MOBI Volunteer Team
Hilary Jacobson CH.HU.SI. has been living abroad in Switzerland for thirty years. She has a Swiss degree in music teaching and performance, writes fiction and poetry, and is married with four children. Extreme low milk supply challenges led to an interest in foods and herbs used traditionally to support lactation, and to continued research and engagement in motherhood issues. In 1997, Hilary published her basic findings on galactagogues in “curare,” a German academic journal of ethno-medicine. In 2000, she became a certified Swiss holistic lactation consultant, a degree that includes training in nutritional and herbal studies to support the mom and baby. In 2004, she published her book Mother Food. Hilary has been participating at MOBI since 2000 and is a founding member of MOBI Motherhood International. In Switzerland, she is a founding member of “The Other Mother Care,” (Die Andere Mütterberatung), an agency offering both standard medical and alternative medical information and support to mothers.
Beverly Morgan IBCLC, FILCA has been working in breastfeeding since 1973. She is a founding member of MOBI Motherhood International. She has been on MOBI since 1998. She is the mother of 2 breastfed children and grandmother to four. In her practice, as a public speaker, and author she has introduced such landmark concepts as “Morgan’s Rule-of-thumb-for milk flow”, which helps mothers respond to their baby’s milk flow preference while breastfeeding, “Chronic Milk Supply Imbalance: Oversupply Phase I and Chronic Undersupply Phase II,” "Tailored Breastfeeding" and "Localized Breast Massage”. She is also the author of audio books such as Breastfeeding’s Number One Question: How Do I Know My Baby is Getting Enough Milk and Reading Your Baby’s Body Language. Beverly's audio book series Breastfeeding Basics and Beyond™ provides hands free listening as you learn more about the relationship of breastfeeding. Beverly lives in Texas, in the USA.
Beverly Morgan is included in the Who’s Who for the International Biographical Center’s (ABC) 2000 outstanding Women of the 20th Century and the American Biological Institute’s (ABI) publications such as the Great Women of the 21st Century and the International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women. She is also included as an example of a successful writer in the book by Erna Holyer Self-Help for Writers, Winners Show You How.
Beverly Morgan is included in the Who’s Who for the International Biographical Center’s (ABC) 2000 outstanding Women of the 20th Century and the American Biological Institute’s (ABI) publications such as the Great Women of the 21st Century and the International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women. She is also included as an example of a successful writer in the book by Erna Holyer Self-Help for Writers, Winners Show You How.
Caroline L. Bias, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist, owns a private pediatric therapy practice in Central Florida where she treats young children in their homes and childcare settings. She specializes in providing, developmentally appropriate, early intervention services including feeding, swallowing, and oral motor therapy. Caroline has been involved with MOBI Motherhood International since its inception as a non-profit. Her personal experience includes significant breastfeeding struggles with both of her children. Combining her professional training and her personal experience she continues to expand her knowledge base about the connection between oral motor skills and the nursing relationship. She works diligently to help other mothers breastfeed successfully in her private practice, on MOBI Motherhood International, and by providing in-service training to colleagues.
Mary Anne Whiteley
Adeline Letizia is a French married mother of four little boys. She has a background in chemical engineering and supply chain management and later moved to the US to join her husband and get her MBA. Now Adeline stays home to take care of her young children.
When she got pregnant in 2009 for the first time, she became very enthusiastic about the idea of breastfeeding her baby. She had questions about a woman's ability to produce enough milk for her child; she looked for information online and asked in her friends' circle. All she was told was that every woman could breastfeed. Therefore she stopped worrying. She thought she would just have to put her baby at the breast and that would work out well! When her son was born, things turned out differently. Her milk did not come in and she had to supplement with formula from day 2. She was feeling so disappointed that she was not able to feed her own child that she started doing extensive research on the Internet to understand why. She ran across MOBI and joined the online support group 2 months after her son's birth. She found huge relief in finding out other mothers in her situation and is very grateful for the support MOBI has offered her since then. Adeline has been an active member of MOBI since March 2010 and became part of the moderation team in 2011.
When she got pregnant in 2009 for the first time, she became very enthusiastic about the idea of breastfeeding her baby. She had questions about a woman's ability to produce enough milk for her child; she looked for information online and asked in her friends' circle. All she was told was that every woman could breastfeed. Therefore she stopped worrying. She thought she would just have to put her baby at the breast and that would work out well! When her son was born, things turned out differently. Her milk did not come in and she had to supplement with formula from day 2. She was feeling so disappointed that she was not able to feed her own child that she started doing extensive research on the Internet to understand why. She ran across MOBI and joined the online support group 2 months after her son's birth. She found huge relief in finding out other mothers in her situation and is very grateful for the support MOBI has offered her since then. Adeline has been an active member of MOBI since March 2010 and became part of the moderation team in 2011.
Shannon O'Meara Hamilton