Breastfeeding Resources for Health Professionals

Documents & promotional materials

ABA produces resources that are available free of charge to health services. These resources promote the Breastfeeding Helpline and other ABA services that support breastfeeding mothers and their families

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10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management

Designed with your needs as a health professional in mind

This course will help you to further develop your skills and knowledge in lactation support.

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Breastfeeding counselling skills for health professionals

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A health professional’s guide to ABA’s updated information on engorgement, localised breast inflammation and mastitis

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Infant and young child feeding - Global and Australian guidance

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Videos

Breastfeeding Basics

Breastfeeding: Getting started (0:06)

Chapter 1: Starting out (0:32)

Chapter 2: Getting closer (1:55)

Chapter 3: What to expect (3:55)

Chapter 4: Feeding cues (5:04)

Chapter 5: Making feeding comfortable for you and baby (6:03)

Baby-led attachment (6:52)

Mother-led attachment (7:39)

Chapter 6: How do I know if baby is getting enough? (10:58)

Hand expressing (12:02)

Reverse pressure softening (12:13)

Chapter 7: Help and encouragement (12:30)

Articles

Breast milk vs 24% sucrose for procedural pain relief in preterm neonates: A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial

Velumula, P. K., Elbakoush, F., Tabb, C., 2nd, Farooqi, A., [...]

By ABA Rose|26 September 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: 24% sucrose, beta-endorphin, breast milk, clinical trial, preterm neonates, procedural pain relief, tryptophan|

Storing and expressing breastmilk

By ABA Rose|29 August 2022|Categories: Factsheets|Tags: breast pump, EBM, expressed breastmilk, hospital grade, storing|

ABA Professional News – August 2022

Hi everyone, Another fast month has flown by and we [...]

By ABA Rose|25 August 2022|Categories: Monthly News|

Community protection for infants and young children in bushfire emergencies project

Dr Karleen Gribble PhD, B. Rur. Sci (Honours), Cert IV [...]

By ABA Rose|23 August 2022|Categories: Feature Articles|Tags: breastfeeding, breastmilk, education, emergencies, expressed breastmilk, formula, infection, news, support|

Measures of maternal metabolic health as predictors of severely low milk production

Nommsen-Rivers, L. A., Wagner, E. A., Roznowski, D. M., Riddle, [...]

By ABA Rose|23 August 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastfeeding duration, diabetes, lactogenesis, metabolic heallth, milk production, obesity, supply|

The association between intrapartum interventions and immediate and ongoing breastfeeding outcomes: An Australian retrospective population-based cohort study 

Andrew, M. S., Selvaratnam, R. J., Davies-Tuck, M., Howland, K., [...]

By ABA Rose|23 August 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastfeeding, caesarean section, epidural analgesia, immediate, interventions, intrapartum, labour, ongoing, outcomes, synthetic oxytocin infusion|