Teresa Pitman has been writing about birth, breastfeeding and parenting for more than 25 years. She co-wrote the popular "Steps and Stages" columns in Today's Parent, Canada's national parenting magazine, and has also written for many other magazines, including Mothering, Family Fun, Chatelaine, and More. She also has 14 published books. As a long-time La Leche League Leader, she was thrilled to be asked to co-write the 8th Edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (published in 2010). Teresa has been invited to speak at conferences across Canada and the US and as far away as New Zealand. She's the mother of four grown children and the grandmother of six and lives in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.