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Paid Maternity Leave: ABM takes a landmark position

In our new position statement on Paid Maternity Leave, The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is recommending 6 months of paid maternity leave at 100% of pay. This bold recommendation comes after careful consideration of the research worldwide on the impact of paid leave to societies, employers, and families. Importantly, 6 months allows mothers the opportunity to exclusively breastfeed their infants for the entire period recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other leading health authorities. Mothers should not be forced to stop breastfeeding because they must return to work. Nor should any mother have to choose between being near her critically ill infant while supplying life-sustaining breast milk and returning to work.

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INSIDE ABM: FEBRUARY 2024

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INSIDE ABM: JANUARY 2024

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INSIDE ABM: DECEMBER 2023

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Inside ABM: October 2023

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Inside ABM: September 2023

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Inside ABM: August 2023

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Inside ABM: July 2023

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Inside ABM: May 2023

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Inside ABM: April 2023

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HIT Parade (Nov. 12, 2023) Cancelation Notice

ABM is saddened to share that the highly-anticipated HIT Parade, to be held at our Annual International Meeting on Nov. 12 at 11:30am CT, has been canceled. Like other healthcare professionals and emergency responders in this time of crisis, its presenter, Arthur Eidelman, MD, has been called to assist in his local hospital in Israel, where he resides. Dr. Eidelman is currently working in the NICU, which includes providing donor milk for a hospitalized 4-month-old child, whose mother is among the missing.  

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Breastfeeding Saves Lives

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Blog Archive

 

 

The COVID Mothers Study: How ABM’s Worldwide Network of Physicians Collaborated on Urgent Research

 

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Same Great Content, New Home!

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) is excited to relaunch its blog in a new home! From this new platform, members of ABM will share breastfeeding-related stories in the news, recent research studies, papers in Breastfeeding Medicine, professional experience managing breastfeeding issues, and other topics. An archive of posts published between 2010 and 2020 can be found here 

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“It feels like a slap in the face”: Women’s stories of receiving infant formula samples after pregnancy loss or stillbirth

Infant formula companies are notorious for mailing unrequested product samples to pregnant women after obtaining personal medical information via predatory marking practices. Many pregnant women on formula companies’ target lists suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth but subsequently receive formula samples in the mail.  

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Having hard conversations with excellent people: Sitting on ABM's Board of Directors

Dear ABM Community,

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Breastfeeding Moms Need Support

In “Breast or Bottle – The Illusion of Choice,” Dr. Amy J. Kennedy chronicles the difficulties she faced when breastfeeding her baby:

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