Did you think we were only going to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week? Of course not! In many countries around the globe, breasfeeding is celebrated during the whole month of August, and sometimes September too, and other odd weeks here and there. We say, let’s celebrate them all! Our Mom-Made Wonderfood is truly worthy of celebration, every day. Whether it comes straight from the tap, the bottle, or via a human milk bank, its a superpower that fights diseases in mom and baby, and helps to clean up the planet - all in a single bound. Even Clark Kent would be jealous.
We’ve seen a lot of breastfeeding companies doing giveaways and promotions this last week—and in tough economic times, a freebie or a discount is a good thing! But how many of those companies are truly investing in changing our breastfeeding culture and beating the booby traps? When only 3% of hospitals are designated baby-friendly; when too few doctors are educated on the basics of lactation management; when women can are still being harrassed, and even abused, for breastfeeding in public; and when ours is one of the only industrialized countries without paid maternity leave—and the list goes on—moms need more than a coupon or some helpful information on a website. Building the “mother of all causes” takes some serious cash.
That is why we are extremely pleased to present the “Ultimate Giveaway that Gives Back” that not only celebrates breastfeeding but also showcases some wonderful companies that are going above and beyond to help moms and babies. Everyone of the sponsors represented in the baskets below is committed to working with Best for Babes to change the breastfeeding landscape for our sisters, our friends, and our daughters, and really for all of us, because when moms are no longer prevented from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals, everyone benefits. These companies also happen to make some of the best products on the market, because while all you really need to breastfeed is at least one boob and a baby, there are a lot of things that can make breastfeeding more comfortable, appealing and convenient. After all, if some cute workout gear can motivate you to go to the gym, then certainly a sexy nursing top can boost your confidence, make you feel fabulous, and empower you reach your breastfeeding goal! We say, whatever works for you, babe!
How to Win: Here’s the special twist on our giveaway. In the spirit of giving back, we are asking you to nominate someone else for the gift basket, someone whom you really think could benefit from this extravaganza: for example, a mom who really wants to breastfeeding but can’t afford a top-quality breastpump to go back to work, or for whom babywearing (and the multi-tasking that goes with it) would make a world of difference. First, leave a comment describing the person you would like to see win basket (1-Expecting Mom) or basket (2-Working Mom) below, and then, make sure you “Like” our facebook page. At the end of the month, everybody will vote on the nominations, and we will check and make sure that the winner is legit before shipping the gift baskets in beginning of September. The generous-minded person who nominates the winner will get a lovely gift too-A Belabumbum Lily Sleepwear set (see the Expecting Babe Basket) and a Best for Babes T-shirt!! Total value of the giveaway is a mind-blowing $1,500 smackeroos.
#1. Ultimate Best for Babes Giveaway Basket for the Expecting Babe
My Brest Friend Deluxe Breastfeeding Pillow has a wrap-around design with a silent, quick-release strap, back support and a firm, flat cushion that keeps baby from rolling and promotes the optimum latch; with soft, washable cover.
Earth Mama Angel Baby Breastfeeding Support Kit includes Milkmaid Tea to support healthy breast milk production, lanolin-free nipple cream to prevent or heal sore, cracked nipples, gel- and toxin-free breast packs ease breasts sore from engorgement or mastitis, and organic, herbal breast compresses provide extra nipple and engorgement care.
Evenflo Comfort Select Performance™ Dual Breastpump with autocycling vacuum is newly improved and perfect for occasional pumping; it runs on batteries or can be plugged in for traveling convenience. Two pumps can used simultaneously for greater efficiency, or leave a spare where you are likely to need it, comes in carry case.
Posh Pads are ultra fashionable, reusable, earth-friendly organic cotton and bamboo nursing pads that are so gorgeous, you can use them as coasters when you are done nursing. In outrageous colors and patterns to suit every bra and boob.
Moby Wrap Custom Best for Babes Carrier is made of the softest of cotton fabrics, is extremely comfortable, and is one of the safest baby carriers available today. It distributes weight evenly from parent’s shoulders to hips and aligns baby’s center of gravity as close to the parent’s body as possible. Svelte black with the signature Best for Babes logo on it!
