife in D-Friedrichshafen

Contact: elisabeth@dittmann.at

Growth factor: Breastfeeding

Edition 2018/2 p. 22

Dittmar A. (Germany)

Dr., concerned mother

A Difficult Start With a Happy Ending -

Posterior tongue-tie – an unfamiliar barrier to breastfeeding

Edition 2016/2 p. 7

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Dobisova Irena (Slowakei)

Successful Breastfeeding of Premature Infants

Edition 2022/2 p. 14

Dratva Julia (Switzerland)

Co-director of the Institute of Public Health, Department of Health/ZHAW, supervising professor for the Bachelor's thesis. Julia Dratva is head of the Public

Health Research Unit. As a doctor and specialist in prevention and public health, her work focuses on child and adolescent health.

“I Find It Natural, Important and Beautiful” - A qualitative survey of first-time fathers-to-be and men who have already become fathers on the topic of breastfeeding.

Edition 2023/1 p.25

Dreissig Michaela (Germany)

Academic Speech Therapist (M.A.) and IBCLC in private practice in Geretsried,

volunteer breastfeeding counsellor for the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Freier Stillgruppen (AFS). Voluntary work as founding member and board member of DEFAGOR e.V. and in the Facebook group „Die Stillecke 2.0“. Speaker at numerous further education events relating to the topic f the holistic treatment of oral restrictions.

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p.24

When Breastfeeding is Not the First Choice

Edition 2021/2 p.4

Dubester David Yael

Dr. Dentist, Doctor of medical Dentistry (DMD), breastfeeding and lactation consultant IBCLC

Aftercare and exercises after frenotomy necessary or useless?

Edition 2020/1 p. 28

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Upper Lip-tie (ULT) and its Potential Breastfeeding Implications

Edition 2019/3 p. 33

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Ankyloglossia

Edition 2018/3 p. 30

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Etspüler Judith (Germany)

Paediatrician, IBCLC

Statements regarding the National Breastfeeding Strategy

Edition 2021/3 p.33

Fallon Anne (Ireland)

Registered nurse (RN), registered midwife (RM), Certification for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (Cert Neo Int Care), Diploma in Psychology and Counselling (Dip Psychol Couns), Bachelor in Nursing (BN), Master of Sciencs (MSc), registrierted nurse teacher (RNT)

Culturally competent breastfeeding support for Irish Travellers

Edition 2023/2 p.36

Fantoni Giulia (Italian)

 is a midwife with 20 years of work experience in hospitals and local services assisting expectant parents in labour and delivery and in the postpartum

period.

For the last 4 years, she has been responsible for the obstetric, gynaecological and neonatal pathways of Azienda Toscana Nord Ovest.

She is the breastfeeding representative in Azienda Toscana Nord Ovest.

Twelve years of breastfeeding in the Massa-Carrara region of Tuscany, Italy

Edition 2022/4 p. 27

Faraoni Lorella  (Italian)

MD, IBCLC

Lorella graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2000 and specialized in Clinical Toxicology in 2004. In 2004 she started to work at the Poison Control Center in Bergamo, where she focused especially on the safety of drugs in pregnancy and lactation. In 2015 she certified as IBLC. She has been a lecturer at the University of

Milan Bicocca for the Obstetrics Degree Course. In 2018, she participated in the drafting of the Position Statement on the Use of Medications in Breastfeeding Women at the Interdisciplinary Operational Technical Table for the Promotion of

Breastfeeding (TAS). Since 2019, she has been a lecturer at the Master of Advanced Training in Perinatal Psychology, Psychopathology and Psychiatry (Drugs during Breastfeeding). Since 2023 she is a member of the Lactation Observatory of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

Lactating Breast Pain Syndrome: A New Point of View

Edition 2024/1 p. 7

Fieback Eva (Germany

speech therapist and lactation consultant IBCLC, marte meo therapist/colleague trainer, pecialized in the treatment of early childhood dysphagia and feeding disorders as well as dysphagia in adults. She has her own practice in Cologne.

www.eltern-kind-praxis.köln.de, www.stillen-und-staerken.de

Oral Restrictions - Long-term consequences of function-limiting lingual frenula

Edition 2019/3 p.17

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Fischer Duncan (UK)

Founder of the organization “Fatherhood Institute”

Fathers and Breastfeeding - Fathers as Gatekeepers for Improved Breastfeeding and Child Development Interview

Edition 2020/4 p.11

Foltran Agnese (Germany)

Pain Reactions in Newborns and How They Can be Alleviated

Edition 2022/2 p. 23

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Foster Della (Australian)

Professor Della A. Forster, DipAppSci, BHealthSci, RM, MMid, PhD, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne and Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University,

Australia.

Antenatal breast milk expression for women with diabetes in Pregnancy

Edition 2019/1 p. 15

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Fouad Gihan (Egypt)

Prof. Dr. Gihan Fouad; MD, IBCLC, clinical dietician; National Nutrition Institute /Cairo; Pediatrician, IBCLC; Member of the Board of ELCA; Representation of interests of ILCA; Email: gihan_fouad@yahoo.com; Mob: +201008448444

The challenge of lactation in fasting Mothers

Edition 2019/1 p. 26

What about breastfeeding during Ramadan?

Edition 2019/1 p.28

Frank Stefanie (Germany)

Family Pediatric Nurse, IBCLC; Lecturer for the European Institute of

Breastfeeding & lactation

Baby-friendly Hospital – Certification As a Profitable Process

Edition 2015/3 p. 8

Cross-cultural breastfeeding counselling

Edition 2015/2 p. 4

Galkova Michaela (Slovakia)

Successful Breastfeeding of Premature Infants

Edition 2022/2 p. 14

Geebelen Christel (Belgium)

Pamela Douglas’ Mechanobiological Model of Benign Lactation-related Breast Inflammation

Edition 2023/4 p. 8

Gehring Nicola (Deutschland)

Nurse, practice instructor, IBCLC since 2014, babywearing counsellor since 2012,

lactation consultant and babywearing counsellor in private practice from 2012-2021, married since 1998, three children

Different Interpretations of the Ten Steps in German BFHI Hospitals

Edition 2022/4 p. 20

Gekle Julia (Austria)

works as a freelance massage therapist and Rota therapist in Vienna. She works with all complaints that can be traced back to a dysregulation of the body’s basic tension or are associated with it (see indications). This also includes problems with oral motor skills and speech development. As of 2021, she is offering specialist

lectures and workshops on the subject and also training in Rota prophylaxis.

www.julia-gekle.at

Body Tension and Breastfeeding Behaviour

Edition 2021/1 p.28

Gerste Ronald Dietmar (USA, Germany)

is a German ophthalmologist, historian and medical historian.

A journalist and non-fiction author, he lives near Washington, DC

The risk of cataracts: the longer women breastfeed, the lower the risk of developing this Disease

Edition 2018/4 p.32

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Giebel Ulrike (Germany)

Midwife, IBCLC, specialist in breastfeeding and nutrition for infants with low and non-existent suction capability

Website: www.babysaugtnicht.com

Why is the Baby Not Sucking?

Edition 2022/1 p.38

Relaxed Pump Management

Edition 2020/2 p.16

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A Different Way of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding a baby who cannot suck effectively due to anatomical malformations or physical impairments

Edition 2017/2 p.8

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Giuliani Charlotte (Denmark)

Master in Pediatric Muskuloskelatal Health

The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 25

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Glaß Alexandra (Germany)

Employed specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics IBCLC, 2nd chairwoman of BDL

(German member association)

Breastfeeding a Toddler, Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Tandem-Nursing

Edition 2018/2 p. 25

Pain During Breastfeeding - A challenge for breastfeeding counselling

Edition 2016/4 p. 9

Obstacles in doctor’s breastfeeding support:

Edition 2015/4 p. 4

Gonzales Lisa (USA)

BSN, RN, IBCLC; Lisa Gonzales earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Linfield University. She started her nursing career as a Labor and Delivery nurse at a Level III OB hospital. After having her first baby, Lisa pursued lactation education and became an IBCLC while continuing to work in labor and delivery and postpartum units at the hospital. After a few years she made a full career change to become a lactation nurse in a high risk maternity and pediatric hospital, providing inpatient and outpatient consults to growing families. In 2019 Lisa left the hospital to open her private lactation practice in Wilsonville, Or (USA) and currently provides feeding support to families in their home. She is also an Adjunct Faculty member for the Lactation Training Program at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health at Portland State University. Lisa is an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and for lactation education for youth. When not doing home visits or teaching, she is a full time mom to her 3 kids.

