About us

Why askamum?

askamum is the new site that couples the wealth of advice and information in Mother & Baby and Pregnancy & Birth magazines with the first hand wisdom and knowledge of mums and mums to be. From pregnancy to toddlers it covers everything mums want and need to know about the most exciting and rewarding time of their life.

Our philosophy is that when it comes to parenting, mums are the experts. askamum allows mums and mums-to-be to contribute their views and experience and be able to rate and review pretty much everything including Q&A’s, articles, video, audio and photos. With a fresh new look and new advanced technology you'll find an improved online community area for you to interact with all the other mums and mums-to-be out there.

Here you can:

ASK any questions you like and get answers from real experts: other mums or mums-to-be.

READ hundreds of articles on everything from trying to conceive to starting school.

ANSWER questions from other mums in need of advice and info.

WATCH videos about all things parent-related, from sleep training to child-proofing your home.

CHAT to other mums, create your own personal profile, post pictures and videos from your personal gallery and recommend and find the most useful products.

LISTEN to your own week-by-week guide to your pregnancy, whenever and wherever you want, with our fantastic Talking Tummies podcasts from Discovery.

Trying for a baby, pregnancy to birth, babies to toddlers and children up to 5, you'll find everything you need here at UK's leading parenting magazine online - askamum!