Diane Wiessinger

Diane Wiessinger became a La Leche League Leader in 1985 and in 1990 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. In 1992 she opened her private lactation consultant practice.^[3]

In 1996 Wiessinger wrote her seminal essay "Watch your language!", pioneering research into the language that is used to describe breastfeeding.^[4] More than a decade later her astute observations were backed up by academic research.^[5]

In her 2010 book with Diana West 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.^[6]

In her 2014 book with Diana West, Linda J. Smith, and Teresa Pitman for La Leche League International, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family, Wiessinger, West, 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.^[7]

• Common Sense Breastfeeding