Breastfeeding with Lactation Anaphylaxis: A Case Study

Edition 2023/ 2 p.4

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Goreis Vroni (Austria)

IBCLC, DKKS, Neonatological After-Care Unit

Report on a Neonatology Unit in Austria

Edition 2020/2 p. 33

Gray Helen (UK)

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Grigore Andreea (Romanian)

Psychologist, MA Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, IBCLC

Stress – a Reason for Breastfeeding Problems?

Edition 2018/1 p.4

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Groiss Natalie (Austria)

 is a qualified health and nursing professional specialising in child and adolescent

care as well as intensive care and anaesthesia. She is currently working as a freelance IBCLC in Vienna and as a freelancer for the Europäisches Institut für Stillenund Laktation.

Wound Management for Cracked Nipples

Edition 2021/4 p.4

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Pump Management Using a Psychosocial Working Model

Edition 2020/2 p.8

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Grossauer Maria (Austria)

Registered nurse in the maternity unit of the Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Hospital Steyr, hospital breastfeeding representative No conflicts of interest

Guóth-Gumberger Martha (Germany)

 Private practice for breastfeeding counselling and family support, counselling for impaired tongue mobility in babies, children and adults, mostly in connection with scissors frenotomy, occasionally after laser frenotomy, freelance, receives fee for comprehensive breastfeeding counselling including tongue-tie assessment.

Handout - Brief Guide to Assessing growth chart progression and evaluating the normal course of breastfeeding

Edition 2024/1 p. 27

Tongue-tie – a Subject that Continues to be Challenging

Edition 2022/1 p.4

Handout - Could it Be Tongue-tie?

Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum after Birth for Professionals

Edition 2022/1 p.29

Handout - Could it Be Tongue-tie?

Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum Baby and Child for Professionals

Edition 2022/1 p.31

How to Supplement to Protect Breastfeeding

Edition 2021/2 p. 18

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Weight Charts – Descriptive or Prescriptive?

Edition 2019/4 p. 4

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Tongue-tie - Evaluation and Support

Edition 2016/2 p. 14

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An Epigenetic Memory of Pregnancy in the Mouse Mammary Gland

Edition 2016/1 p.22

Gurnig Gertrud (Austria)

Home Pumping Management After a Preterm Baby Has Left the Hospital

Edition 2022/2 p. 19

Halling Christine (Denmark)

Midwife, Master of Science in Technological Anthropology, IBCLC

The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 25

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Harutyunyan Susanna (Armenian)

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Haider Rukhsana (Bangladesh)

Dr. Rukhsana Haider is a physician, a public health nutritionist and a breastfeeding

counsellor. She was previously a Regional Adviser for Nutrition, Health and Development at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office in India. Rukhsana is the

Founder and Chairperson of the Training and Assistance for Health & Nutrition Foundation (TAHN), in Bangladesh, and currently Co-Chair of the World Alliance

for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) Steering Committee.

Expression of Breast Milk: Experience From a Project in Bangladesh

Edition 2020/3 p. 26

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Hauswald Dorothea

Taping during the Breastfeeding Period

Edition 2018/3 p. 21

Hemmelmayr Andrea (Austria)

IBCLC; Graduated in health and Nurse, in freelance Practice, member of the editorial team

The Breastfeeding Disc in German and English

Edition 2024/1 p. 35

LACTDOC – a Practical Tool for Assessing a Child’s Weight Development

Edition 2024/1 p. 33

Putting Science into Practice – Part 1

Edition 2024/1 p. 29

New WHO Guideline for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children of 6–23 Months of Age -

An abridged summary with quotes from the original document.

Edition 2024/1 p. 22

The NEW Supplemental Nursing System – What Can We Expect?

Edition 2023/3 p.21

When and Why do Babies and Toddlers Wean Themselves?

Results of an online survey

Edition 2023/1 p. 23

Recertifying as an IBCLC: What’s New?

Edition 2023/1 p. 33

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – A European perspective.- Summary, Steps 1a, 3

Edition 2022/4 p. 4

When is a Baby Ready for Complementary Foods?

Edition 2022/3 p.4

Breast Milk: a Valuable Source of Nutrients Even After the Introduction of Complementary Foods

Edition 2022/3 p.15

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The New Austrian Complementary Feeding Guidelines - A critical review

Edition 2022/3 p. 30

SUS-Baby - An initiative of professional organisations and professionals for infant and young child feeding

in crises.

Edition 2022/2 p.4

New WHO Policy Brief – 2022

Edition 2022/2 p.30

Overview and Discussion of Tools for Prevention and Treatment of Sore Nipples

Edition 2021/4 p.8

Breastfeeding myths, prejudices and old wives’ tales in medicine and nursing

Edition 2021/3 p. 9

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Breastfeeding in Austria and Ireland

Edition 2021/3 p.29

Ethical Handling of Infant Formula

Edition 2021/2 p.16

Hormones in the Breastfeeding Period - A summary of the literature

Edition 2021/1 p.11

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The History of a European Association: From VELB to ELACTA

Edition 2020/4 p. 31

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How an Issue of Lactation & Breastfeeding Is Created

Edition 2020/3 p. 16

How are Mothers Coping with Pumped Milk Feeding?

Edition 2020/2 p. 13

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Birth and Breastfeeding in the Times of COVID-19 from the Perspective of the Mothers* - Results of an online survey

Edition 2020/2 p. 24

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Eating with Enjoyment in the Breastfeeding Period

Edition 2020/1 p.11

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Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Edition 2019/4 p. 17

Which baby scale?

Edition 2019/2 p. 38

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Breastfeeding with a Disability – It works!

Edition 2018/3 p.10

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What is a Conflict of Interest?

Edition 2018/2 p. 7

Avoiding Inappropriate Conflicts of Interest at the Level of (Inter)national Breastfeeding Recommendations.

Edition 2018/2 p. 8

When Breastfeeding Alone is Not Sufficient

Edition 2018/2 p. 31

The Cream Top-Up That Can Save the Breastfeeding Relationship

Edition 2017/2 p. 13

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“Who’s who” in Breastfeeding Counselling?

Edition 2016/1 p. 12

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Austrian Hospitals: Mother and Baby-Friendly for Their Employees?

Edition 2015/3 p. 4

The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes as a Guarantor for the Protection of Breastfeeding:

Edition 2015/3 p. 10

Breastfeeding of Twins - Early Information Especially Important

Edition 2015/1 p. 4

The majority of the L&S handouts since 2015 have been written by Andrea Hemmelmayr.

Hilfiker-Kleiner Denise (Germany)

Prof. Dr. phil. nat.; Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School (MHH) Email: hilfiker.denise@mh-hannover.de

Head of Molecular Cardiology, Dean of Research, Member of the Science Council

Breastfeeding: an Affair of the Heart – or Could Breastfeeding Put a Few Women at Risk for Life-threatening Heart Failure?

Edition 2019/4 p.23

Holz Lydia (Germany)

Registered paediatric nurse since 2013, work in a premature baby unit for the last 9 years, Entwicklungsfördernde Neonatalbegleiterin ® (facilitator for neonatal development) since 2020, nursing practice instructor since 2021, Stillspezialistin ®

(breastfeeding specialist) since 2022, freelance breastfeeding counsellor in Fforzheim since 2022. www.stillbewusst.de

Instructing Trainees in Kangaroo Mother Care and Breastfeeding

Edition 2022 /4 p.34

Honigmann Silvia (Switzerland)

Prof. h.c. Silvia Honigmann, IBCLC, registered dietitian SVDE, Airolo, Switzerland

She is currently working in her own practice and as a lecturer at various universities of applied sciences.

Nutrient Supply in Infancy

Edition 2022/3 p.8

Breastfeeding and Obesity Opportunity and challenge

Edition 2021/1 p.33

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Hookway Lyndsey (UK)

Lyndsey is an experienced paediatric nurse, children’s public health nurse, IBCLC,

researcher, responsive sleep/parenting advocate, and the author of 6 books. She has worked with children and families for more than 20 years within in-patient paediatrics, paediatric ambulatory care, NICU, and the community. Lyndsey is a PhD researcher at Swansea University (due to complete in early 2023), exploring the needs and challenges of medically complex breastfed infants and children.

In 2019 she founded the Breastfeeding the Brave project to raise awareness of

the unique lactation needs of sick children in the paediatric setting. Lyndsey is the

co-founder and clinical director of the Holistic Sleep Coaching program and Thought Rebellion. She is a respected international speaker and also provides regular training, advocacy and consultan

Research, Writing and Resources

Edition 2024/1 p. 20

Night Weaning with Compassion: A Practical Guide for IBCLCs

Edition 2023/1 p. 7

Hoover Kathleen L. (USA)

Author of the book Breastfeeding Atlas

Thin Silicone Nipple Shields

Edition 2017/2 p. 14

Hormann Elizabeth (Germany)

Elizabeth Hormann, qualified pedagogue, IBCLC, author and translator, worked for decades as a psychotherapist, BFHI expert

and speaker for ELACTA.

