Conference Introduction Bio

Diana West is an international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) in New Jersey and retired La Leche League Leader, with over twenty years of experience working with breastfeeding parents and babies.  She has published many books, including Making More Milk: The Breastfeeding Guide to Increasing Your Milk Production (1st and 2nd editions), Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family, the 8th edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding after Breast and Nipple Procedures, Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery, and ILCA’s Clinician’s Breastfeeding Triage Tool.  She also co-authored a research article with a team led by Trevor MacDonald and Joy Noel-Weiss about trans men’s experiences with lactation and gender identity.  Diana has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and has completed coursework for her master’s degree in religion. She has three grown sons and lives in the picturesque mountains of northwestern New Jersey in the United States.