Breastfeeding Resources for Health Professionals

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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

The impact of human milk on outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease: a systematic review

Elgersma, K. M., McKechnie, A. C., Schorr, E. N., Shah, [...]

By ABA Rose|27 April 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: congenital heart disease, human milk, necrotising enterocolitis, systematic review|

Fructooligosaccharides: from breastmilk components to potential supplements – a systematic review

De Cosmi, V., Mazzocchi, A., Agostoni, C., & Visioli, F. [...]

By ABA Rose|27 April 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastmilk, breastmilk oligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides, gut health, gut microbiota, infant nutrition|

Food proteins in human breastmilk and probability of IgE-mediated allergic reaction in children during breastfeeding: A systematic review

Gamirova, A., Berbenyuk, A., Levina, D., Peshko, D., Simpson, M. [...]

By ABA Rose|27 April 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: allergens, allergic reactions, breastmilk, cows' milk, egg, food proteins, peanut, wheat|

“It makes my skin crawl”: Women’s experience of breastfeeding aversion response (BAR)

Morns, M. A., Steel, A. E., McIntyre, E., & Burns, [...]

By ABA Rose|27 April 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastfeeding, breastfeeding aversion, breastfeeding aversion response, internal conflict, maternal guilt, maternal identity|

Breastfeeding and diabetes

Gemma Macdonald, BSc (Hons), Diabetes Researcher (Freelance Research Specialist), Clinical [...]

By ABA Rose|27 April 2022|Categories: Feature Articles|Tags: breastfeeding, breastfeeding benefits, breastfeeding problems, breastmilk, diabetes, maternal diabetes|

Medications and breastfeeding

By ABA Rose|30 March 2022|Categories: Factsheets|Tags: breastfeeding, breastmilk, medications, safety, services|