50 years ago, she dove into the Breastfeeding World – and today, she’s still Swimming

Edition 2018/4 p. 26

Despite a Handicap – Being a Member of the Senate Now Even with Baby Maile: Tammy Duckworth, Ph.D.

Edition 2018/3 p. 9

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Long-term Breastfeeding – Breastfeeding in the Second and Third Years of Life and Beyond

Edition 2016/3 p. 4

The high cost of half-hearted breastfeeding promotion in Germany

Edition 2015/2 p. 18

Hummel Sandra (Germany)

works at the Institute for Diabetes Research at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich (the German Research Center for Environmental Health) and in the Diabetes

Research Group at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, which belongs to the Technische Universität München

Does breastfeeding protect children from becoming overweight?

Edition 2019/2 p. 40

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Breastfeeding by Women With Gestational Diabetes – a Contribution to Maternal Health Promotion?

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Hurst Prager Christina (Switzerland)

President of the La Leche League Switzerland

Prosecution of a Long-term Breastfeeding Mother in Switzerland

Edition 2016/3 p. 11

Jahnke Monika (Germany)

1. Chairwoman of the professional association of German lactation consultants IBCLC eV (BDL)

BFHI and the Code - a Difficult Topic?

Edition 2015/3 p. 5

Jones Wendy (UK)

PhD MRPharmS MBE; Wendy was one of the founder members of a UK breastfeeding charity The Breastfeeding Network (BfN). In her employed life she was a community pharmacist and also worked in doctors' surgeries. She qualified

as a pharmacist prescriber on primary prevention of coronary heart disease. Book author

Pharmacological Methods of Weaning versus Conservative

Weaning

Edition 2022/1 p. 13

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Juvalta Sibylle (Switzerland)

M.Sc. in Public Health Research assistant at the Public Health Research  Centre/ZHAW, focusing on child and adolescent health. Her work includes supervision of internships.

 “I Find It Natural, Important and Beautiful” - A qualitative survey of first-time fathers-to-be and men who have already become fathers on the topic of breastfeeding.

Edition 2023/1 p.25

Kämmerer Barbara (Germany)

is an RN and pediatric nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered German Naturopath for Psychotherapy. She works for the

Cologne City Hospitals, Ltd as a breastfeeding counsellor and crisis companion on the neonatology units. Her focus is on (breastfeeding) support for the parents of premature and ill babies

Improving weight gain in premature infants through lactoengineering

Edition 2019/2 p.29

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Karall Daniela (Austria)

Pediatrician since 2001, Habilitation 2004, additional subjects neuropaediatrics and neonatology / paediatric intensive care. Over 20 years of experience with scissors frenotomy of anterior and posterior tongueties at a university hospital (Medical University of Innsbruck, Clinic for Paediatrics).

Civil servant – earnings independent of the number of frenotomies performed.

Tongue-tie – a Subject that Continues to be Challenging

Edition 2022/1 p.4

Handout - Could it Be Tongue-tie?

Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum after Birth for Professionals

Edition 2022/1 p.29

Handout - Could it Be Tongue-tie?

Pre-Screening for Lingual Frenulum Baby and Child for Professionals

Edition 2022/1 p.31

Tongue-tie - Evaluation and Support

Edition 2016/2 p. 14

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Keegan Alice-Amber (UK)

Doctoral Candidate, Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre; Department of Anthropology, Durham University

The impact of breastfeeding on mother-baby sleep – addressing popular myths

Edition 2021/3 p.4

Kennedy  Aileen (Ireland)

Kennedy Clare (Irland)

Clare Kennedy is a Registered Advanced Midwife Practitioner (RAMP) and currently working in the National Women & Infants Health Programme as a Project Coordinator for HSE Baby Friendly Initiative.

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 10

Edition 2022/4 p. 12

Kincaid Regina (Irland)

registered midwife, IBCLC, online course creator of “Breastfeeding Basics – A practical Guide” https://kindestmilk.teachable.com/, member of the editorial team

Regina qualified as a midwife in 2005 in Germany and then worked in midwifery in England and Ireland. Today she works as a private lactation consultant IBCLC in North Dublin and runs a small Youtube channel „Kindestmilk“. As a mother of 5 children, Regina has many years of personal breastfeeding experience.

Perspective: A Comparison of the Concepts of Inflammatory Breast Diseases

Edition 2023/4 p.13

“Stopping Breastfeeding Was the Best Decision We Made” A weaning journey

Edition 2023/1 p.18

How does my personal breastfeeding experience influence my practice as an IBCLC and vice versa?

Edition 2021/3 p.24

Kliffer-Barmeir Adi (Israel)

Master, IBCLC; Adi Kliffer-Barmeir has a bachelor’s degree in human development and a master’s degree in psychology. She began her career working with children with ADHD and practicing clinical research in that field. She is a Lactation Consultant IBCLC since 2019, supporting women during pregnancy and throughout all stages of breastfeeding. She facilitates support groups for breastfeeding women, helping them cope with the challenges and emotions that motherhood raises. Adi lives in Israel with her husband David and their three children.

Induced Lactation for Women with Endometriosis – 3 case studies

Edition 2023/2 p.30

Koettnitz Franz

Freeze-Drying of Breast-Milk

Edition 2018/2 p. 29

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Kovac Zorica (Croatian)

is MSN (Master of science in nursing), IBCLC, in Osijek, she runs breastfeeding support groups e.g. at the Breastfeeding counseling center. She is an assistant at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health (FDMZ), the J.J.Strossmayer University

of Osijek, and is President of the Society of Community Nurses of the Croatian Nurses Association. In all aspects of professional practice, she advocates breastfeeding as the only natural way of feeding children and a basic human right.

Croatia

Edition 2020/2 p. 28

Kraus Bettina (Germany)

Midwife, IBCLC, breastfeeding coordinator at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, St. Joseph Hospital Berlin, Tempelhof

A Plea for Instruction on Hand Expression of the Breast

in the early Postpartum

Edition 2017/1 p. 13

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Kräuter Antje (Germany)

Dipl. Psych., psychological psychotherapist; parent counselling 0 to 3 years founder of the Initiative Early Childhood; www.fruehe-kindheit.net; lactation consultant AFS

Postpartum Psychological Disorders and their Effects on the Parent-Child Bond

Edition 2018/1 p. 8

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Krüger Stephanie (Germany)

chief physician at the Centre of Women´s Mental Health, Vivantes Humboldt Clinic, Berlin

Psychotropic Drugs and Breastfeeding

Edition 2018/1 p. 20

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Kruppa Katharina (Austria)

Dr. med., pediatrician and psychotherapist, medical director of the Baby Care Outpatient Clinic/Preyersches Children's Hospital Vienna, board member of GAIMH (www.gaimh.org)

Reproductive Medicine - Who is concerned about the well-being of the children in reproductive medicine?

Edition 2015/1 p. 17

Kubicka Doris (Austria)

Could it be D-MER (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex)?

Edition 2023/2 p. 19

Kühn Thomas (Germany)

 is a neonatologist, senior physician in a Berlin hospital for children and youth medicine, Perinatal Center, level 1, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC until 2018), until 2019 the responsible physician for socio-medical aftercare in the “Children’s Health House Association, Berlin”. Since 2005,

training, publication and teaching via “Neo-trainer” in workshops and training on various perinatological topics and thematic complexes. (www.neotrainer.de).

Nutrition and weight development of premature infants

Edition 2019/2 p. 19

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Kupferman Sarit (Israel)

Sarit is a registered nurse, specialized in Health Promotion and Sexual Health

in Adolescents at Risk. For the past two years she has led a team of nurses that

are responsible for writing the Regional Lactation Newsletter.

Sarit is married and has two children and three grandchildren aged 7, 4 and

1 year. She lives in Gan Yavne which is a municipality in southern Israel

Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ministry of Health Family Clinics Ashkelon District

Edition 2022/2 p. 26

Kussmann Gabriele (Germany)

Dr, IBCLC; ST Anna Clinic, Bad Cannstatt

Baby-friendly Hospital – Certification As a Profitable Process

Edition 2015/3 p. 8

Langenberg Rüdiger (Germany)

gynaecologist and obstetrician, specialising in gynaecological oncology, head of the

gynaecological clinic at the Clemenshospital in Münster, IBCLC, DEGUM 2, MIC 2. Extensive further training in the treatment of tongue-tie.

Founder and board member of DEFAGOR e.V.

