La Leche League of Missouri 2006 Area Conference
Breastfeeding:
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La Leche League Leaders and Mothers and Fathers and Kids are..... Diverse, talented, creative individuals.... Learn more about our speakers, starting with our headliners Marian, Hilary, and Dee. The others are in alphabetical order. |
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Tompson is one of the Founders of
La Leche League International and was
its President for 24 years. She is the mother of seven children,
grandmother of sixteen and great grandmother of four.
She was instrumental in developing LLLI's Breastfeeding Seminars for Physicians which have been held annually for over thirty years and are currently accredited for continuing education credits by the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association. She has been on numerous advisory councils including the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, the National Association of Post Partum Care Services, and the Coalition for Maternal Infant Nutrition. Mrs. Tompson has written extensively on breastfeeding and is one of the authors of the WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING. She has devoted her life to supporting and educating parents and professionals about breastfeeding and related issues. She is Founder and President/CEO of AnotherLook, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to gathering information, raising critical questions and stimulating research about breastfeeding in the context of HIV/AIDs. Marian Tompson Talks about the LLLI Conference with Mary Hurt, LLLI Public Relations Associate From: LEAVEN, Vol. 38 No. 2, April-May 2002, p. 31. Marian discusses the value of going to conferences, this applicable to going to an Area Conference like Missouri's. Living Treasure - Marian Tompson - founder of La Leche League from Mothering, March, 1998. (Currently not available on Mothering, this is link to another site.) Mother Earth News From 1986, an edited transcript of a six-hour discussion between the author and Marian about birth. Professional Background includes:
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 Hilary
Flower isthe author of
Adventures in Gentle Discipline and
Adventures in Tandem Nursing. Hilary is from Tampa Bay, Florida, and
the mother of three breastfed children. She loves coming to La Leche
League Conferences and was the author of the Gentle Discipline article
in New Beginnings
May-June 2005 issue. Check out these other fun links for
Hilary.The Official Hilary Flower Website Wading Into the River of Mothering and Writing by Hilary Flower at mamaphonic.com. The story of how Hilary got a book offer from La Leche League. The Adventures of a Writing Mama: An Interview With Writer Hilary Flower by Stacey Greenberg at mamazine.com Thanksgiving, Hold the Malarky by Hilary Flower at fertilegroundzine.com Hilary Flower - Adventures in Gentle Discipline (La Leche League International Podcast #12, July 2005) Hilary Flower discusses her new book, Adventures in Gentle Discipline, which was published in July 2005. Hilary is also the author of the popular book, Adventures in Tandem Nursing. (11 min.) |
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 Dee
Kassing, LLL Leader, LLL of Collinsville IL, IBCLC in private practice, Assistant Area
Professional Liaison for LLL of IL. Dee is the owner and founder of
Breastfeeding Support Services, Inc. She began helping mothers
breastfeed 25 years ago. She became a La Leche League Leader in
1986, and is currently serving as Assistant Area Professional Liaison
for Illinois La Leche League and as Metro East (Illinois) La Leche
League’s representative on the Edwardsville (IL) Region Breastfeeding
Task Force.
She has developed a style of bottle-feeding that
can be used to reinforce proper breastfeeding. The article,
Bottle-feeding as a tool to reinforce breastfeeding ,
describing this method (the Kassing Method of bottle-feeding) was
published in a peer-reviewed international journal (JOURNAL OF HUMAN
LACTATION, read
Abstract). The article was voted by the journal’s readers as The
Most Useful Article of 2002. The Kassing Method of bottle-feeding
is now used worldwide. Also of interest is her article,
Breastfeeding and
CranioSacral Therapy: When It Can Help. Dee has had other articles published in La
Leche League International’s LEAVEN, Illinois La Leche League’s SPICE
SHELF, Illinois Department of Public Health’s BREASTFEEDING TOPICS and
local parenting magazines.
Dee has presented various breastfeeding education
sessions at the La Leche League International Conference, La Leche
League Area Conferences, Lactation Consultants of Metropolitan St. Louis
meetings, Edwardsville Region Breastfeeding Task Force and Southern
Illinois Region Breastfeeding Task Force meetings and conferences, the
Illinois WIC Conference, and in-service workshops at area hospitals.
