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To want to set the record straight about the Cedar Falls Nurse In

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Mamagiraffe · 14/07/2014 13:27

I am organising the peaceful protest OUTSIDE THE GATES of Cedar Falls. The protest is not taking place because Victoria tried to take an under 16 to an age-restricted place expecting special treatment it is because the spa have cancelled her booking rather than allowing her to make alternative arrangements. Whatever has happened in the past is immaterial and I am horrified by the muck-raking and bullying instigated here last night. I, personally, do not condone the online attack on their Facebook page but that is of course up to the individual., I have also requested members of the event to remove any they may have already posted but I have no power to do so. For those who are uninformed breastfeeding at 1 is not only recommended but it aids nutrition, soothing and attachment- for Victoria's child they may or may not have required a feed during this weekend but provision needed to be in place to facilitate this and it would be unfair for the child not to ensure this is possible, this does not mean that a nursing mother must be sequestered away from living a normal adult life for the duration. The rights regarding discrimination is to protect the right of the breastfeeding mother to do so. I won't be returning here to fight the fight but as MNHQ deleted the last thread I have had to start my own to give you my own twopence'th if anybody wants to contact us for more information the email address is [email protected]

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AmyMumsnet · 15/07/2014 16:11

Hi folks,

Thanks for your reports. We know this thread has got a little heated, but we're happy to leave it up as long as posts remain within the talk guidelines and focus on the issues raised rather than the people involved.

Ta .

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RowanMumsnet · 15/07/2014 17:45

Hello

We completely appreciate that we've already deleted one thread about this at the family's request (due to lots of identifying info about the woman concerned), and so it was rather dismaying that someone associated with the campaign immediately started a new one.

That said, we'd appreciate it if people could remember that there is a real woman, a real family and at least one very young child involved here. We're coming under some pressure to delete this thread, and it would help us enormously if posters would stop posting personal abuse about the woman concerned and her family, and stop talking about sending PMs with links to her personal and business pages. Disagreeing with her actions is one thing, but appearing to be on a mission to destroy her business or personal reputation is, of course, something else.

We've heard that the protest has been called off now, so can we make a generalised plea for peace, love, understanding and a drawing in of horns, please?

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RowanMumsnet · 15/07/2014 17:58

Arf at 'cheap'

Nobody's bullying us into anything - we're doing our level best to keep the thread. But we (as in MNHQ) nevertheless think it's just not in the spirit of the site to conduct a vendetta against one mother (or indeed to direct abuse at her husband or parents), no matter how misguided her actions may have been.

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RowanMumsnet · 15/07/2014 18:02

@SauvignonBlanche

There's a real business involved too.

We're not asking people to stop posting supportively about Cedar Falls. We're just asking people to stop posting abuse about an identifiable woman and her family - in line with our Talk Guidelines.

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