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p.24

Langenberg Veronika (Germany)

IBCLC in private practice and at a neonatal intensive care unit in Münster. Her

counselling focus includes infants with dysfunctional drinking behaviour. She

does voluntary work as a breastfeeding counsellor for AFS and is a founding and board member of DEFAGOR e.V., www.defagor.de.

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p.24

Längler Alfred (Germany)

Clear Positions

Edition 2018/2 p. 20

Law-McLean Christina (Deutschland)

Board Member and Vice President of ELACTA

Statements regarding the National Breastfeeding Strategy

Edition 2021/3 p.35

Breastfeeding Counselling Practice in “Corona-times”

Edition 2020/2 p. 36

Lehner Michaela (Austria)

Michaela Lehner, The Trageschule® Austria and Switzerland, www.trageschule.com

Twins in Everyday Life - a Double Burden?

Edition 2015/1 p. 10

Lehwald Simone (Germany)

Paradigm Shift in the Management of Candida: Contextualising Addition to a Recent Professional Article

Edition 2023/3 p.32

Leimegger Judith (Italy)

certified nurse in South-Tirol, Italy (DGKP)

Judith Leimegger is a nurse, specialising in the field of paediatric and adolescent nursing. She has professional experience in paediatric oncology and surgery. She lives in St. Jakob, Ahrntal in South Tyrol. She is currently about to qualify as an IBCLC.

Breastfeeding with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Edition 2023/3 p. 11

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Lessiak Angelika (Austria)

IBCLC; Midwife, breastfeeding and lactation consultant, mother of twins

Breastfeeding of Twins - Early Information Especially Important

Edition 2015/1 p. 4

Lothes Sina (Germany)

Health and paediatric nurse for Paediatric Intensive Care, IBCLC. Sina has been working on the paediatric and neonatal intensive care ward of the Nuremberg South Hospital since 2012. Meanwhile, she also works in private practice and is mother of two children.

Cow’s Milk Allergies in Exclusively Breastfed Infants

Edition 2023/3 p. 26

Lunardi Sara (Italian)

Neonatal Consultant, IBCLC; UOC Neonatologia e Pediatria, San Luca Hospital, Lucca.

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative contact person for San Luca Hospital, Lucca.

Lactation Company Contact Usl Toscan  Nordovest.

Twelve years of breastfeeding in the Massa-Carrara region of Tuscany, Italy

Edition 2022/4 p. 27

Luzi Cinzia (Italian)

Director UOC Assistenza Ostetrica Azienda Toscana Nordovest

Since 2019 Contact person for the baby-friendly community; From 2015 to 2019 Company Manager “Together for Breastfeeding” 2017 Advanced Level Training Course “Clinical Risk Manager”, Lecturer at the University of Pisa since 2005.

Twelve years of breastfeeding in the Massa-Carrara region of Tuscany, Italy

Edition 2022/4 p. 27

Lüpold Sibylle (Switzerland)

Founder & management of 1001kindernacht ®, lactation consultant IBCLC (CAS in breastfeeding & lactation counseling), author, course leader, mother of three children

What Happens When Culture Designs Paediatric Research

Edition 2017/4 p. 24

Magali Rios-Leyvraz (Switzerland)

Dr Magali Rios-Leyvraz is an expert in systematic reviews, epidemiology and nutrition, with 10 years of professional experience and over 30 co-authored peer-reviewed publications (25 as a first author). She holds  BSc in Food Sciences and a MSc in Nutrition and Health from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zürich (ETHZ) and a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+). She worked several years as a Technical Specialist at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and then as a Researcher at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and a Project Manager at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2019, she has been working as a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 2022, she is also an adjunct researcher at he University of Fribourg.

The Breast Milk Intake of Infants and Young Children: Global and Recent Estimates

Edition 2024/1 p. 4

Malamatou Kalli (Greeceland)

La Leche League Advisor Greece

Promoting Breastfeeding With Refugees in Greece

Edition 2016/1 p. 5

Maximiuk Eva (Austria)

Certified nurse with specialisation in paediatric and adolescent nursing, IBCLC,

editorial board member of VSLÖ-News

Breastfeeding and Oesophageal Atresia – Theory and Practice

Edition 2023/2 p. 33

Maylahn Carina (Deutschland)

is a La Leche League Leader with La Leche Liga Deutschland e. V.

(LLL-D), a District Coordinator, the mother of two breastfed daughters and a doctor.

“Don´t Offer, Don´t Refuse” – A Weaning Method?

Edition 2023/1 p. 5

McGuinnes Denise (Irland)

RGN RM; IBCLC BMS MSc RNT FFNMRCSI, member of the editorial team

Denise is a professional nurse and midwife, currently employed as a lecturer/Assistant Professor in Midwifery at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Denise is an experienced breastfeeding clinician, educator and researcher.

Respond to comments in relation to my paper, Breastfeeding and Candida – What is Candida (thrush)? Letter to the Editor

Edition 2023/4 p.4

Breastfeeding and Candida – What is Candida (thrush)?

Edition 2023/2 p.11

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – A European perspective.- Summary, Steps 1a, 3

Edition 2022/4 p. 4

Take A Closer Look - The American Academy of Paediatrics Policy Statement (2022) Breastfeeding and the use of

human milk

Edition 2022/3 p.18

Introduction to weaning, predominant approaches, and cultural practices

Edition 2022 3 / p.19

Suppression of Lactation Following Stillbirth or Infant Death

Edition 2021/4 p.32

Breastfeeding in Austria and Ireland

Edition 2021/3 p.29

Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D MER)

Edition 2021/1 p.15

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McHugh Laura (Ireland)

RN, MSc Health Promotion, National Breastfeeding Coordinator in Ireland. Laura is the Lead for the delivery of the HSE’s National Breastfeeding Action Plan.

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 10

Edition 2022/4 p. 12

Meier Kathrin (Germany)

paediatric nurse and IBCLC who has been working reelance since 2014. She is also a member of DEFAGOR e.V. (German Society for the Treatment of Oral Restrictions)

She works in a maternity ward, is currently studying for a BA in Childhood Education and is the mother of three children.

Bleeding after a Frenotomy – and a Life-changing Diagnosis

A case report

Edition 2022/1 p.36

We Have Not Recertified - a Progress Report

Edition 2015/3 p. 6

Melisha Perera Melanie (Irland)

is a recent graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree (Honours) in Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork, Ireland. She aspires to work as a clinical

dietitian in the future

Traditional Weaning or Baby-Led Weaning? – How to get the

best of both worlds

Edition 2022/3 p.25

Mikula Carina (Austria)

Speech therapist, EISL breastfeeding counsellor at the Strebersdorf Outpatient

Clinic of the VKKJ - Centre for Developmental Neurology and Social Paediatrics in Vienna, volunteer in the Facebook group “Die Stillecke 2.0”

When Breastfeeding is Not the First Choice

Edition 2021/2 p.4

Moerman Anne-Florence (Belgium)

is a last year student in the master of pharmaceutical care programme at the university of Ghent, on the way to becoming a licensed pharmacist. Her ultimate goal is to never stop learning new things, particularly about healthcare.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Thrush during Breastfeeding

Edition 2020/4 p.26

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Moghtader Darius (Deutschland)

is a dentist who offers ambulatory release of anterior, median and posterior positioned too-short frenula and too-short labial (lip) frenula in his practice in

Oppenheim (Germany). Every year he releases 350 too-short frenula in patients of every age.

Frenotomy of the Frenulum Linguae in the Infant with Ankyloglossia

Edition 2019/3 p.22

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Moorhead Anita M (Australien)

Nurse, Midwife, IBCLC, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne and PhD Candidate, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Australia

Antenatal breast milk expression for women with diabetes in Pregnancy

Edition 2019/1 p. 15

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Much Daniela (Germany)

Daniela Much is a member of the Diabetes Research Group, Munich-Neuherberg,

works at the Institute for Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Center Munich and in the Diabetes Research Group, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich

Breastfeeding by Women With Gestational Diabetes – a Contribution to Maternal Health Promotion?

Edition 2017/4 p. 4

Müller Tanja (Germany)

had been working as a marketing manager for a medium-sized company for years. Then she became a mother. Her children and her new role changed her life and in mid-2013 she became self-employed. Today she is the business manager of MIMARA, a non-profit entrepreneurial company, whose first project has been the

mother´s milk exchange. Mrs Müller is promoting mother´s milk donation instead of formula, in our birth clinics and from mother to mother.

