Suzanne Colson

With over 25 years experience supporting breastfeeding mothers in both acute and community settings, Suzanne is an honorary member and founding mother/leader of La Leche League France.  She worked as a breastfeeding consultant with Dr. Michel Odent at Pithiviers State Hospital (France), a caseload midwife to French-speaking asylum seekers and as a midwife/baby feeding advisor in North London Hospitals where she was seconded to work on the Williams, Hawdon and DeRooy team examining the effects of supplementation on metabolic adaptation and breastfeeding.  Her MSc dissertation examining outcomes for 12 moderately preterm and small for gestational age babies reported how biological nurturing, a newly developed approach to breastfeeding. was first articulated;  This work was awarded distinction in 2000 and first disseminated at the ICM conference (2002) in Austria.  It was subsequently published in a MIDIRS original research paper form Currently a senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, she was awarded a doctorate in 2006 for her work examining the mechanisms of biological nurturing,  The thesis received the inaugural Akinsanya award for originality in doctoral work.  A research paper ‘Optimal positions releasing primitive neonatal reflexes stimulating breastfeeding’ is in press. 
To contact Suzanne please e-mail or telephone 01227 78 26 87.

Joelle Temurcin is a breastfeeding mum who breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months.  She has trained as a peer supporter and is a La Leche League leader.