Mother’s Boutique Sweet Embrace Necklace is a gorgeous sterling silver pendant on a leather cord, designed by Judy Masucci, owner of the Mother’s Boutique. It symbolizes the love between a mother and child and represents a breastfeeding mother or any mother holding and loving her child.
Belabumbum Lily Sleepwear Set comes with a robe, cami and pants perfect for snoozing and lounging and feeling fabulous! Belabumbum believes that women grow more beautiful while expecting and while nursing, so their lingerie confections encourage women to feel pampered, sexy, and hip — during and after pregnancy.
Hadley Stilwell Sleeveless Crossover Shirt is ultra-luxe and stylish, perfect for date night or a meeting with the executive committee. HadleyStilwell designs are meant to be clothes you want to wear - that just happen to accommodate nursing and pumping - and many moms keep them as long-term staples of their wardrobe. Gift certificate so you can choose the color and size.
Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy Book is a stunning coffee table quality book with evocative photos of breastfeeding and parenting combined with clear, expert guidance on how to start and continue a breastfeeding relationship with ease and prevent and solve any problems.
Sweet Knee Gift Bag includes an adorable, reusable cloth bag filled with splendidly all-natural bubbly soap, oatmeal cookie bath, bun glaze for tender tushies, 3.2 oz rubbit oil for massaging or moisturizing, and a 3.75 oz hulababy bar soap.
Be Nice Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix allows you to get your essential prenatal vitamins and minerals, in easy to take and carry portions for better nutrient absorption and hydration throughout the day. Doctor approved, it comes in two delicious, naturally sweetened flavors.
#2. Ultimate Best for Babes Giveaway Basket for the Working Babe
Ameda Purely Yours Ultra Breastpump is a top-of-the-line electric breastpump that is preferred by lactation consultants and doctors and can be converted for one-handed manual use. Cycles per minute and suction can be adjusted to maximize milk output. The patented diaphragm ensures no milk or bacteria can enter the tubing or motor, and no contaminants from the pump can enter your collected milk. Comes with a stylish, sophisticated pebble-grained tailored tote, cooler (holds 6 bottles-included), a car lighter adapter, 3 different sizes breast flanges (with more available), and various pump accessories.
Pumpease Bra Supports make pumping at work or home much easier because it allows you to pump hands-free. The 6″ wide pumping supports feature patent pending, ‘no-stitch’ horn openings, guaranteed to accommodate any breast pump on the market, in a variety of gorgeous prints that allow you to “express” your personal style and fashion sense.
Motherlove More Milk Plus capsules contain a special blend of safe and effective herbs designed to quickly increase breast milk for breastfeeding mothers, created by one of the leading companies in the holistic body care industry. Pure, natural and organic-use under the care of a lactation specialist. Not for use during pregnancy.
Breastpumps and Briefcases Audio CD contains valuable information to ease your transition back to work, including how to maintain your milk supply, how to create a pumping schedule, make arrangements with your employer, and store your milk. Shari Criso’s reassuring manner and tips for succeeding with breastfeeding have helped thousands of moms achieve their personal breastfeeding goals.
Hotslings pouches allow you carry your baby in fabulous style, safety and comfort. So pretty they can be worn to coordinate with your designer suit for the boardroom if your employer allows babies at work! Can be exchanged for a size and print you prefer. Created by one of the leaders in the industry who also actively writes American safety standards for sling-style baby carriers.
Mother’s Boutique Sweet Embrace Necklace is a gorgeous sterling silver pendant on a leather cord, designed by Judy Masucci, owner of the Mother’s Boutique. It symbolizes the love between a mother and child and represents a breastfeeding mother or any mother holding and loving her child.
Hadley Stilwell Sleeveless Crossover Shirt is ultra-luxe and stylish, perfect for date night or a meeting with the executive committee. HadleyStilwell designs are meant to be clothes you want to wear - that just happen to accommodate nursing and pumping - and many moms keep them as long-term staples of their wardrobe. Gift certificate so you can choose the color and size.
Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy Book is a stunning coffee table quality book with evocative photos of breastfeeding and parenting combined with clear, expert guidance on how to start and continue a breastfeeding relationship with ease and prevent and solve any problems.