Sharing breastmilk - Donors’ breast milk - a forgotten and underestimated alternative to formula

Edition 2015/4 p. 9

Muylderman's Joke (Belgium)

midwife, MSc, Lactation Consultant IBCLC; midwifery practice InTeam,Hoeilaart, Belgium Flemish Organisation of Midwives (VBOV), Antwerp, Belgium; Midwifery Education, Department of Health, University College Brussels, Belgium Care4Education, Boortmeerbeek, Belgium

Painful or Cracked Nipples? Case Studies About What the Nipple Tells Us

Edition 2021/4 p.23

Diagnosis and Treatment of Thrush during Breastfeeding

Edition 2020/4 p.26

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Breastfeeding after Fertility Treatment with Donor Eggs –

a Success or a Challenge?

Edition 2020/4 p.15

Netto Roberta (Italia)

MD

Roberta Netto, born on 13/03/1979 in Aosta, wanted to pursue a career as a doctor from a young age in order to help children in particular. She realised her dream by graduating from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Eastern Piedmont, in Novara, specialising in Anaesthesia and Resuscitation. Various work experiences and locations include the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome, the largest paediatric

polyclinic and research centre in Europe. She returned to her home town of Aosta for work and to give birth to her two children Nicola and Costanza. Despite her new commitments as a mother, she continues her work as a doctor with passion, recently working in anaesthesia and obstetrics.

Lactating Breast Pain Syndrome: A New Point of View

Edition 2024/1 p. 7

Newman Jack (Kanada)

MD, FRCPC

The incorrectly called “Breastmilk Jaundice”

Edition 2018/4 p. 15

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Do Mothers Really Have The Choice To Breastfeed?

“Breastfeeding is not just about breast milk. It is a relationship.”

Edition 2017/3 p. 10

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Anything is Done Better Without Nipple Shields

Edition 2017/2 p. 18

Statement Dr. Jack Newman, International Breastfeeding Centre, Toronto, Kanada

Edition 2017/1 p. 9

Niamh Vickers (Irland)

Master of Science, Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, Public Health Nurse, Registered

Nursing Tutor, Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Public Health Nursing at the University of Dublin (UCD) School of Nursing, Maternity Nursing and Health Systems. IBCLC since 2018.



The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 5

Edition 2022/4 p. 9

Nicoara Silvia (Romanian)

IBCLC; has been working as an IBCLC since 2019 in her own private practice based in Timișoara, Romania. She is a mother of two and is the founder of Alapteaza!-

Breastfeeding Support Group. Her hope is that by providing quality information, all parents will feel empowered and have the best start in parenthood.

Milk Expression to Provide Newborns with the Best Start During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Edition 2020/2 p. 20

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Nicole & Martina (Deutschland)

a married lesbian couple

Mum × 2

Edition 2020/3 p. 14

Nilsson Ingrid (Denmark)

Registered Nurse, PhD in Nursing Sciences, IBCLC

The Danish National Guideline on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 25

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Breastfeeding Advice in Denmark During the Corona Pandemic

Edition 2020/2 p. 30

How do we support mothers to breastfeed effectively after early post-partum Discharge? - A cluster randomized study.

Edition 2018/4 p. 30

Nindl Gabriele (Austria)

IBCLC and Director of the EISL

EISL Recommendations on Weight Development: How to Ensure that a Breastfed Child Thrives

Edition 2020/ 1 p.5

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Coronavirus/COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: Current International Recommendations

Edition 2020/1 p. 23

Nita Mihaela (Romania)

Specialist in Pediatrics PhD, IBCLC President of the ACLR and ELACTA

IBCLC Work in Romania During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Edition 2020/2 p. 27

The History of Human Milk Banks in Germany

Edition 2018/3 p. 24

Notarangelo Micaela  (Italia)

PhD, IBCLC, RLC

Micaela Notarangelo obtained her IBCLC certification in 2010. She has a private lactation consultant practice in Lerici, Italy and takes a particular interest in

everything that concerns breastfeeding science and medicine. From 1992 to 2001, Micaela lived in Japan, where in 1998 she earned a PhD in Economics at Hokkaido University, Sapporo. She also worked as assistant professor at Hokkaido University and Utrecht University. After returning to Italy, she became a La Leche League

Leader in 2005 and was the Area Professional Liaison of LLL Italy from 2010 to 2013. Between 2013 and 2019, she has been serving in the Board of Directors of IBLCE, and since 2020 she has been serving as Treasurer in the Board of Directors of ELACTA (European Lactation Consultant Alliance).

Lactating Breast Pain Syndrome: A New Point of View

Edition 2024/1 p. 7

O´Byrne Nicola (Ireland)

RCN RGN IBCLC is based in Dublin, Ireland. She works in

private practice. Website: www.breastfeedingsupport.ie

Email: info@breastfeedingsupport.ie

Moving on from Tongue-tie Focused Breastfeeding Support

Edition 2022/1 p.34

O´Conner Caroline (Irland)

is a registered paediatric dietitian, lactation consultant IBCLC, mum of four and founder of Solid Start. She has over 20 years’ experience working with babies, toddlers, children and families. Caroline is passionate about sharing professional advice on food, feeding and nutrition through baby weaning and feeding toddler online courses and one to one consultations on a range of feeding issues.

Traditional Weaning or Baby-Led Weaning? – How to get the

best of both worlds

Edition 2022/3 p.25

O'Reilly Alan (Ireland)

is a Family Doctor and Lactation Consultant working in Dublin Ireland. He has been performing tongue tie release for almost 10 years.

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 23

O'Sullivan Aideen (Ireland)

IBCLC RM RGN Grad.dip.Critical Care, M.Sc.Nursing.

Aideen has almost 20 years experience within Irish public health care system. She now runs a successful private lactation support service for mothers in Dublin, Ireland and also works in one of the largest maternity hospitals.

Breastfeeding and Supplementation in Ireland

Edition 2021/2 p.22

O'Sullivan Liz (Ireland)

Pahl Stefanie (Germany)

Paediatric nurse at a neonatology, at the moment maternity leave, Lactation Consultant IBCLC in training.

The “Mother’s Milk Law” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Edition 2015/2 p. 5

Panz Stefanie (Germany)

is a midwife in the delivery room of the Ev. Jung-Stilling hospital in Siegen and, since 2018, deputy head of the prenatal and maternity unit.

She has been an IBCLC lactation consultant since January 1, 2019.

Pregnancy and starting breastfeeding with Diabetes

Edition 2019/1 p. 19

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Paul Gillian (Irland)

PhD, MSc, H Dip in Public Health nursing, Dip in Midwifery, Dip in Statistics Registered General Nurse, Midwife and Public Health Nurse.

Gillian Paul is an Assistant Professor in Public Health and Health Promotion in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy

and Community Health. She obtained her PhD and MSc in

Public Health from Trinity College Dublin. Gillian is an experienced public health researcher and has a special interest in lactation and maternal and child health. Prior to

moving into academia, she worked clinically as a nurse, midwife and public health nurse in the Republic of Ireland and the UK.

Critical Appraisal of Research

Edition 2024/1 p. 15

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Patton Clare (Irland)

Developing an Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Preparedness Plan for the Island of Ireland

Edition 2022/2 p. 6

Pavicic Bosniak Anita (Croatia)

is a doctor and IBCLC in Zagreb. For many years, she was Head of the NICU, at the Klinička Bolnica “Sveti Duh”. She recently became Head of the Breastfeeding

Support Unit of the Human milk Bank KBC Zagreb. She also has a leading position in the National Assessment Team for the implementation of the BFHI program, and is the IBLCE coordinator for Croatia and a lecturer in the course for IBCLCs at the Faculty of Medicine in Split.

Croatia

Edition 2020/2 p. 28

Pepe-Truffer Marliese (Switzerland)

Master of Advanced Studies in Product Management IBCLC since 1999. Nurse with emergency training. Mother of three adult children. Has been working for for over

10 years in the head office of Ardo medical AG in Switzerland. Ardo complies with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. marliese.pepe@bluewin.ch

Breast Pumps at Low Prices – The New Market Trend

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Picket Emma (UK)

After a career in teaching, Emma trained with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers, qualifying as a breastfeeding counsellor with them in 2007. She is a volunteer with the National Breastfeeding Helpline and part of their training team. Emma first qualified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 2011 and recertified in 2016 and 2021. She has supported families at groups in Haringey in North London for 15 years as a volunteer and has a small private practice. She is the author of 3 books: 

www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com.

