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What is Bosom Buddies?
Bosom Buddies is a grassroots campaign to encourage community support for breastfeeding mothers.
Bosom Buddies invites you to publicly show your support for breastfeeding by making a Pledge and sharing it via social media. Pledges can be made by anyone – individuals, businesses, venues, employers, community organisations etc.
In the Community section, breastfeeding mothers are invited to Share Stories and Nominate Bosom Buddies, to show how the actions of others can help us overcome challenges and meet our own breastfeeding goals.
The campaign also celebrates many of the prominent Bosom Buddies around the world who have used their public profile to counteract the social stigma and help to normalise breastfeeding.
Bosom Buddies was inspired by the deeply personal stories that breastfeeding mothers around the world shared with us as we researched and produced the short films featured on this site. By sharing our stories, we share our knowledge, inspire others and stand in solidarity with the next generation of breastfeeding mothers.
Your stories
I went out for dinner with some friends and had my 6 month old daughter with me. She was hungry and tired but wouldn’t settle inside the restaurant as it was so noisy, so I went outside and sat down on some steps outside a closed (and presumably empty) shop to breastfeed her. After I’d been feeding for a while, the shop door suddenly opened and a lady stuck her head out, so I figured she was about to ask me to move off the steps. Instead, she said that she had seen me sitting there with bub, and in all the time she’d owned that shop it was the nicest thing she’d ever seen on her stairs! It absolutely made my night!
Beth, Sunday 24 July 2016
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Featured Bosom Buddies
Nominate a bosom buddyMeet some of the people, organisations, businesses and venues that proactively support breastfeeding mothers. We've also profiled prominent Bosom Buddies who have used their public profiles to normalise and advocate for breastfeeding!
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Damon & Zoe Gameau
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Chrissy Teigen
Chrissy Teigen is a successful American model and TV host who we love because she’s open about her adventures (and misadventures) as a mother and is an advocate of normalising the bre..
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Andrew Stubbs
I feel so proud that our three boys aged 1-5 years old have their father as a great role model of supporting women and their partners to breastfeed their children. Not only has he been ..
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The lady who swapped her seat
I’d like to nominate the lady who was on my flight in May 2016. I don’t know her name, but what she did really touched me. It was our first flight without Dad. I was sittin..
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Adam Hills
A comedian, writer, broadcaster, champion of the disabled and father of two girls with his wife, opera and cabaret singer Ali McGregor. Adam used his platform on the high-rating UK tele..
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Alyssa Milano
An actor, producer, designer and mother, Alyssa is the star of the hit US TV series Project Runway, Charmed and Who’s the Boss. A humanitarian at heart, Alyssa has done much for H..
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Teresa Palmer
LA-based Australian actress Teresa Palmer has made a point of combining her attachment parenting approach to raising her (and husband Mark Webber’s) son Bodhi Rain, along with being a..
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Nicole Trunfio
Nicole Trunfio is a West Australian who has modelled for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Christian Dior, Gucci, Fendi, Missoni, Vivienne Westwood, Valentino and Victoria’s S..
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Meg Nagle
In between breastfeeding her youngest boy, chasing after her oldest two boys, working as a Lactation Consultant, blogging about breastfeeding and motherhood via her popular blog ‘The ..
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Pinky McKay
Pinky is an International Board certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), with a busy private practice in Melbourne, Australia. She is also the best-selling author of four books publish..
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Featured Pledges
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Breastfeeding friendly town
As Deputy Mayor of my city, I encourage other councils to follow and have signs from ABA on buildings and create a particular policy, hold an event for Breastfeeding mums for World breastfeeding day and council to train all staff through ABA to be accredited. Support your community of nursing mums!
Pledged by: Seranna Shutt
18 July, 2016
Australia
Proud to be an accredited Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace and a Breastfeeding Welcome Here venue
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Bosom buddy GP
I pledge to support all activities of mothering and especially a supportive environment for breast feeding. My pledge is to encourage the use of breast feeding guidelines by GPs through facilitating GP academics to disseminate their knowledge through multiple communication channels used by Australian GPs.
