Through my work with parents and employers as an award-winning lactation consultant, ex-midwife and founder of the Breastfeeding Hub Lactation Consultancy, I recognised a real need to offer parents a private and comfortable place to express breastmilk, when returning to work after maternity leave. Ros said, “My goal is to make it easier for parents to breastfeed for longer and do so in a way that feels inclusive, safe and normal.” She also noted the lack of suitable public spaces when travelling or out and about. Hence, the birth of the MumPod®! A standalone pod, providing a safe, dignified and private space for mothers to express or breastfeed, whether at work or out and about.
What a week it’s been and it is only now, on the very last day that I had time to reflect and share what I have been up to. FILMING IN NOTTINGHAM EXHIBITION STAND at LONDON EXCEL INTERVIEW PANEL WOMEN LEADERS AWARD FINALIST LONDON FOR MY FRIEND’S HEN WEEKEND On Monday I drove up to […]
Image Courtesy of Cube Modular:Image for reference but not the finalised design. Project MumPod® 2021 began 18-months ago with a vision to develop a ‘pod’ for breastfeeding parents* for when they are at work or in public places to express their breast milk, if apart from baby or breastfeed baby if they require a private […]
Today is #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay which has inspired me to share how in my heart I am a true creative and how that has led to the creation of my future. Gosh that sounds deep and maybe it is, when you reach 55 and you close the loop on your hopes and desires it is a pretty […]
Bringing the baby home. Oh my goodness. The world tilted on its axis, day and night meant nothing, and my boobs became a point (or two) of pain, discussion, politics, identity, and most crucially food. I didn’t take to it. In my exhausted and terrified head this signified that I had failed utterly at the […]
When I decided to retrain to become a midwife, I always knew I would specialize in supporting parents to breastfeed but at the time I had no idea what an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) was.
Today I celebrate the 1st birthday of my second business MumPod® Company Limited. I cannot quite believe how far we have come in a year. MumPod® and I were shortlisted as finalists in the SME MK & Buckinghamshire Awards for Business Chameleon and Entrepreneur of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year in the Women Leaders […]
Hi, I am Rosamund McFadden RM IBCLC and the founder of MumPod Company Limited. As a child I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up and I replied, a furniture designer. I love colour, design, textures, and trends and so it has been an absolute dream come true to be designing my own (rather large) piece of furniture, the MumPod® 48 years later. This May is when I close the loop on my desires and fulfil the ambition of the little freckly, scrawny ginger haired girl to design furniture. Oh yes and I happen to be a registered midwife and International Board Lactation Consultant and Mum of four.
“Are you still breastfeeding”? “I didn’t think they would be breastfeeding that much still” Just a couple of things said to me when explaining the MumPod®. This is probably less about ignorance and more about the lack of discussion and strategy around the breastfeeding beyond the early weeks. This is highlighted by the fact that […]
MumPod and our sister company Breastfeeding Hub have been so proud to have been previous finalists and Silver Award winners in the Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire SME Awards 2020 and 2021.
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