Association of Breastfeeding Mothers | Supporting mothers, nurturing families since 1979

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Ring our counselling helpline on 08444 122 949 to speak to one of our fully trained Breastfeeding Counsellors for breastfeeding support and information. More information about call costs

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The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers strives to provide evidence based information that is for personal use only. If you are concerned about your health or that of your child consult with your health care provider.

Debbie Hampton - Pam´s prize 2012 winner

Pam´s Prize 2012 Winner - DEBBIE HAMPTON

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM) is proud to award the first national "Pam´s Prize" to Debbie Hampton from Hampshire. In November 2010, our chair Pam Lacey passed...

Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Conference 2012

This year's conference will take place on Saturday 16th of June. 9 am - 4.30 pm at the Thistle Hotel in Birmingham. You can book your place by telephone, online or by post. To download a...

National Breastfeeding Helpline

The National Breastfeeding Helpline is a helpline run in collaboration with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM) and the Breastfeeding Network (BfN). The project is funded by the...

The Ecological Impact of bottlefeeding

Although written in 1991, we feel this is such a thought provoking and worthwhile article that we have reprinted it here with permission of the author (Andrew Radford) and Baby Milk Action.

To read the article click on the link below.

The Ecological Impact of Bottlefeeding

Frenulotomy - Tongue tie release

In the UK, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines state that a tongue tie release should only be performed by an appropriately trained registered health care professional (IPG 149. Division of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) for breastfeeding. December 2005)...read more »

Gift Aid with the ABM

If you are a taxpayer in the UK you can help the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers further by ticking the Gift Aid box when you become a member. The government´s Gift Aid scheme allows the ABM to reclaim tax on donations. This means that for every £1 that you spend the ABM gets an extra 25p and at no extra cost to you!...read more »

National Breastfeeding Week

The National Breastfeeding Week will run on 24th - 30th June 2012.

If you are part of a breastfeeding support group and have an event or several events planned for that week (or any other week) to promote breastfeeding let us know by emailing website [at] abm [dot] me [dot] uk and we will publish it here.

EVENTS

Belfast...read more »