Group home
Welcome to the Albany Creek-Caboolture and Surrounds group!
Come along and meet new friends. Chat with mums who have 'been there' and connect with our local breastfeeding counsellors and educators.
Our local group offers a non-judgmental, supportive atmosphere to all mums and their families to share the joys and the frustrations of parenting, and access accurate information about babies and breastfeeding.
We support all families and everyone is welcome. We chat in a relaxed setting and there is access to a breastfeeding counsellor who can assist you with any breastfeeding questions, worries or issues you may be having. We encourage sharing of experiences and provide up to date information in a friendly group.
What we offer
Our group has a welcome event at the end of January for all parents and parents-to-be. We then meet twice a month, from February to November and finish the year with celebrations in December. Our regular events are held at North Lakes Community Centre and Sparkes Cafe at Club Pine Rivers, Bray Park. We have a mix of social gatherings and information topics followed by morning tea. A great way to meet other mums and build your support network. See the calendar tab above for details.
Our group also hires hospital grade breast pumps. See the breast pump hire tab above for details.
Breastfeeding Education Classes are also held regularly in the North Brisbane area so book in early for one of these.
If you prefer an online webinar, our Breastfeeding Preparation Sessions run weekly during the evenings or at weekends. We encourage you to book in if you are pregnant and wanting to learn more about breastfeeding before your baby arrives.
Where we are
We cover the North Moreton Bay area from Albany Creek to Caboolture.
We also include the Brisbane City Council areas of Bracken Ridge, Sandgate/Brighton and Redcliffe.
Our suburbs include Albany Creek, Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bray Park, Brendale, Bridgeman Downs, Brighton, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Closeburn, Deagon, Draper, Eatons Hill, Joyner, Kobble Creek, Lawnton, Mount Glorious, Mount Samson, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Strathpine, Warner, Yugar. Also from Kilcoy and Woodford to Kippa ring and Redcliffe through to Petrie. We have members in Bellmere, Burpengary, Caboolture, D'aguilar, Deception Bay, Griffin, Kallangur, Kilcoy, Kurwongbah, Mango Hill, Morayfield, Murrumba Downs, Narangba, North Lakes, Petrie, Rothwell, Scarborough, Woodford and Woody Point.
Info & Chat
Learn more about breastfeeding and parenting. Speakers can include a breastfeeding educator, health professional or a mum with lived experience.
Breastfeeding drop-in
Your questions and concerns about breastfeeding answered by our local breastfeeding counsellors.
Can I still come to local group events if...
Yes! Attending group activities while you're pregnant is a great way to see other women breastfeeding and learn more about it. Many of us nowadays don't have much experience with babies until we have our own, so we need all the help we can get!
You might also like to check out our popular breastfeeding education classes.
Yes! You don't need to be having problems with breastfeeding or anything else to come along and enjoy some interesting conversation and connect with local mums. It’s not just about getting information and support. Our regular attendees keep coming along because it’s fun to be part of our local group.
Yes! ABA meet ups are more than a new parents' group. There are babies and children of different ages so there’s no competition over whose child reaches the next milestone first/sleeps longest/gains weight fastest. Instead, you get to see children older than yours and find out what's ahead for you. You can also see how far your baby has come every time a newborn arrives. It really helps to get a broad perspective.
Our local group activities are also more than just a playgroup or a coffee catch up. You get to have a conversation with another adult while your child plays. You also have access to information about raising children and can chat to a breastfeeding counsellor or educator.
Yes, as long as you don't mind seeing others breastfeed. We know that sometimes things don't work out as you’d planned. We have members who are exclusively breastfeeding, pumping and bottle feeding, mixed feeding, and exclusively formula feeding.
Everyone is welcome: no judgement, no competitions, no 'alpha parents'. We're all in this together.
Yes! Mums don't stop needing support once their child is mobile or starts walking!
Yes! ABA Local Group events are open to everyone. We just ask that you ‘sign-in’ using the QR provided to you by the group leader. This will give you access to free, ongoing Introductory ABA membership.
Joining ABA as a financial member provides us with much needed funding to continue to support mums, parents and families in the community.
Can’t make it to local group events or prefer to catch-up online? ABA Virtual Village is just a click away
Become an ABA member and get involved with your local group as a volunteer
Details
Calendar
Breast pump hire
Breast pump hire
Our group hires electric breast pumps for you to express milk for your baby/babies. ABA Virtual Village members receive a 50% discount on pump hire. Not a member yet? No problem, it's easy to join and access your discount.
Hiring pumps through ABA
All breast pumps for hire are hospital-grade and are available for short-term or long-term hire.
Payment is by bank transfer.
Both the Ardo Carum and Ardo Calypso breast pumps are endorsed by the Australian Breastfeeding Association. Ardo is in full compliance with the International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes (WHO Code).
When hiring through your local ABA group you get an initial consultation to work out the best options for you and information on how to express effectively and how to store your expressed milk. You can contact your breast pump hire officer for more help along the way as needed.
All funds raised through breast pump hire go towards supporting your local group.
Breast pump hire is run by dedicated volunteer breastfeeding counsellors and educators who provide the service from their homes. As they also have work and family commitments, we ask for your understanding and will respond as promptly as able. There are many families wanting to hire pumps, so there may be times when all local pumps are already hired out.
Breast pump hire contacts
To check breast pump availability, call/text one of the breast pump hire officers. If no pumps are available locally check the map for pumps available in nearby groups
| Location | Contact |
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Newport Bray Park |
Morgan: 0498 258 621 Bronwyn: 0403 882 332 |
| Bray Park |
Donna: 0425 232 330 |
Weekly hire rates
Bronwyn: 0403 882 332
Donna: 0425 232 330
Morgan 0498 258 621
Morgan 0498 258 621
Milk Collection kits: You will also need to buy a double milk collection kit to keep that connects to the pump you hire. This is available when you hire a pump. Costs vary from time to time – ask your ABA breast pump hire officer for current prices.
The Albany Creek-Caboolture group has 5 Symphony and 4 Ardo Carum pumps for hire-all are hospital grade.
Health measures for pump hiring
Our guidelines for interactions with families and the cleaning of our pumps include:
- the ABA Breast Pump Hiring Officer being well and not having been in contact with anyone who is sick
- options for completing paperwork and payment online
- collecting/returning the breast pump from/to the ABA Breast Pump Hiring Officer’s doorstep
- stringent cleaning of returned pumps (Please note that it is standard practice that all mothers hiring our pumps are required to purchase their own milk collection kit which is available to buy at the time of hiring.)
- getting breastfeeding and pumping support via telephone on the Breastfeeding Helpline 1800 686 268
- getting pumping and expressing information from our website (see below).
Read more about pumping
Download these information booklets in our Marketplace: