Speakers will include: Annie Aloysius, senior clinical specialist speech and language therapist: How feeding develops for preterm babies and how to best support breastfeeding.

We offer training to become an ABM Mother Supporter and an ABM Breastfeeding Counsellor and can provide support and information for health professionals.

The ABM can offer a variety of support options, depending on who you are and the information you need. Telephone Counselling Our helpline number is 08444 122 949 and it's open from 9.30am to 10.30pm every day.

Mothers should continue to breastfeed during the swine flu outbreak With concerns mounting over a global pandemic of swine flu, the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers recommends that all mothers continue to breastfeed their babies, and urges health workers to continue to support mothers in doing so.

The Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition is developing a national scheme to support mothers to exercise their right to breastfeed when out and

The Baby Friendly Initiative has received a number of queries from health professionals about information leaflets which suggest that parents settle their baby to sleep with a dummy in order to reduce the risk of sudden infant death.