Don't offer - Don't refuse

Edition 2023/1 p. 4

Pietschnig Beate (Austria)

IBCLC, Municipal Department 15 of the City of Vienna, Health Service, Health Care for Children and Adolescents

Does the Use of Nipple Shields Influence Breastfeeding Duration? - Analysis of the Austrian study “Infant Feeding Today, 2006”

Edition 2015/4 p. 22

Planitz Birgit (Germany)

MSc, IBCLC; Case Managerin (DGCC); Professor for special tasks, Frankfurt Frankfurt of Applied Sciences; department 4: Social work and health

planitz.birgit@fb4.fra-uas.de

Breastfeeding by Women with Physical Impairments

Edition 2018/3 p. 4

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Polakovicova Zuzana (Slovakia)

Successful Breastfeeding of Premature Infants

Edition 2022/2 p. 14

Pot Miriam (Niederlande)

has been an obstetrics nurse since 1997 and a lactation consultant since 2004. She has worked since 2008 as a lactation consultant in the maternity and pediatric ward of the Alrijne hospital in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Exclusive Breastfeeding - Also for Multiple Births

First steps at the neonatology

Edition 2015/1 p. 8

Prothmann Anke (Germany)

MD, pediatrician in Munich; a total of 5 years’ experience in premature and newborn medicine; otherwise occupied as mother of three children.

Hyperbilirubinemia - Prevention, breastfeeding management and a new, more family-friendly therapeutic approach.

Edition 2017/2 p. 25

Raczek-Pakuta Katarzyna (Poland)

Help From the First Days of the War

Edition 2022/2 p. 8

Reber Marianne (Switzerland)

is a nurse with a Swiss National Higher Education Diploma (Dipl. Pflegefachfrau HF). She is the mother of five children, including one who lives with the effects of trisomy. She counsels families of children with trisomy 21 and advises professionals who support families of children with trisomy.

Infants with Trisomy 21 and Breastfeeding Counselling

Edition 2020/1 p. 18

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Weight development in children with trisomy 21

Edition 2019/2 p. 33

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Reich-Schottky Utta (Germany)

has been active in breastfeeding counselling since 1981 and has been an assessor for the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative since 2005. She is co-author of the book “Stillen und Stillprobleme” and has published specialist articles and articles for parents on breastfeeding. She is a member of IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) and has been a partner and instructor for the DAIS (Deutsches Ausbildungsinstitut für Stillbegleitung) since 2013.

The Competence to Breastfeed

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Breastfeeding in Times of Climate Crisis

Edition 2019/4 p. 19

Enable Six Months of Exclusive Breastfeeding –for the Health of Children and Mothers

Edition 2018/2 p. 18

Reid Caroline (UK)

is a BfN (Breastfeeding Network) Peer Support Breastfeeding Counselor. She came to breastfeeding counselling via circuitous routes. She lives together with her husband, their three children and a Kombucha mushroom in London.

Tattoos and Piercing in the Breastfeeding Period

Edition 2019/1 p.8

Reith-Herrmann Annika (Germany)

is the mother of a fun-loving diabetic son who was still breastfed at the time of diagnosis. She is an IT project manager. She is actively involved in helping families with diabetic toddlers through her website www.diabetes-babys.de and as a diabetes nanny for the Dianiño Foundation (www.stiftung-dianino.de).

The breastfed child with Diabetes mellitus type 1

Edition 2019/1 p. 5

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Reitner Elisabeth (Austria)

Midwife, IBCLC, 2015 Master of Science of Midwifery in Applied Physiology for

Midwives.

Currently she is working in the delivery room at the Thermen Hospital in Mödling (Austria).

She is involved with mothers as a breastfeeding counsellor and active in preparing them for birth and in ambulatory postpartum care.

On the Influence of PDA on the Physiological and the Sensitive Bonding Behavior of the Mother-Baby Unit in the First Two Hours Postpartum.

Edition 2017/1 p. 22

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Rempel John (Canada)

Professor of Social Psychology at St. Jerome's University

Fathers and Breastfeeding - Fathers as Gatekeepers for Improved Breastfeeding and Child Development Interview

Edition 2020/4 p.11

Rempel Lynn (Canada)

Retired Professor, currently Associate Professor of Health and Nursing at Brock University

Fathers and Breastfeeding - Fathers as Gatekeepers for Improved Breastfeeding and Child Development Interview

Edition 2020/4 p.11

Rieckh Isabelle (Switzerland)

MSc, APP Paediatric Dietetics, registered dietitian SVDE Introduction and disclosure of conflicts of interest Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Nutrient Supply in Infancy

Edition 2022/3 p. 8

Roorda Teddy (Netherlands)

Teddy Roorda is IBCLC since 2012, works in a tertiary hospital in the city of Rotterdam and privat practice in the area around Utrecht, developed an online

course for mothers (and fathers) to be, which runs completely on Instagram.

No conflicts of interest

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 6

Edition 2022/4 p. 9

Making a Healthy Start Possible For Every Baby

Edition 2016/4 p. 23

Rosin Stefanie (Germany)

Health scientist, IBCLC; www.stillberatung-rosin.de/english/about-me/

Statements regarding the NationalBreastfeeding Strategy

Edition 2021/3 p.34

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

The History of Human Milk Banks in Germany

Edition 2018/3 p. 24

World BreastfeedingTrends Initiative (WBTI)

Edition 2017/4 p. 30

Observation in Dr. Jack Newman’s Breastfeeding Support Clinic in August 2016

Edition 2016/4 p. 4

Breastfeeding: Smart, Cool and Career-right

Edition 2016/4 p. 15

Rouw Elien (Germany)

MD, FABM (Fellow, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, President-Elect (elected as President, in office from 2023) of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

ABM Clinical Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum (Revised)

Edition 2023/4 p.5

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Position Statement on Ankyloglossia in Breastfeeding Dyads

Edition 2022/1 p.33

ABM Clinical Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman

Edition 2020/4 p.21

ABM Clinical Protocol #31: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Studies in Lactating Women

ABM Clinical Protocol #34: Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding

Edition 2020/4 p.21

 
Summary of the Revised ABM Protocol #6 “Bedsharing and

Breastfeeding”

Edition 2020/3 p. 35

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols

#32: Management of Hyperlactation

Edition 2020/2 p.22

Dental Treatment During Breastfeeding

Edition 2017/3 p. 21

Breastfeeding of Infants and Young Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 - New Guidelines of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Edition 2017/2 p.23

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The high cost of half-hearted breastfeeding promotion in Germany

Edition 2015/2 p. 18

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and Its Protocols

Their latest protocol on “Contraception and Breastfeeding”

Edition 2015/1 p.20

Ruddle Lucy (UK)

Lucy Ruddle is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) based on the South Coast of England. She is passionate about supporting families to

meet their individual breastfeeding goals, and has personal experience with both relactation, and exclusive pumping for a nonlatching newborn. Lucy is also a successful author and has published three books on breastfeeding myths, combination feeding and relactation.

Supporting Neurodivergent Parents to Breastfeed

Edition 2023/2 p.26

Ruff Claudia (Germany)

Breastfeeding Counseling with Young Mothers

Edition 2020/3 p. 4

Rust Petra (Austria)

is a nutritional scientist and is Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Vienna. She is head of the project on nutrition in pregnancy, lactation, and childhood.

Vegan Diets and Breastfeeding

Edition 2022/1 p.14

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Sams Elke (Austria)

Pumping – A Prerequisite for Many Things!

Edition 2022/2 p. 17



Schallhammer Carolin (Austria)

is a speech therapist, an International Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and a craniosacral therapist, with further training in pre- and perinatal psychology, neuro-affective regulation according to the development and bonding trauma program (NARM), trauma resolution for babies, children and adults. She is a co-founder and teaching assistant in the Craniosacral Psychodynamic. Mother of two longterm breastfed children.

Carolin Schallhammer directs the initiative BirthDay in Salzburg. She also offers special groups for mothers who breastfeed for a long time and workshops for parents as well as professionals on the topic of “Development of bonding and autonomy” (http://www. birthday-salzburg.com) German only

Weaning – How Can I Support my Baby Attentively?

Edition 2018/1 p. 30

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Scherbaum Veronika (Germany)

The high cost of half-hearted breastfeeding promotion in Germany

Edition 2015/2 p. 18

Schmidt Anja (Germany)

IBCLC; Paediatric nurse (Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpflegerin), employed for 5 years in the neonatal ward at the University Hospital in Graz, where

she received further specialist  training. For the last 7 years she has been working at the at the Marien- hospital in Bonn, during which time she completed further training as a family paediatric nurse, as an expert on neonatal pain, and most recently as an IBCLC in September 2020.

