GOLD Speakers
Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA
- Country: U.S.A.
Biography:
Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA, is author of the professional books, Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple (BAMS) and its BAMS Pocket Guide Edition. She co-authored (with Julie Stock) The Breastfeeding Answer Book, a research-based counselling guide that has sold more than 130,000 copies worldwide, and (with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett) the popular book for parents, Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers. She speaks at breastfeeding conferences around the world. Nancy began helping breastfeeding families as a volunteer in 1982. Board-certified as a lactation consultant in 1991, from 1993 to 2003 she founded and maintained a large private lactation practice in the Chicago area. In 2008 the International Lactation Consultant Association officially recognized her contributions to the field of breastfeeding by awarding her the designation FILCA, Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association. Nancy was one of the first group of 16 to be recognized for their lifetime achievements in breastfeeding.