Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC

After the birth of her first daughter in 1975, her interest in breastfeeding bloomed. She worked with breastfeeding mothers when she was a public health nurse, and was librarian for her local La Leche League chapter. Her passion for mothers and babies was unleashed in full at Booth Maternity Hospital, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 1986, Nikki has made mothers and babies the entire focus of her career. The birth of her second daughter in 1990 only strengthened her dedication. Her publications include two books, "Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding Therapy" and, " A Breastfeeding Owner's Manual"; the monographs “Benefits of Breastfeeding and Their Economic Impact”and “Sexuality and Breastfeeding” ; and the educational pamphlet “How to help yourself through labor”. She is a frequent contributor to Lactnet, the international list-serve for breastfeeding helpers, is the Reviews editor for the journal Clinical Lactation, writes reviews of books and music for the Old-Time Herald, a magazine dedicated to old-time music, is author of the blog, Morning Thoughts, and regularly updates her Facebook page, NikkiLeeHealth. Nikki is a nurse, a childbirth educator, a lactation consultant, an infant massage and TummyTime! instructor, a cranio-sacral bodyworker, a researcher, an author, a public speaker. and a registered yoga teacher. At present, she maintains a private practice as a holistic lactation consultant (with a wide range of services offered), and teaches infant massage and TummyTime! classes. Her other interests include back-up rhythm guitar (Cajun and old-time), hiking and yoga. Nikki imagines clean air, clean water and fresh wholesome food being major international goals. She imagines that the pursuit of armaments and war is dropped, because it isn’t good for babies. She sees everyone, everywhere, caring for and about babies.