About Us

Diana West

Carol Maranta

This website was created in 1998 by two mothers who have had breast reduction surgery themselves, Diana West, IBCLC, and Carol Maranta. The site is an outgrowth of the BFAR email lists that operated from 1996-2005 and the BFAR Book that was published in 2001. Diana is an international board-certified lactation consultant and maintains the main website and its content. Carol maintains the very active forum community, which replaced the email lists in 2005.

The purpose of the BFAR website is to provide information and support to mothers who wish to breastfeed after breast reduction surgery and to provide information to health care providers about the feasibility and protocols of breastfeeding after breast reduction surgery. In addition to its outreach to mothers who are breastfeeding after breast or nipple surgeries through this website and the BFAR forums, Diana West presents information about breastfeeding after breast and nipple surgeris at professional and parenting conferences and publishes information about it in professional journals and parenting magazines.

The information on this site is not intended to be medical advice. Mothers are urged to consult their health care professionals when health care decisions must be made.

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We are need your donations to help us continue our outreach to mothers who are breastfeeding after breast and nipple surgeries and the health care professionals who help them. If you would like to help us make a huge difference in the lives of mothers and babies, please consider a donation. Any amount is welcome and will be deeply appreciated. Just click on the button below and your donation will be processed Paypal.com.