Question 1

Title format = offer or request and approximate location

Accepted Answer

Contrary to what it says when creating a post, we require your post to have a title! We can't edit the placeholder text.

Your title must state whether you have an offer or a request and include your approximate location (e.g., "Offer/donation in Orange County" or "Request/ISO in Columbus").

No more. This way, members can easily see where someone is located without having to read the whole post.

Question 2

Post your own personal offer or request.

Accepted Answer

No posting/commenting on behalf of others (friend, brother, uncle, sister, sister-in-law, daughter, etc.) unless you STATE that you are a medical care provider – someone who is in the position of taking legal responsibility for someone else's health, ie. midwives, nurse practitioners and physicians, or a baby's legal representative, ie PoA, foster parents. 
Only the person who expressed the milk can offer the milk.

The reason for this rule is complex, but ultimately, it is about personal authority and responsibility.

Anything unrelated to milksharing may be removed at our discretion to keep posts focused on offers and requests and easy to navigate.

Question 3

No selling, buying, bartering, trading, brokering.

Accepted Answer

This includes no trading of pumps, parts, diapers, etc. for milk.

Bag-for-bag replacement requests and offers are allowed, though not required.

If not part of a request, offering pumps, parts, diapers, etc., is allowed. No food, formula, or supplement items.

Question 4

Report suspicious activity by contacting us via chat or email.

Accepted Answer

Please report anyone selling, scamming, spamming, or otherwise contacting you in ways unrelated to milksharing and your milksharing post. This is the only way we can keep this forum as safe as possible.

Take screenshots of the interaction so we can take action, and use the site's chat, contact us, or email us at eatsonfeetsmail@gmail.com.

Do not post or discuss people on the page. No trolling.

Question 5

No referrals to outside groups, professionals, or organizations.

Accepted Answer

No links or website mentions.

Many may not understand or support milksharing. Others may have questionable safety information. We only offer this platform for families to connect with each other directly.

Question 6

No advice, recommendations, or suggestions.

Accepted Answer

This includes suggestions for formula, pumping, etc.

Certain issues could make specific advice, recommendations, or suggestions dangerous.

People who offer or request milk on our network have made an informed decision to do so and are not asking for advice.

Question 7

No piggybacking.

Accepted Answer

Do not comment on offers made to someone's request. Please post your own request.

Question 8

Please address our whole community when posting.

Accepted Answer

Please address our whole community when posting by using words like everyone, all, families, donors, etc.

Not every family has a mama, and yes, we have donors who do not identify as mamas. It is not our place to tell other people who they are; acknowledging others does not dismiss who you are!

We want all families to feel welcome, as all babies deserve human milk.

Posts addressing mamas only are removed.

Question 9

Use the Eats on Feets network at your own risk.

Accepted Answer

The Eats on Feets Network does not broker, screen, arrange, or otherwise facilitate milk exchanges between private parties. We only provide the space for donors and recipients to find each other.

Please screen each other carefully using the 4 Pillars of Safe Milksharing.

Do not send anyone money to ship milk. This is usually a scam. Use prepaid shipping labels or shipping accounts if you need to ship. Contact a local courier for information.

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