Sweet Knee Gift Bag includes an adorable, reusable cloth bag filled with deliciously all-natural bubbly soap, oatmeal cookie bath, bun glaze for tender tushies, 3.2 oz rubbit oil for massaging or moisturizing, and a 3.75 oz hulababy bar soap.
Our deepest gratitude to all these great companies that support moms and babies and Best for Babes with their generous donations! Leave a comment below nominating a person you would like to see win a gift basket, and make sure to say which one: “#1-Expecting” or “#2-Working” and why, and jump over and “Like” our facebook page too! Thank you for giving back, and for helping us make sure that the gift goes to someone who could genuinely use it and for whom it would make a difference in achieving their personal breastfeeding goals.
Another sign that we’ve reached the turning point in the breastfeeding movement is that there are several independent films in the works that have to do with breastfeeding and donor milk. I was a little disappointed that Michael Moore’s film “Sicko,” about the ”crazy and sometimes cruel” U.S. health care system, did not touch on the absurdity of systematically preventing moms from succeeding at breastfeeding despite the fact that it could save $13 billion and 900 lives per year, at the very least-and we think that is a conservative estimate. The good news is that several independent film makers think this absurdity should be the subject of a documentary that examines our cultural and institutional “booby traps” and how we ended up in this mess.
Left to Right: Katja Esson (Director, "Latching On"), Bettina Forbes (Co-Founder, Best for Babes), Debbie Zimmerman (Executive Director, Women Make Movies), Gina Ciagne (Director of Breastfeeding & Consumer Relations, Lansinoh Laboratories)
Katja Esson’s short film, ”Latching On,” does a great job covering much of this ground. I attended the premiere screening of her documentary at the Tribeca Film Center a couple of weeks ago and got a chance to chat with the director over a dinner sponsored by Lansinoh prior to the viewing. Like me, Katja Esson is a native of Germany, and was struck by the enormous cultural differences between her native country, where breastfeeding is accepted and embraced, and the U.S., where bottlefeeding is the norm. Even though she has no kids of her own, Katja spent seven years plumbing the depths of the anti-breastfeeding culture in the U.S.. She and I agree that the biggest booby trap is the lack of designated Baby-Friendly Hospitals in the U.S.-if new moms can’t even make it through two days of exclusive breastfeeding with their healthy, full-term babies without out being “booby-trapped”, than how can we expect them to get to the six months recommended by the AAP and every other medical & health organization? We really loved meeting some of the stars of the film, some of whom are already old friends of BfB like Heather Kelly, IBCLC and Felina of the Upper Breast Side. We were captivated by ”Glam-ma” (not Grandma) a glamorous and hip black woman who tells explains that she breastfed for economic decisions because there were no free handouts of formula through WIC. Her daughter-in-law is on the fence about breastfeeding and her story steals the show. The film, which is distributed by Women Make Movies, is already one of their top-selling films of the year and has tremendous potential for raising awareness and putting pressure on the barriers, not moms. Lansinoh’s ByMomsForMoms did a fantastic video interview with Katja Esson and Debbie Zimmerman (Executive Director of Women Make Movies) which explains how the film can “open eyes” and reach classrooms, libraries and even women’s prisons. We will be staying in touch with Katja, and Women Make Movies to see how Best for Babes can help market the movie to reach the largest audience possible (and hopefully capture attention of the media), and we’ll be following the film’s attendance at festivals on Facebook. Here’s the trailer:
Before the screening of “Latching On”, we also met Beth Poague, who is the process of making a documentary called “Supply & Demand: Uncovering Breastfeeding in America”. This film also shows great promise for educating and raising awareness of the barriers that keep moms from making informed feeding decisions and achieving their personal breastfeeding goals. She interviews our Board Member, Marsha Walker and we are excited to see her film develop. Thanks to Laura Keegan, RN, FNP and author of Breastfeeding with Comfort & Joy for introducing us to Beth.
Kevin West is making a full-length documentary called “Mother’s Milk: The Movie” which expands on a short film he created in 2009 that I found very moving and inspiring. The movie will highlight the work of the Human Milk Bank Association of North America and the desperate need for donated, screened, pasteurized human milk for babies whose mothers can not breastfeed, or who have been prevented from succeeding. We’re extremely excited about the potential of this film because we think it will have mass-market appeal and be able to drive the demand for human milk and give hope to mothers who want to give their babies the next best!
This was an amazing week for Best for Babes, as we found out Tuesday that we won a $20,000 donation from Chase, thanks to all of you who voted in the contest on Facebook! We are so grateful and want to thank you for all you’ve done for the Mother of All Causes.
Thanks to Tanya at the Motherwear Blog for uncovering even more good news in the Health Care Reform bill related to breastfeeding. Apparently buried in those new regulations is the requirement that insurance reimburse for preventive health services, including breastfeeding education & evaluations, both in hospital and outpatient settings. No one is still sure when this all goes into effect or what exactly it means for moms, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted!
Photo courtesy of The Faster Times
Here’s to the adoptive parents who educated their pediatrician on the importance of human milk and the availability of donor milk through milk banks. Dr. Jack Maypole’s excellent article highlights how he was able to write a prescription for breast milk for the family, the history, availability and safety of human milk. The article points out that we only have a handful of milk banks in the US, while Brazil has about 180. We’re getting better, though: the Mother’s Milk Bank of New England opened this week in Massachusetts.
Whoever said one person can’t make a difference never met Amanda Mack! After receiving a “breastfeeding support bag” from a formula company after the birth of her second baby, Amanda decided to contact all of the companies she knew that truly supported nursing moms and asked them to donate products for areal support bag to hand out at her local hospital. With that, the Laramie Breastfeeding Bag project was born! Amanda has been able to provide 125 bags so far. Interested in creating a bag for your local hospital? Check out the Laramie Breastfeeding Bag project’s Facebook page for details how.
As a mom who worked and pumped, I could so relate to the article This Sucks: Breast Pumping at Work. This is the perfect example of how far we still have to come in this country and why family-friendly policies like paid leave, babies at work programs, on-site day care and protection for moms who are pumping at work are so important.
I’d also like to shine the Blog Spotlight on Anne of Dou-la-la this week for her insightful post on the difference between “can’t” and “won’t”when it comes to breastfeeding. We wish that every mom had the support to meet her breastfeeding goals, but we also wish that moms who didn’t choose to breastfeed felt comfortable enough to be honest about their decision, without worrying they’d be judged for their decisions.
And finally, now that summer is here, we want to remind you of the importance of soaking up some sun so you can make adequate levels of Vitamin D for both yourself and your nursling! It’s particularly important to make sure your Vitamin D levels are adequate if you are a woman of color or live in a northern climate where you go months without a lot of sunshine.
By chance I heard about a fun party in Manhattan last night, a book signing for the “Hot Moms To Be Handbook” by Jessica Denay and “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter, held at the Paul LaBrecque Salon on East 65th Street. Shari Criso, IBCLC, CNM who helps out at our #bfcafe twitter party and who co-wrote two chapters of the book, clued me in and encouraged me to go. Our good friend Liza Elliott-Ramirez, President of Expecting Models, one of the sponsors for the event, put me on the jam-packed RSVP list, doll that she is! (We still owe a huge debt of gratitude to Liza for donating the gorgeous “covergirl” photo that graces our webpage and postcards, as the only modeling agency representing both expecting and breastfeeding models (and as a former breastfeeding mom), she was immediately in love with our vision of giving breastfeeding a makeover and bringing some style and appealing images to the cause.) As a former Manhattanite I relished the chance to go in and have a little fun while getting the scoop on breastfeeding on the upper East Side.
Before hitting the book party I checked out the Yummy Mummy Store on the Upper East Side and met the owner Amanda Cole. What a beautiful, tastefully edited store dedicated to the breastfeeding mom! I enjoyed getting her lowdown on the best products for nursing moms and of course was thrilled when she raved about the Pumpease hands-free nursing bra . . . little did she know that they are a trusted sponsor of Best for Babes; not only is founder Wendy Armbruster Bell helping moms with a useful and stylish pumping necessity, but she is boosting the cause too so that more moms can achieve their personal breastfeeding goals! The staff and store were lovely all in all and it was great to connect with another mom passionate about helping moms.
