The BFAR Goal:

The BFAR community works to help each BFAR woman achieve the best breastfeeding relationship she can have with her baby; be it through exclusive breastfeeding, breastfeeding using an at-breast-supplementor, or simply by getting as much mother's milk to her baby as she can in any form possible. We use the following posting guidelines to help us achieve this goal.


BFAR Posting Guidelines:

1) Introductions: We require all new members to post an introduction as soon as possible. We realize that time is limited with a new baby and we hope that after posting an introduction you are able to become an active member on the BFAR forum.

2) Asking Questions: All questions are valid no matter how trivial you feel they are. Do not hesitate to post your questions.

3) Answering Questions: We are here to support other BFAR women no matter what choices they make - regardless if we would have made those choices ourselves. If someone asks “which is the best bottle to use for supplementing,” it would be inappropriate to tell them that bottle-feeding is not a good choice. Instead, if you wish to respond, answer the question asked.

4) Making Choices: If you are concerned that another BFAR member isn't making a good choice, ask some questions to start a dialogue. However, don't assume that she will make the same choice you would, or that you know what is best for her and her family.

5) Disagreements: There are times when we will disagree with someone else's opinion. At these times, please feel free to respond and state your own opinion. It would, however, not be appropriate to ask the other member to justify her opinion. Always remember, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

6) Sharing Experiences: Use your own experiences to help others. Tell of your own situation in words such as "this is what I did and this is how it turned out for me."

7) Complaints: Complaints should not be posted to the fora. If you have problems with another member, please contact a Community Coordinator at communitycoordinator@bfar.org or report@bfar.org. Flaming will not be tolerated.

8) Privacy: In order to maintain the integrity of the fora and to respect the privacy of others, please do not forward or quote fora posts outside of the forum to which it was originally posted without the express permission of the author. We consider dialogue on the BFAR Fora to be private conversations and expect our members to treat them as such.

9) Unacceptable Posts: Examples of such posts include, but are not limited to: advertisements; off-topic threads; inflammatory discussions; rude and/or offensive wording; repeated statements that are counter to our goal as stated above; and attacks on other members. Our policy in regard to unacceptable posts is to warn the offending member; but if the member continues to send unacceptable posts, we reserve the right to remove that member from our community.