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Alia Macrina Heise, IBCLC Retired

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Alia Macrina Heise, IBCLC has been working in the field of lactation since 2004. Her most notable publication, D-MER: A Case Study, was co-authored with Diane Wiessinger and appeared in the International Breastfeeding Journal. Alia is considered to be the first authority on dysphoric milk ejection reflex and she has been speaking about D-MER since it was first named and defined in 2008. Not only a former sufferer of the lactation anomaly herself, she is also the webmaster of d-mer.org and an active author and speaker on the subject. She works closely with mothers around the world who are suffering from the condition, in order to support them and to better understand the variance of the experience. She is also in frequent contact with other ...more

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	Before The Letdown: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and the Breastfeeding Mother by Alia Macrina Heise, IBCLC Retired (Goodreads Author), Dr. Marcelina Watkinson (Editor), Diane Wiessinger (Preface) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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