Why Join Us?

Australian Breastfeeding Association Membership

Become a professional member of ABA and join the hundreds of health professionals who receive the latest in information, research and professional development through ABA each year.

As a professional member, you can enhance your skills, update your knowledge and provide the best service to your clients while meeting your professional development requirements.

Terms and Conditions of Professional Membership

Quarterly Membership

4x $53.65

Breastfeeding Review

Monthly eNewsletter

Discounted Online Education Modules (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Discount on registrations for ABA events (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Consultations with Scientific Information Officer

Member only access to ABA professional development presentations

Essence Magazine

Discount on resources

Members only resources portal

Annual Membership

$195

Breastfeeding Review

Monthly eNewsletter

Discounted Online Education Modules (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Discount on registrations for ABA events (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Consultations with Scientific Information Officer

Member only access to ABA professional development presentations

Essence Magazine

Discount on resources

Members only resources portal

Student Membership

$48

Breastfeeding Review (online access to research papers)

Monthly eNewsletter

Discounted Online Education Modules (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Discount on registrations for ABA events (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM)

Member only access to ABA professional development presentations

Essence Magazine (digital copy)

Discount on resources

Members only resources portal

We also offer a free monthly eNewsletter which includes downloadable Fact Sheets on relevant breastfeeding topics, the latest news from ABA and relevant breastfeeding news from Australia and around the world.

You’ll also be kept up-to-date with News Alerts about the latest breastfeeding research and enjoy insider access to new resources and online modules (a cost applies to access some of these resources).

Free eNewsletter Only

Frequently Asked Questions

Please refer to our frequently asked questions below.

Breastfeeding Review

Breastfeeding Review is the peer-reviewed professional journal of the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) and is distributed three times per year, in March, July and November.

Breastfeeding Review publishes articles and information on human lactation and its management, including original research papers, scientific findings, case studies, articles on social and ethical aspects of lactation, reviews and letters. The submission of papers and articles is welcomed; all are subject to peer review.

You will have online access to the published articles and will receive a hard copy, unless you opt-out in your membership profile.

Monthly eNewsletter

Once a month you will receive by email a newsletter. Each month the newsletter will contain news from ABA, and the wider lactation community, along with downloadable lactation fact sheets to support you in your work with families. These fact sheets can be found by clicking on the ‘fact sheet’ tab in the website menu.

You will have member-only access to an evidence-based ‘Feature article’ on a current topic of interest or new research in lactation. These are filed on the website and searchable for finding at a later date.

You will have member-only access to the latest research summaries. These summaries will be based on 4-6 research papers published in the last month. These will also be filed and searchable by topic on the website.

Discounted Online Education Modules

Access to discounted Online Education Modules (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM) – 1 module included annually.

These modules are available via our LMS which requires members to signup. Discount coupons will be provided at the time of joining as an ABA Professional Member.

Consultations with Scientific Information Officer

Consultations with our Scientific Information Officer via online contact form.

We aim to answer your questions regarding the latest evidence on particular breastfeeding-related issues within 5 working days or less.

Essence Magazine

‘Essence’ is ABA’s member magazine for especially for parents. It features up-to-date information on a range of breastfeeding and early parenting topics, real-life stories, reviews, tips and practical suggestions.

Essence is a great resource for health professionals who would like to keep up-to-date with the information parents are receiving and the issues they are facing.

Essence is also available in bulk amounts of 10, 20 or 50 copies per issue. It is ideal to provide this for your patients or clients to read while they are visiting you, or as a staff development tool.

To order bulk copies per issue please visit the main ABA website.

Discounts on Resources

  • Discounted registrations for ABA events (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs, ACM and RACGP)
  • 20% off Brodribb, W. (ed) 2019, Breastfeeding Management in Australia. 5th ed. Australian Breastfeeding Association, Victoria. – ABA’s textbook for health professionals
  • 10% off ABA shop

Contact info@breastfeeding.asn.au for your discount on books and other resources

Institutional Members

Comparison between Institutional Member inclusions and regular member inclusions.

Institution interim plan A ‘member’ (paid)
Yes – although you will only have one log in for our member only features at this stage including Breastfeeding Review online access. Monthly newsletter with member only inclusions such as fully referenced feature article and summaries of latest breastfeeding related research.;
Yes Stay in touch with News Alerts
1 staff member Access to discounted Online Education Modules (with accredited CPD points – including CERPs and ACM) – 1 module included annually.
Yes x 1 copy Breastfeeding Review – Online access to research papers and hard copy x 3/yr
Yes x 1 copy Online and hard copy (Australian postal addresses only) Essence.
Only up to three staff will have access to discounted registration for ABA event Discounted registrations for ABA Events
Yes Access to Scientific Information Officer for queries
Yes for your organisation only, not individual employees. Discount on resources – 20% off Breastfeeding Management Australia, 10% off ABA shop via info@breastfeeding.asn.au