Winners announced! Awards for best breastfeeding friendly forums.

Thank you to everyone who nominated and voted for the best breastfeeding friendly forum.

Because of technical difficulties at the start of the voting I am awarding the Mother’s Milk Marketing Board Seal of Approval to the top 3 forums.

So the winners are:

Natural Mamas

Congratulations to Natural Mamas which is  a natural parenting forum with an emphasis on babywearing. A Natural Mama is a mama that listens to her instinct. A Natural Mama is more likely to: cosleep, breastfeed, babywear, use gentle discipline, home educate, use complementary medicine, do BLW. BUT you do not need to be doing all (or any) of them. It is not a fixed box that you either fit in or not.

Natural Mamas was nominated because:

“It’s a natural parenting forum with an amazing breastfeeding support board. Members who contribute are lactation consultants, midwives, breastfeeding peer supporters as well as breastfeeding mothers. The range of breastfeeding topics covered is second to none and the support is phenomental, with lots of experience as well as good non-judgemental evidence based advice. I love it!!”

I want my mum

I Want My Mum was started in December 2004 by two mothers, Charlotte Young (breastfeeding counsellor) and Annalisa Barbieri. The idea came about because, having had children the year before, they were rather surprised and frustrated at the conflicting information about the important subject of bringing up baby.

As new mothers it is hard to read all the latest research for yourself. There are lots of parenting sites (some of them very good) but a great many of them perpetuate myths or aren’t manned by ‘real’ people, a lot may be just open message forums based on purely the opinions of other users. They aim to do things differently at IWMM. There are two very real mothers behind the scenes who are busy reading the latest research on aspects of child feeding, sleep and development; supported by a team of moderators selected for their experience in that particular field and a team of professionals including Breastfeeding Counsellors, a Bereavement Counsellor, Speech and Language Therapists, a SCBU Nurse, Pharmacist & Midwives

I want my mum was nominated because:

“I’m someone who’s found the information and support there invaluable in successful breastfeeding, helping me meet other like-minded mums IRL, and having a great resource to recommend to expectant mums. Without their support I may well have stopped ( or at least tried to stop, my daughter would have a lot to say about it!) feeding my youngest, but instead we’ve past 2 yrs, still going strong and still finding the info there fab.
Knowing that info on there is evidence-based, moderators include fully qualified breastfeeding counsellors who DO check the veracity of statements made. The emphasis is information, not advice, and a very friendly place to ask important questions.”

Mama Pack Forum

Mama Packs are the United Kingdoms ONLY ethically influenced, trade marked Mum & Baby sample pack. A pack you wont find nasty chemicals in, a pack you will love receiving!

Mama Pack Forum was nominated because:

“The ladies there have such a wealth of experience and a geniuine love for the benefits of breast feeding that I have been greatly encouraged to keep breastfeeding, despite my child being seriously ill and in an incubator when born and later whilst she underwent major surgery. Now I am BFing past the age I had previously thought ‘normal’ and my child is thriving!”

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in this!

Natural Mamas, IWMM and Mama Pack Forum may now display the Mother’s Milk Marketing Board seal of approval! It can only be used by people who win it!

Lisa