One Minute Wonders on Breastfeeding/Breast Milk

Edition 2021/2 p. 40

Schürch Ursula (Switzerland)

Registered nurse, midwife, lactation consultant IBCLC

Works as a freelancer during outpatient puerperium and for breastfeeding

counselling for many years One of the breastfeeding counsellors at the Cantonal

Hospital in Zug (Switzerland) for the past three years Lactation consultant for

children with cleft lip and cleft palate at the unit for maxillofacial surgery of the

Cantonal Hospital in Luzern (Switzerland)

Laser Treatment for a Sore Nipple - Experiences with low-level laser in ambulatory breastfeeding counselling

Edition 2016/1 p. 10

Schwaiger Petra (Germany)

MSc, IBCLC, Paediatric nurse, Nursing Director of the Children’s Hospital Starnberg, Master’s Degree in Early Life Care, Board member of the Babyfriendly Initiative, speaker for the European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation

o The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 8

Edition 2022/4 p. 11

o Establishing Bonding in the Case of Difficult Mother-Child Attachment After a Traumatic Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic – a Case Study

Edition 2020/3 p.20

An example of building a breastfeeding counselling Practice -

How it all began.

Edition 2018/4 p. 7

Jaundice Therapy: Discussion about "Breast milk - Icterus And The Supplementary Feed Of Formula

Edition 2017/3 p. 4

Hyperbilirubinemia - Prevention, breastfeeding management and a new, more family-friendly therapeutic approach.

Edition 2017/2 p. 25

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Seiringer Isolde (Austria)

IBCLC in private practice, Staff member at the European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation (EISL), Lecturer

Grandchildren and Grandparents

Edition 2020/3 p. 9

Cluster feeding

Edition 2017/4 p.13

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Sherf Shoshi (Israel)

Shoshi is a registered nurse, Israeli registered lactation consultant and lactation nurse coordinator.

She is a Team Leader of home visits in Ashkelon district, public health services.

Shoshi is married and has four children, one granddaughter who is one month old.

Shoshi lives in Ashdod City.

Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ministry of Health Family Clinics Ashkelon District

Edition 2022/2 p. 26

Siegmund-Schultze Nicola (Germany)

Dr. rer. night

Postpartum Depression: the Risk for Postpartum Depression is Elevated in Women With Gestational Diabetes

Edition 2019/4 p.32

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Skupin Gisela (Germany)

Gisela Skupin has been a La Leche League Leader since 1985. She is the mother of four breastfed children and was a District Coordinator. She is a certified LLL Communication Skills Facilitator. She was a coordinator for the District Coordinators in LLLD from 2000 – 2006 and a member of the LLLD Board from 2001 – 2005. In 2022, she retired from many of her LLL duties and is now only active as a Communication Skills Facilitator for LLLD.

“Don´t Offer, Don´t Refuse” – A Weaning Method?

Edition 2023/1 p. 5

Smith Julie (Australia)

Honorary Associate Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Australian Breastfeeding Association Breastfeeding Counsellor and

Community Educator.

Measuring and Valuing Women’s Lactation Work: The Mothers’ Milk Tool

Edition 2022/4 p.36

Sonsalla Lana (Germany)

Speech and language therapist, lactation consultant (European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation), in private practice in the Harz region, volunteer of the

facebook group “Die Stillecke 2.0”

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Summary, Step 9

Edition 2022/4 p. 11

Springer Tina (Germany)

IBCLC, Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH, Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology

Breastfeeding a Baby with Heart Disease -

The ideal, taking into consideration special needs

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Stagg Kathryn (UK)

Kathryn Stagg is mum to 4 boys, twins and two singletons, in Harrow, Nort West London, UK. She was lucky enough to have great breastfeeding support in the early days of twins and manged to exclusively breastfeed. Given the chance to give back she was offered the opportunity to train as a peer supporter 17 year ago. She then caught the breastfeeding support bug and continued her studies training as Breastfeeding Counsellor with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and then qualifying as an IBCLC in 2018. Kathryn is founder of Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets UK charity and Facebook group and has written the book. Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets; a guide for professionals and parents.

Alternative Way of Using a Feeding Tube With a Nipple Shield

Edition 2023/3 p. 25

Steiner Elisa (Austria)

Paediatric intensive care nurse, parenting course instructor, IBCLC in independent

practice in Vienna and Berlin, BFHI assessor, President of VSLÖ, board member Austrian KEKS association

Breastfeeding and Oesophageal Atresia – Theory and Practice

Edition 2023/2 p. 33

Hand Expression and other Manual Techniques in Breastfeeding Counselling

Edition 2021/1 p.4

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Stiller Genny (USA)

C-PNP, IBCLC, C-NLS

Genny Stiller (she/her) holds a Master of Science in Nursing, is board certified as a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner, International Certified Lactation Consultant, and

Certified Neurodiverse Lactation Specialist. She opened the Neurodiverse Lactation Education Center in 2022 and continues to provide neurodivergent affirming lactation support, education, and training internationally. genny@NLECenter.com

The Neurodivergent Lactation Experience

Edition 2023/2 p.15

Stockinger Marlene (Austria)

Mother of twins

A Close Breastfeeding Relationship as a Trio -

But you can’t breastfeed twins - can’t you?

Edition 2016/1 p. 14

Stosik Magdalene (Germany)

Board member of Hypoplastic Hearts Germany eV

AFS contact person for parents of breastfeeding children with heart disease

Breastfeeding in Infants Suffering from Chylothorax

Edition 2016/1 p. 14

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Strasser Sina (Switzerland)

B.Sc. in Health Promotion and Prevention/ZHAW Author of bachelor‘s thesis “I find

it natural, important and beautiful”. Research assistant at the Public Health Research Centre/ZHAW, focusing on child and adolescent health. Her work includes supervision of internships.

“I Find It Natural, Important and Beautiful” - A qualitative survey of first-time fathers-to-be and men who have already become fathers on the topic of breastfeeding.

Edition 2023/1 p.25

Strauss Alexander

is a gynaecologist. From 2006-2015 he was Deputy Clinic Director at the Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe of the Kiel campus of the Universitätsklinikum

Schleswig-Holstein. He has been working as a professor in the medical faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel

Gynaecological Practice: Differential Diagnoses of Reddened Areas in the Breast During Breastfeeding

Edition 2019/4 p. 11

Stroh Eva (Germany)

Eva Stroh has been a La Leche League Leader since 1989. She is the mother of

three breastfed daughters and is a graduate biologist (Diplom-Biologin). She was a

District Coordinator from 1991 – 1995, was the Chair of La Leche Liga Deutschland e. V. from 1996 – 2001, was an administrator for La Leche League Europe from 2006 – 2011, and ran Leche Liga Deutschland’s shop and office from 2012 – 2022.

“Don´t Offer, Don´t Refuse” – A Weaning Method?

Edition 2023/1 p. 5

Tiktak-Hogetoorn Karin (Netherlands)

IBCLC, President of ELACTA

The Path to Recognition of IBCLCs in the Netherlands – a Model for Success

Edition 2019/4 p. 30

ILCA

Edition 2015/4 p.12

IBCLC Care and Health Insurance - Behind the scenes

Edition 2015/1 p. 18

Tomic Latinac Martina (Croatia)

Social worker, mother of 2 children, works at UNICEF. For the last 7 years she has led the Children's Protection Program in the areas of violence prevention, the legal system and crisis situations.

The consequences of not breastfeeding in the refugee camp in Croatia

Edition 2016/2 p. 11

Tommelein Eline (Belgium)

Prof. Pharmacist, teacher at the University of Brussels, scientific writer and lactation consultant; I have no conflict of interest in this matter. I have no connection to any infant formula company and I have never received any grants

or financial compensation

Infant Formula – How to Find the right Fit

Edition 2021/2 p.11#

Diagnosis and Treatment of Thrush during Breastfeeding

Edition 2020/4 p.26

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Van Belle Charlotte (Belgium)

graduated as a general  dentist from Ghent University (Belgium) in 2010. Her passion for functional and holistic dentistry led her to training in orofacial myofunctional therapy, Buteyko breathing re-education, orthotropics and functional tongue (and lip) tie release. She combines these different therapies to treat her patients, whose ages range from 0 to 100. www.respireclinic.be

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 21

Van Bocxstaele Veerle (Belgium)

MSc, Midwife, IBCLC, Lecturer PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts department Healthcare – Midwifery. She is a founder and boardmember of the Belgian Association of Lactation Consultants (BVL) since 2006 and member of

the editorial board of membership magazine of BVL ‘ Tijdschrift voor Lactatiekundigen’.

Pamela Douglas’ Mechanobiological Model of Benign Lactation-related Breast Inflammation

Edition 2023/4 p. 8

van den Boom Louisa (Germany)

is a paediatric diabetologist and is Senior Physician at the Clementine Kinderhospital in Frankfurt am Main, where she is head of Paediatric and

Adolescent Diabetology. Her aim is to give affected children and their parents an everyday life that is as normal as possible, thus enabling children to experience a normal childhood.

