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West became involved in breastfeeding advocacy after her experiences trying to breastfeed her three children following breast reduction surgery.<ref name="25 Things">{{cite book | title=25 Things Every Nursing Mother Needs to Know | author=Huggins, Kathleen | year=2009 | publisher=Harvard Common Press}}</ref>
West became involved in breastfeeding advocacy after her experiences trying to breastfeed her three children following breast reduction surgery.<ref name="25 Things">{{cite book | title=25 Things Every Nursing Mother Needs to Know | author=Huggins, Kathleen | year=2009 | publisher=Harvard Common Press}}</ref>


West is an accredited [[La Leche League]] Leader<ref>[http://www.llli.org La Leche League International]</ref> and a member of the review board of the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)<ref>[http://www.uslca.org United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)]</ref> professional journal ''Clinical Lactation.''<ref>[http://media.clinicallactation.org/fall10/ClinicalLactation_FALL.pdf Clinical Lactation Fall 2010 issue, page 5]</ref> She was a member of the board of directors of the [[International Lactation Consultant Association]] (ILCA)<ref>[http://www.ilca.org/files/inside_ilca/mission_vision/AnnualReport2009.pdf International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)]</ref> from July 2008 until the end of 2009, working as Director of Professional Development.<ref name="Association News">{{cite journal | url=http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/26/1/79.full.pdf+html | title=Association News From the ILCA Board of Directors | author=Brooks, Liz | journal=Journal of Human Lactation |date=February 2010 | volume=26 | issue=1}}</ref> She has been on the board of the Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC) and has been a speaker at professional and parenting conferences.<ref>[http://www.lactspeak.com/speakers/DianaWest Lactspeak Lactation Speaker Bureau]</ref>
West is an accredited [[La Leche League]] Leader<ref>[http://www.llli.org La Leche League International]</ref> and has worked for La Leche League International as their Director of Media Relations since 2011.<ref>[http://www.llli.org/sweetsleepbook/mediacontact]</ref> She is a member of the review board of the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)<ref>[http://www.uslca.org United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)]</ref> professional journal ''Clinical Lactation.''<ref>[http://media.clinicallactation.org/fall10/ClinicalLactation_FALL.pdf Clinical Lactation Fall 2010 issue, page 5]</ref> She was a member of the board of directors of the [[International Lactation Consultant Association]] (ILCA)<ref>[http://www.ilca.org/files/inside_ilca/mission_vision/AnnualReport2009.pdf International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)]</ref> from July 2008 until the end of 2009, working as Director of Professional Development.<ref name="Association News">{{cite journal | url=http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/26/1/79.full.pdf+html | title=Association News From the ILCA Board of Directors | author=Brooks, Liz | journal=Journal of Human Lactation |date=February 2010 | volume=26 | issue=1}}</ref> She has been on the board of the Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC) and has been a speaker at professional and parenting conferences.<ref>[http://www.lactspeak.com/speakers/DianaWest Lactspeak Lactation Speaker Bureau]</ref>


Diana West has a private lactation consultation practice, and is a clinical lactation forms developer, a [[website developer]], and administrator of the Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries,<ref>[http://www.bfar.org Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries]</ref> and Low Milk Supply,<ref>[http://www.LowMilkSupply.org Low Milk Supply]</ref> websites.
Diana West has a private lactation consultation practice, and is a clinical lactation forms developer, a [[website developer]], and administrator of the Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries,<ref>[http://www.bfar.org Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries]</ref> and Low Milk Supply,<ref>[http://www.LowMilkSupply.org Low Milk Supply]</ref> websites.

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This article is about the expert on breastfeeding issues. For the American political commentator, see Diana West.
Diana West

Diana West is a leading lactation consultant and noted author in the field of breastfeeding.

Biography

Diana West was born August 8, 1965 in Rogers, Arkansas. West is the granddaughter of Clyde T. Ellis (1908–1980), congressman of Arkansas (1939–1943) and the first general manager (CEO) of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (1943–1967).

West attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, from which she obtained a bachelor of arts degree in industrial psychology. She lives in the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey together with her husband, Brad West. The couple have three sons.[1]

Work in the lactation field

West became involved in breastfeeding advocacy after her experiences trying to breastfeed her three children following breast reduction surgery.[2]

West is an accredited La Leche League Leader[3] and has worked for La Leche League International as their Director of Media Relations since 2011.[4] She is a member of the review board of the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)[5] professional journal Clinical Lactation.[6] She was a member of the board of directors of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)[7] from July 2008 until the end of 2009, working as Director of Professional Development.[8] She has been on the board of the Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC) and has been a speaker at professional and parenting conferences.[9]

Diana West has a private lactation consultation practice, and is a clinical lactation forms developer, a website developer, and administrator of the Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries,[10] and Low Milk Supply,[11] websites.

Published works

In her 2001 book, Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery, West discusses the effects of breast reduction surgery on breastfeeding and provides practical advice to women in that situation. The Journal of Human Lactation described this book as "an excellent resource for healthcare professionals, in particular lactation consultants."[12][13]

Ms. West led a team of international lactation professionals in developing The Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool for the International Lactation Consultant Association in 2007, which was revised in 2008 and 2014. This health care tool provided evidence-based information for first-line treatment of lactation dysfunction and pathologies.[14]

In her 2008 monograph with Dr. Elliot Hirsch, Clinics in Human Lactation: Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures, West and Hirsch examined the effects of breast and nipple procedures on lactation for medical professionals.[15]

In her 2008 book with Lisa Marasco about low milk production, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk, West and Marasco presented methods to identify the causes of low milk production and targeted strategies to increase them, including more effective milk removal, addressing hormonal dysfunction, and the use of galactagogues (herbs to increase lactation), such as goat's rue and shatavari.[16]

In her 2010 book with Diane Wiessinger and Teresa Pitman for La Leche League International, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th edition, Wiessinger, West, and Pitman re-wrote La Leche League International's landmark book about breastfeeding for the new millennial generation.[17]

In her 2014 book with Diane Wiessinger, Linda J. Smith, and Teresa Pitman for La Leche League International, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family, West, Wiessinger, Smith, and Pitman examined the risks and safety of bedsharing for breastfeeding mothers as a strategy to improve breastfeeding outcomes, and provided strategies to make bedsharing safer and easier.[18]

Bibliography

  • Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery, La Leche League International, 2001.
  • Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool, International Lactation Consultant Association, 2007-2014 (Editions 1-3).
  • Clinics in Human Lactation: Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures, A Guide for Healthcare Professionals, Hale Publishing, 2008, with Elliot M. Hirsch.
  • The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk,, McGraw-Hill, 2008, with Lisa Marasco.
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th edition, Ballantine Books, 2010, with Diane Wiessinger and Teresa Pitman.
  • Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family, Ballantine Books, 2014, with Diane Wiessinger, Linda J. Smith, and Teresa Pitman.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Program, 17th Annual Professional Lactation Conference, Vermont Lactation Consultant Association, April 15–16, 2010.
  2. ^ Huggins, Kathleen (2009). 25 Things Every Nursing Mother Needs to Know. Harvard Common Press.
  3. ^ La Leche League International
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)
  6. ^ Clinical Lactation Fall 2010 issue, page 5
  7. ^ International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
  8. ^ Brooks, Liz (February 2010). "Association News From the ILCA Board of Directors". Journal of Human Lactation. 26 (1).
  9. ^ Lactspeak Lactation Speaker Bureau
  10. ^ Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries
  11. ^ Low Milk Supply
  12. ^ Chase, Heather (May 2002). "Books: Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery". The Journal of Human Lactation. 18 (2).
  13. ^ West, Diana (2001). Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery. La Leche League International.
  14. ^ West, Diana and Hirsch, Elliot (2008). Clinics in Human Lactation: Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures. Hale Publishing (Now Praeclarus Press).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ West, Diana and Hirsch, Elliot (2008). Clinics in Human Lactation: Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures. Hale Publishing (Now Praeclarus Press).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ West, Diana and Marasco, Lisa (2008). The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk. McGraw-Hill.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Wiessinger, Diane, West, Diana, and Pitman, Teresa (2008). The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th edition. Ballantine Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Wiessinger, Diane, West, Diana, Smith, Linda J., and Pitman, Teresa (2014). Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family. Ballantine Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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