She is listed as an LC referral on the “warm lines” of several St. Louis
metropolitan area hospitals. |
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| Elizabeth Alleman, MD, Family Physician in private practice, that includes maternity and birth care. Mother of a breastfed daughter. Has personal and professional experience with miscarriage and perinatal death. A breastfeeding and birth advocate, Elizabeth is skilled at explaining the evidence-based medicine behind the long tradition and womanly art of breastfeeding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Benne, LLL Leader, LLL Communication Skills Instructor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlene Burnett, LLL Leader, RN, IBCLC, OB Educator/Lactation Consultant at Truman Medical Center, Lakewood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Lynn
Carter, LLL Leader, LLL of Kirksville, co-presented a poster on the development of her PR
program with health care professionals in her community at the LLLI
conference in Washington, DC 2005 |
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 Ginny
Chadwick, LLL Leader, LLL of Columbia Sunset Group, mother of baby with
severe food allergies who has now grown to be a happy breastfed toddler.
Ginny has been a leader with the Maryville MO group and Arlington TX.
Mother of two girls, Aubrielle 6 and Savannah 3. Ginny enjoys teaching
and learning about sustainable living. |
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| Gina Cochran, combined breastfeeding and part-time employment with three children breastfed into toddlerhood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Leche League of Columbia - Sunset Group. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The
Cook Family Band—Music and merriment for the whole family
LLL Leader Kayl Soukup—bass |
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Sage Drake,breastfeeding mother, writes to us...
I fondly remember attending meetings with her as a little girl. My favorite part of meetings was the snacks! Oh yeah, and getting to see all of the babies! I work outside the home full time, and my son just turned two. Somehow I have managed to continue to breastfeed him to this point – although I certainly had no plans to continue this long! I pumped for him at work until well after he was a year old; my mom (see Melissa Lee's bio below) cared for him exclusively for about the first 10 months, at which point she was ready to retire and he began day care part-time (two days a week, then three) until a full-time slot became available when he was about 15 mos old. The transition was very gradual and gentle for all of us. While our breastfeeding relationship (and support from my mom) is still going strong, we have family reasons to consider initiating some gentle weaning in the near future. I am testing the waters for some techniques that we can use to bring about this huge transition in a gentle and seemingly child-led way as well, although I have to admit I am not completely ready to let go yet… |
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 Lonna
Ellsworth, LLL Leader, RN, IBCLC, employed by three St. Louis area
hospitals |
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| Kerstin Frueh, breasteeding mother of two boys and former teacher in Switzerland and US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cathy Glueck, LLL Leader, LLL of Fort Leonard Wood, lone Leader of the same Group for 17+ years, and has had to apply creative and unique ideas to spice up meetings |
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| Cynthia Godwin, LLL Leader, LLL of Kansas City South, a leader since 1990. She received her B.S. in Elementary Education in 1982 from University of NE-Lincoln. She is currently working on my Masters in Special Education from CMSU. Area of interest is in the gifted/learning disabled and has taught middle school for the past 7 years. Has worked in elementary school, preschools, and run her own home day care. She has been married to Brad for 24 years and they have 3 sons: Josh-21, Luke-18 and Matthew-15. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barbara Gremaud, LLL Leader, mother of three children exclusively breastfed for six months and then into toddler hood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Julie
Gremaud, LLL Leader, mother of three children who all breastfed into
toddler hood |
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| Melissa Benton-Hopper, breastfeeding mother, member of Phi Kappa Delta Speech and Debate Association and a member of Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri (STAM). She has been writing, teaching, speaking for 10 years. This year she will completed my Bachelors of Speech Communication Degree from Webster University and currently has a Opticianary Science Degree from J. Sargeant Reynolds College in Virginia. The speech "Don't Be Afraid, It's Only a Breast, is an award winning speech of year 2005 and 2006 from the State of Missouri and the National Pi Kappa Delta Association. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Deanna
Jurkowski is an LLL Leader with La Leche League of Warrensburg.
She is the mother of six breastfed children.
