Resources for families
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ABA HOTLINE AND LIVE CHAT
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has a 24 hours/day, 365 days/year hotline that is accessible to any parent with a breastfeeding or infant feeding related question.
Additionally they have an online chat nightly from 8pm - 10pm
The Maternal Child Health Hotline is available 8am - midnight, every day of the year for any health related questions.
Phone number: 13 22 80
NURSE ON CALL
Hotline available for health concerns, connecting you with a registered nurse 24 hours/ day, every day of the year.
Phone Number: 1800 60 60 24
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PANDA (PERINATAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AUSTRALIA)
Helpline (9am - 7:30pm): 1300 726 306
BEYOND BLUE HELPLINES AND RESOURCES
Helpline: 1300 22 4636
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AUSTRALIAN BREASTFEEDING ASSOCIATION
Local ABA Group (Peer Support Groups)
Booroondara
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/local/vic/boroondara-vic
https://www.facebook.com/groups/105062012878052/
Blackburn/ Mitcham
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/local/vic/blackburn-mitcham-vic
https://www.facebook.com/groups/573373219511112/
ROYAL WOMEN’S HOSPITAL FACT SHEETS
https://www.thewomens.org.au/health-information/fact-sheets/
https://www.thewomens.org.au/health-information/breastfeeding/
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BREASTMILK EXPRESSION AND STORAGE
https://thewomens.r.worldssl.net/images/uploads/fact-sheets/Using-a-breast-pump-060219.pdf
https://thewomens.r.worldssl.net/images/uploads/fact-sheets/Expressing-breast-milk-2018.pdf
ANKYLOGLOSSIA (“TONGUE TIES’)
https://thewomens.r.worldssl.net/images/uploads/fact-sheets/Tongue-tie-010219.pdf
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Resources for health professionals
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Human Milk Composition: Nutrients and Bioactive Factors
Breast growth and the urinary excretion of lactose during human pregnancy and early lactation: Endocrine relationships
Anatomy of the lactating human breast redefined with ultrasound imaging
Early Skin to Skin Contact for Mothers and Their Healthy Newborn Infants
Maternal and Fetal stress are associated with Impaired lactogenesis in humans