Pledged by: Dr Karen Price
11 July, 2016
Australia
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Information and support for families and communities
Breastfeeding Network pledges to support women and families with evidence-based information and family centred, practical peer support that enables parents to feel supported in their feeding choices and to breastfeed for as long as they choose. We will also work to increase knowledge and confidence in breastfeeding in our communities, removing social barriers and helping communities understand and value breastfeeding
Pledged by: The Breastfeeding Network
15 July, 2016
United Kingdom
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No judgement
I will never ever judge another mother or make her feel uncomfortable with regards to feeding or comforting her baby. If anything, I’m going to tell them GOOD JOB. I’m a breastfeeding mother of an almost 1 year old girl and have never fed in public due to criticism. My baby girl is still a baby… This needs to change.
Pledged by: Kayla
15 July, 2016
Australia
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Nature’s best
Forty years ago I struggled and failed – there was little support. I regret missing out. Breast milk is the best nature can offer and breastfeeding should be accepted everywhere without question. I will encourage and support at every opportunity.
Pledged by: Robyn
15 July, 2016
Australia
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Breastfeeding Moms Need Support
I pledge to give breastfeeding moms unconditional support to breastfeed however, wherever, & for however long they choose. I pledge to continue on with breastfeeding advocacy until we live in a world where breastfeeding is seen as normal.
Pledged by: Kristy Kemp
10 July, 2016
United States
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Supporting Breastfeeding in Public
As a maternal and child health nurse I work with mums and babies. I pledge to support mums to feel comfortable breastfeeding in public, and to support mums to feel confident when returning to work to be able to express or breastfeed at work.
Pledged by: Roslyn Draper
10 July, 2016
Australia
Proud to be a Breastfeeding Welcome Here venue
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Normalising breastfeeding in public
I will work to make it comfortable for women to breastfeed wherever they are. I am conducting research with planning academics to design public spaces for women to feel safe feeding without having to retreat to a private room. We hope local councils will provide rooms for new mothers to feed or express milk, but also to provide designated spaces within public areas.
Pledged by: Lisa Amir
10 July, 2016
Australia
Proud to be an accredited Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace
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I will always show my support!
I am not yet a mum, but one day I will be. I have many friends who are mums already. I pledge to always show my support in whatever way is needed, even if it’s just by smiling. I’m looking forward to my turn one day, and in the mean time I will be a friend to all breastfeeding parents.
Pledged by: Gina
9 July, 2016
United Kingdom
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Kindness
I pledge to look that proud bf mumma in the eye and smile…showing her she has nothing to be ashamed of. And to compliment her or her bubba when possible so maybe she feels like this really is the norm. And those wonderful patient mums of distracted bubs leaving mum exposed to watch the grumpy old lady walk by…to make a special effort for those mummas.
Pledged by: Kim Toohey
9 July, 2016
Australia
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Supporting fellow breastfeeding mummies!!
I pledge to support other breastfeeding mummies and mummies to be with kind words, a simple smile and sticky yummy flapjack!! I pledge to myself that I will stop feeling bad for liking or commenting on breastfeeding posts on social media for fearing upsetting others with my opinion and be confident in my decision to breastfeed our baby boy!
Pledged by: Jess Perry
10 July, 2016
United Kingdom
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A simple smile
If I see a mum sitting on her own feeding in a cafe or other public space, I will (unobtrusively) try to throw her a smile. I think we don’t do this more because we’re worried that it’ll seem like an invasion of privacy, but it’s always pretty easy to tell if a mum is wrapped up in her baby, deep in thought etc. When I was feeding in a cafe once, I made eye contact with a lady at the next table who smiled and looked down at me feeding. She then leant over and told me it was nice to see me breastfeeding in public. We ended up having a really nice chat.
Pledged by: Anna Kaplan
18 June, 2016
Australia
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I want other women to know I support them.
I pledge to support other women who are breastfeeding by offering them a glass of water, making eye contact and chatting if it’s appropriate. I also pledge to share my own story, so that other women know I think it’s great to breastfeed in public.
Pledged by: Amy Frasca
14 June, 2016
Australia
