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Maria O'Sullivan, IBCLC

• Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
• Country: Ireland

Biography:

Maria qualified as an IBCLC in 2019 coming through the IBCLE pathway 1 as a voluntary Breastfeeding counsellor with LLL Ireland. She currently works in private practice in Cork City. She also continues to volunteer as a LLL Leader in her Community and has worked as a Lactation Educator for voluntary groups. She is a council member of The Association of Lactation Consultants in Ireland. Maria is a mum to 3 wonderful children Freyja, Xavier, and Aurora who have been a vital part of her journey as an IBCLC.

Maria is passionate about supporting nursing dyads on their lactation journeys and has a particular interest in how hormones can impact an individual’s breastfeeding and attachment experience with their babies and her aim is to help them understand it better so they can achieve their breastfeeding goals. As the average age of a first-time mother has risen there can be a crossover into perimenopause pregnancy, postpartum & lactation she wants to educate and empower mothers and HCPs to navigate this unique journey.