MoMa Breastfeeding

[ChristinaXYZ]

There is a new Community Interest Company to support breast feeding mothers. "We are a mother-led breastfeeding support organisation." https://momab.org.uk/

and from a post on X "We are a single-sex mother-to-mother breastfeeding support organisation. The only males in our meetings will be very young ones!"

https://x.com/MoMaBfing/status/1927703163697496387

Do you have any links or other info about this? My reading of BfN current online material is that the 'inclusivity' is about supporting & including women who don't identify as women, but I would be very interested in anything that's been said about males who induce lactation.

So pleased to see this! Have had enough of this "chestfeeding" nonsense. LaLeche is a bloody joke.

LLL no longer prioritise benefit to babies. That is universal now with the inclusion of men who want the experience of chest latching (no such thing as chest feeding imho).

There is no evidence that chest latching by males benefits babies in any way. Plenty of common sense views that latching a baby when they aren’t ever going to be able to feed, or might ingest chemical induced excretions, might be harmful to newborns. I’m glad this new organisation will prioritise both women and babies.

There are costs for insurance for instance, as well as room hire as well as training new supporters and keeping existing ones up to date. Website cost to develop and maintain, it all costs money and I imagine that there will need to be some new resources produced too

Good points - I have my own insurance and don't manage the website so forgot about those!

Someone I follow on Instagram, who does amazing content and heads an online community I love, reposted about JKR supporting a "trans hate group" with a vomit emoji and it makes me so sad as well as doubting myself.

As a previous breastfeeding supporter - who took a Level 3 qualification in order to be able to practise safely with vulnerable mothers and newborn babies (training, governance and safeguarding all cost money!) - I am delighted by this news. Fantastic!