The breastfed child with Diabetes mellitus type 1

Edition 2019/1 p. 5

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van Lonkhuijsen Myrtle (Netherlands)

Educational scientist turned IBCLC in the year 2000, after being a volunteer breastfeeding counceller at Vereniging Borstvoeding Natuurlijk. Since 2000 I‘ve worked in a private practice in and around Amsterdam.

Breastfeeding Counselling in the Netherlands During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Edition 2020/2 p. 37

A growth chart is but a chart

Edition 2019/2 p.12

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To Cut or Not to Cut? - Is there more to consider in the case of tongue-tie?

Edition 2016/2 p. 18

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Vassallo Charlene (Malta)

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

Vickers Niamh (Irland)

Assistant Professor /Lecturer in Public Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – a European Perspective - Step 5

Edition 2022/4 p. 9

Introduction to weaning, predominant approaches, and cultural practices

Edition 2022 3 / p.19

Vocht Jeanette (Germany)

IBCLC since 2008 Obstetrician-gynaecologist since 2013;  Since 2013 gynaecologist

in a gynaecological practice and affiliated obstetriciangynaecologist at the Hofgeismar District Clinic.

Breastfeeding counselling within the scope of the practice and in the district hospital’s breastfeeding outpatient clinic.

Medical Aspects in Breastfeeding Counselling – Good Communication between IBCLCs and Doctors

Edition 2020/4 p.24

Obstacles in doctor’s breastfeeding support:

Edition 2015/4 p. 4

Vogelgesang  Eva (Germany)

Specialist paediatric nurse, IBCLC, EFNB (Entwicklungsfördernde Neonatalbegleiterin - facilitator for neonatal development) and babywearing

consultant. She works freelance, and this includes work for DIDYMOS.

Separated with an Incision and Reconnected Right Away

Edition 2022/4 p.16

von der Ohe Gudrun (Germany)

Medical doctor lactation consultant IBCLC, practice for medical breastfeeding

counselling, staff member of the European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation (Europäisches Institut für Stillen und Laktation), assessor for BFHI in Germany, lecturer for medical professionals, author

Paradigm Shift in the Management of Candida: Contextualising Addition to a Recent Professional Article

Edition 2023/3 p.31

Copyright – important for all of us

Edition 2021/3 p.21

Facts, Old Wives’ Tales and Myths about Formula

Edition 2021/2 p. 32

EISL Recommendations on Weight Development: How to Ensure that a Breastfed Child Thrives

Edition 2020/ 1 p.5

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Coronavirus/COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: Current International Recommendations

Edition 2020/1 p. 23

Jaundice Therapy: Discussion about "Breast milk - Icterus And The Supplementary Feed Of Formula

Edition 2017/3 p. 4

Waldura Bärbel (Germany)

IBCLC, pediatric nurse, editorial board member

Report From the Hospital

Edition 2020/2 p.35

Watson Genna Catherine (USA)

BS, IBCLC, Catherine Watson Genna has been an IBCLC in private practice in NYC since 1992. She has a special interest in the anatomical, genetic and neurological

influences on infant sucking skills, and writes and speaks internationally on these topics. Her current research projects involve investigating the biomechanics of the lactating nipple; analyzing infant sucking via ultrasound and studying suck: swallow rhythms using cervical auscultation.

Swallowing Problems in Breastfeeding Infants

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Infant Hand Movements During Breast Seeking

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Weissman Gina (Israel)

DMD, RN, IBCLC, FABM; Dr. Gina Weissman is a D.M.D. dentist, a RN nurse and a Lactation Consultant IBCLC since 1999.

She is the owner and director of The Lactation Academy, an international school for the training of lactation consultants. Gina is a keynote speaker and IBCLC mentor. She lives in Israel and works in Laniado Maternity Hospital and at her Breastfeeding

and Tongue Tie Clinic, Halav M.

Induced Lactation for Women with Endometriosis – 3 case studies

Edition 2023/2 p.30

Interview with Experts on Tongue-tie

Edition 2022/1 p. 22

Aftercare and Training Exercises after Frenotomy - Are They Really Necessary?

Edition 2020/1 p. 28

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Upper Lip-tie (ULT) and its Potential Breastfeeding Implications

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Ankyloglossia

Edition 2018/3 p. 30

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Breastfeeding After Cosmetic Breast Surgery - From Myth to Truth

Edition 2017/3 p. 15

AME: A Tool to Maximize Breastmilk Production in Challenging Cases - AME: Antenatal Manual Expression

Edition 2026/4 p. 12

Whelan Caoimhe (Ireland)

B. Eng (Hons), IBCLC, MSc. Research. Caoimhe has been an IBCLC since 2016 and works in private practice in South Dublin, Ireland. She has a special interest in low milk supply and recently undertook MSc. research in University College Dublin on women’s experiences of breastfeeding with primary low milk supply.

At-the-breast Supplementation - A short overview from Ireland of different approaches and products that can be used.

Edition 2023/ 3 p.4

Severe HSV-1 Mastitis in a Breastfeeding Mother

Edition 2020/3 p.23

Breastfeeding Support in Ireland with COVID-19 Restrictions

Edition 2020/2 p.31

Whetsell Dixie (USA)

MS, IBCLC

Dixie Whetsell has a Master’s Degree in Community Health Education from the University of Oregon, and she is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She has been working with breastfeeding families since 1992. She has

worked as a lactation consultant in private practice, for county and state public health programs, and in medical institutions. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health at Portland State University teaching in their Pathway 2 Lactation Training Program.

Breastfeeding with Lactation Anaphylaxis: A Case Study

Edition 2023/ 2 p.4

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Wilson-Clay Barbara (USA)

Author of the book Breastfeeding Atlas

Thin silicone nipple shields - excerpts from the Breastfeeding Atlas

Edition 2017/2 p. 14

Wronski El Awamry Claudia

Nurse HF, lactation consultant IBCLC at the “Babyfriendly Hospital” Spital Limmattal, Switzerland; e.g. Currently visiting the CAS “Health Sciences and Professional Leadership” at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences

The use of the nipple shield

Edition 2017/1 p. 4

Suction cups and shortened breastfeeding duration - is there a causal connection? - Letter to the editor

output 2016/2 p.4

Yitzhak Avital (Israel)

Avital is a registered nurse who specializes in premature intensive care and public health. She has been an IBCLC since 2006. For the past ten years, she has been working in Ashkelon Region Public Health Office as Deputy Nurse.

Avital is married and has three children, two grandsons who are four-year-old twins. She lives in Ashkelon City, a beautiful seaside city in southern Israel.

Breastfeeding Support Groups in Ministry of Health Family Clinics Ashkelon District

Edition 2022/2 p. 26

Zanze Ivana (Croatian)

is the first chairwoman of Roda – Parents in Action. She has been a volunteer peer-to-peer lactation consultant and co-chair of Roda's for 13 years now

Breastfeeding Program, she designs all projects and activities to promote breastfeeding at Roda.

She is the Rodas representative in the Breastfeeding Protection and Promotion Committee at the Ministry of Health, a member of the City of Zagreb's Coordination Committee for the City of Zagreb Breastfeeding Friendly Program and

Assessor for UNICEF's BabyFriendly Hospital program.

During the refugee crisis, she worked as a volunteer in refugee camps in Opatovac and Slavonski Brod and collaborated on the development and implementation

other volunteers from Roda and UNICEF support the breastfeeding support program of the Mother Baby Centers in the camps.

Breastfeeding support for Syrian refugee mothers in Croatia

Edition 2016/2 p. 9

Zakarija-Grkovic, Irena (Croatian)

MD, FRACGP, IBCLC, PhD,

University of Split, Croatia, School of Medicine

Infant Feeding During Emergencies in Europe

Edition 2022/2 p.33

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)

Edition 2017/4 p. 30

Breastfeeding: smart, cool and career-friendly

Edition 2016/4 p. 15

Ziegler Anette-G. (Germany)

works at the Institute for Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Center Munich

as well as in the Diabetes Research Group, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich

Breastfeeding by Women With Gestational Diabetes – a Contribution to Maternal Health Promotion?

Edition 2017/4 p. 4

Ziegler-Zanotta Christina (Switzerland)

dentistin Basel

Dental Treatment During Breastfeeding

Edition 2017/3 p. 21

Ziemer Dörthe (Germany)

Complementary Feeding Recommendations and Business Interests

Edition 2018/2 p. 11

Zittera Ingrid (Austria)

Dr. Ingrid Zittera, Senior Physician Specialist for Gynecology and Obstetrics, IBCLC

Spokeswoman for the BFHI in ONGKG Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Breastfeeding With Gestational Diabetes in Clinical Practice

Edition 2017/4 p. 8

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