Deanna has a wide range of breastfeeding experiences. She has exclusively pumped for her baby in intensive care who later died from surgical complications. And she nursed four into toddlerhood with both baby led and mother led weanings. Number six is only a few months old, so she is eager to experience what this breastfeeding relationship will be like. She is a stay at home mother who is rarely at home. Deanna feels that there is not much you can't do with children around. Following her passions, she is able to help other mothers and babies with their the breastfeeding relationship, volunteer at her children's schools, their activities, her church, and work on several other community projects. Deanna still finds time to sew, garden, cook and sometimes even clean! Allowing the babies and children to be a part of her everyday life instead of life stopping and revolving around them is what makes life so great! Check out their family blog maintained by Dad, Odin. |
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 Amanda
Ireland, LLL Leader, LLL of
University City, former
journalist, public relations executive with experience in health,
government, and hospitality industries in NZ, UK, and USA
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 Allison
Knight, LLL Leader, LLL of Wyandotte County/Merriam, mother of five, mothering and breastfeeding through
a variety of circumstances |
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 Larkellen
Krehbiel, LLL Leader, LLL of Columbia, mother of three ages 7 - 17, living in a city on
an income that is less than the national average; frequent speaker on
thrifty living to community groups; specializes in saving on groceries;
co-owner of
Estate and Garage Sale
Managers |
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| Cathy Kruse, RN, IBCLC, State Breastfeeding Coordinator for Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Melissa Lee, She’s a retired Leader (then was Melissa Neidinger) from Independence/Raytown MO day groups – active in the mid/late 70’s. A doting Grandma, she enjoys taking care of her grandchild. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Linsenmeyer, breastfeeding mother of two girls and Kids Yoga teacher in Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Alex
Maginness, husband of Leader Ginny Chadwick, very involved dad to two
daughters as well as the primary bread winner. He stayed home with
Aubrielle as an infant and then they traded places at 15 months. He is
the owner of a company, Living Green. They rehab homes in a
sustainable way. |
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| Jessica Mattingly, LLL Leader, La Leche League of Blue Springs, IBCLC, certified childbirth educator and doula who has experienced a personal loss of an infant. Five years experience in working with food allergies/ intolerances, nutritional deficiencies, and leaky gut; has discovered how reactions have manifested in different family members. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Prather, DC in private practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Donovan Sharp, DC in private practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cynthia
Shelby, LLL Leader, LLL of Columbia, mother of two sons, MS in entomology, with a
reluctant fondness for bugs
USDA Insect Kid Link:
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| Kent Shelby, father of two sons, USDA Entomologist, (not reluctantly) fond of bugs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Laurie
Shornick, LLL Leader and is an Immunologist and has a Ph.D. from
Washington University School of Medicine. She has been doing
research on inflammation and infection for the past 15 years,
experienced in models of inflammation and infection, cellular
immunology, and molecular biology. To see Laurie's publications,
check out
PubMed. |
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 Nikki
Simmons, LLL Leader, LLL of Highpoint/Versailles AM and PM and LLL of
Jefferson City. She has been helping mothers in person, by email
and by phone for 5 years. Since she lives in the country, the
phone is her main connection with mothers. Her 7 year old daughter is hopeful that other kids will be joining her at the kids
sessions. Nikki writes...
"I came to La Leche League because a kind woman named Kolbi invited me. I didn't realize how much I needed to connect with a community of women who had successfully breastfed. My only regret is that I didn't come to LLL sooner. I have met my closest friends here, friendships based in the deep value that mothering matters." |
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| Kayl Soukup, LLL Leader, LLL of Jackson County AM, Bachelor of Music Ed, Master of Music, licensed Musikgarten instructor, cellist with Lee’s Summit Symphony, and certified music educator, co-founder Cook Music Studio. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Karen
Urick, LLL Leader, La Leche League of Blue Springs, RD, IBCLC, mother of two breastfed boys. 5
years professional experience in public health dept/WIC program.
Karen writes....
"When my husband, Mike and I lived in Atlanta, GA before children, I worked for the public health dept as a registered dietitian for the WIC program counseling pregnant, nursing and post-partum women with their young children. It was amazing to me seeing the bond between the nursing mom and her baby as well as how much healthier the breastfed babies were. I wanted to learn so much more about breastfeeding so I started my path towards certified lactation consulting (IBCLC). I read many professional books about lactation, attended many conferences and volunteered at an inner city hospital assisting new mothers breastfeed their babies. In Atlanta, I also started going to local LLL meetings to get more of the mother's perspective on breastfeeding and parenting. Attending LLL meetings helped me be a more sensitive and knowledgeable public health professional and later in my life, prepared me for breastfeeding and mothering my own 2 children. We moved back to the Midwest in 2000, I became a first time mother and an IBCLC in 2001, and a LLL leader in 2002. With all the conflicting advice parents receive about breastfeeding, they can count on LLL for correct information and respectful support. I love giving back to LLL and helping other parents discover the wonderful benefits to breastfeeding their children." |
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 Jenny
Walters, LLL Leader,
LLL of Overland Park South AM, BA Microbiology, graduate study in Maternal/Child public health |
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 Karen
Wesselman—LLL Leader, LLL of Columbia, mother of five ages 3 - 17, living on a farm with
one very modest income; rarely pays retail prices for anything; co-owner
of
Estate and Garage Sale
Managers |
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| Jackie Van Patten Wild, LLL Leader, LLL of Kansas City South, teaching dance since 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bridgett
Wissinger, LLL Leader, LLL of Sappington, helping mothers in person and
by phone for three years. Married to Mike for 10 years, have
daughters Sophia (5) and Maeve (20 months). |
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