World Breastfeeding Week FREE Live Panel
Breastfeeding: supporting mothers in challenging circumstances
This World Breastfeeding Week ABA and LCANZ are hosting a free live panel focused on supporting mothers in challenging circumstances.
Circumstances related to a range of physical, emotional and life challenges that increase the importance of breastfeeding and the need for skilled breastfeeding support.
This panel will discuss a range of situations and experiences and focus on the importance and complexities of providing effective care and support to mothers in difficult circumstances.
Panel participants include Dr Karleen Gribble, Kylie Burns, Kylie Miller, Heather Miller and Natasha Allen-Hallyburton. More information on each of the speakers and the area's they will be discussing can be found below.
Speakers
Dr Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University
Karleen has a particular interest in supporting breastfeeding in situations of adversity including in emergencies and in the contexts of intergenerational trauma, child protection concerns and criminal justice involvement. For many years she has written reports to court to ensure that judges are able to consider the importance of breastfeeding to children in their decision making. She has just published a paper in Breastfeeding Review on supporting vulnerable women in their mothering through enabling skin-to-skin, breastfeeding and proximity.
Kylie Burns, Clinical Midwifery Consultant, Complex Care Co-ordinator
Kylie supports clients antenatally, through birth, and postnatally. Through case management and a multidisciplinary team approach, Kylie supports clients facing challenges such as complex mental health conditions, multi pharmacy, ADHD, sensory challenges, CSS and past trauma.
Kylie Miller, Registered Midwife, Breastfeeding Counsellor & Educator
Kylie leads the breastfeeding education and support of young mums through a funded young parents' program in Brisbane. Kylie is also a foster carer and cares for infants and babies both as ongoing primary placements, emergency and short break stays.
Heather Miller, Registered Nurse, Breastfeeding Educator
With her role as a breastfeeding educator at the Australian Breastfeeding Association and her personal experience, Heather is passionate about supporting mothers to breastfeed their baby with Down syndrome. As a registered nurse specialising in disability, she provides health professional education on this important topic, advocating for the importance of mothers sharing their lived experiences. Heather combines her roles to raise awareness of the unique vulnerabilities mothers face upon receiving their baby’s diagnosis and the far-reaching benefits that breastfeeding provides the mother baby dyad.
Natasha Allen-Hallyburton, IBCLC, Breastfeeding Counsellor and Educator
Natasha will outline her experience in supporting neurodivergent families, the interactions between breastfeeding & neurodiversity and the potential impacts on the breastfeeding parent & baby.
The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) reserves the right to change the program and speakers if they are unavailable due to illness, injury or unforeseen circumstances or events. All views and opinions of the speakers are not necessarily the position held by ABA. To view ABA's position statements, visit: https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/policies-and-position-statements