What an entrance to kick off the start of #ABREAST2024 Let's go! UWA UWA Research Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation

AND we are off! #ABREAST2024 UWA Research Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation

Just heard from Clinical Associate Prof Mary Sharp (KEMH) on Breastfeeding the preterm baby in the NICU UWA Research Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation #ABREAST2024

Does maternal prebiotics supplementation during pregnancy and lactation reduce infant allergies – results from the SYMBA randomised controlled trial With Associate Professor Debra Palmer The Kids Research Institute Australia #ABREAST2024 Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation

Thanks so much Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD for zooming in to Perth, WA for #ABREAST2024 to discuss Breastfeeding, human milk and allergic disease: findings from the CHILD Cohort Study. Very well received!

Hearing from Honours Candidate Claudia Rich on her study on Australian women’s experiences of returning to physical activity in the year after giving birth. Great work Claudia! 😊 #ABREAST2024

Improving breastfeeding among urban Western Australian Aboriginal infants through continuous quality improvement Speaker Associate Professor Natalie Strobel from Edith Cowan University (ECU) #ABREAST2024

Thanks PhD candidate Grace McLoughlin for sharing your research with us on Mastitis as a spectrum: the pathology and microbiology of 116 breastfeeding mothers in Perth. #ABREAST2024 Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation UWA Research

Presentation from Alexandra Convery on breastfeeding a baby with type 1 diabetes. Thanks so much Allie. 😊 #ABREAST2024

Big thanks to our wonderful sponsors for today. Nutrients MDPI, Western Obstetrics, Kings Park Motel, Bloom Pelvic Health, Assay Matrix, Eppendorf #ABREAST2024

Congratulations to our #ABREAST2024 Poster Session Student Prize Winners for 2024! 1st Prize Jasmine Hunt 🥇 2nd Prize Claudia Rich 🥈 3rd Prize Xuehua Jin 🥉 Kindly supported by Nutrients MDPI

Early Bird Registrations Open Now! #ABREAST2025 abreast.network/abreast-2025 @ACNNInc Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group Donna geddes UWA Research

👀 Don’t Miss the Live Demonstrations! ✅ A live breastfeeding ultrasound demonstration with Prof. Donna Geddes Enhance your practical knowledge of breast and nipple anatomy during breastfeeding and infant oral anatomy and sucking dynamics. abreast.network/abreast-2025

Professor Donna Geddes is currently attending the Global Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Shanghai, China! Representing the Centre for Human Lactation Research & Translation, contributing to global discussions on advancing breastfeeding research and improving maternal and infant health worldwide.

DO YOU EXCLUSIVELY PUMP YOUR MILK TO FEED YOUR BABY? Please consider joining this research study which involves a 10-15 minute survey. redcap.link/exclusivelypump *Must currently or previously have exclusively pumped for a baby who is under 12 months of age. For further info

ABREAST 2025! Learn about milk ejection reflex, optimising milk removal during pumping, and observe live ultrasound demonstrations to enhance your practical knowledge of breast and nipple anatomy in during breastfeeding 4.5 CPD Hours abreast.network/abreast-2025

Spotlight! Dr Stuart Prosser 15yrs + of experience in obstetrics, antenatal, and postnatal care, his session on Screening for Perinatal Lactation Risk Factors will provide invaluable strategies to identify women at risk of bf difficulties and improve care abreast.network/abreast-2025

#ABREAST Conference 2025! Dr Zoya Gridneva Research Fellow at UWA Research Session Highlight: Live Pumping Demo Sharing expert tips on how to maximize milk flow patterns, optimise pump effectiveness, and understand the key moments of expressing 👉buff.ly/iLSwcHJ

Support families better in the NICU with strategies for Family Integrated Care and fostering parent-infant bonding. Plus, explore how breastfeeding and skin-to-skin promote a healthy microbiome and debunk common myths. Early Bird Rates out now! abreast.network/abreast-2025

DO YOU EXCLUSIVELY PUMP YOUR MILK TO FEED YOUR BABY? Please consider joining this research study which involves a 10-15 minute survey. redcap.link/exclusivelypump *Must currently or previously have exclusively pumped for a baby who is under 24 months of age. For further info