BfB Co-founder Bettina and Jessica Denay, Author & Founder of Hot Moms Club
I got to the LaBrecque Salon a little early so I got to meet Jessica Denay, the founder of the Hot Moms Club. She was gracious and lovely, and must be full of energy because she seems to be everywhere, including Pregnancy Awareness Month (we are participating again this year!). Andi Silverman of Mama Knows Breast introduced me to Divalysscious Moms founder Lyss Stern who is also the editor-in-chief of the New York Observer’s Playground Magazine-a mag we will be checking out for breastfeeding style! I chatted nursing tips with moms who were getting pampered courtesy of the salon, and heard a common refrain: ”I wish I’d known with my first what I knew with my second” - well that’s where Best for Babes comes in, ladies, tell your expecting friends about the Learning Curve and Get Your Best Game On! I met @TheBabyGuyNYC in person (we’ve exchanged nipple butter on #bfcafe) the lovely Scandinavian ladies from Lillebaby (Scandinavians get breastfeeding, um, can you say 79% still nursing at 6 months?), and then Liza roped me in for an impromptu interview with Andi Silverman and Shari Criso about breastfeeding.
What I enjoyed most about the event was cheering moms on. I love telling moms that we support them to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals, whether that is 2 days, 2 months or 2 years; and seeing their faces relax and their smiles brighten. I love meeting moms who want to be the best moms they can be but insist on squeezing a little style and a night out with the girls into their lives. Personally I can not function as a mom or as a wife without my girlfriends. I would love to see Hot Moms Club join us in giving breastfeeding a makeover and help their members see that for breastfeeding that you can be nurturing, nursing, and glamorous too! If maternity is HOT (and has blossomed into a burgeoning industry) then let’s do what Demi Moore, Liz Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, et al. have done for pregnancy and do it for breastfeeding, ’cause, well, we think breastfeeding is even hotter! :-)
Here’s a fun video of the event (love the music!), produced by Michael Jurick should give you a good flavor of the evening. Thanks, gals, for a great night out!
We’ve received wonderful feedback on our ground-breaking ad campaign, and have gotten a lot of interest from bloggers and websites who would like to run the ads as a public service. We’re thrilled that others love the positive, provocative and humorous approach of the ads and want to join us in cheering on, coaching and celebrating ALL moms without pressure, judgment or guilt! For what motivated the campaign, see the guest post we wrote for PhDinParenting.
Thanks to our wonderful friends at Frank About Women, who donated the six-figure campaign completely pro-bono, our most recent ad is now available in a variety of sizes for anyone who wants to run them, and we are giving away a magnet for every approved blog or website that participates!
Here’s how to do it:
Anyone suggestions for improving this post are welcome. I’m technologically challenged.
3. Leave a comment below announcing that you are running the ad.
4. After I approve your site (just making sure it is not a spam request), I will contact you for your mailing address and send you a magnet. You will have fun finding random places to put it.
5. Bonus: Everyone who runs the ad and tweets about it will be entered into a drawing for a Best for Babes t-shirt. Just put in your tweet: “Our website is running the @BestforBabes ad! Entries closed by December 31, 2009.
Special thanks to http://www.PhDinparenting.com for leading the way and putting our ad right up on the home page! And for @cfoutz and @RobinPregnancy for pushing us to do this post. You are all babes!
Best for Babes PSA ads are now available in these sizes:
o Replace the numbers in quotes after “width” and “height” with the numbers indicated for the image you chose (e.g. 150×150 would be width=”150″ height=”150″).
Last Tuesday (October 6th) I attended the Big City Moms‘ Biggest Baby Shower Ever, held at the American Girl Place in New York City. It was an awesome event and the line to get in went down the block. All three floors were chock full of vendors, delicious treats, and fabulous moms-to-be chatting, checking out the goods, and asking questions about baby car, safety and sleep habits.
Seminars on a variety of topics were held on the first floor every twenty minutes or so. I thought Big City Moms did a great job addressing subjects that moms are interested in; including sleep, feeding, and safety. As fun as it is to shop and prepare the nursury it is so important the new mothers have the information they need to make healthy decisions!
The first seminar that I did not want to miss was Dr. Alan Greene speaking about “Feeding Baby Green: Teaching Your Baby to Love Healthy Foods.” Boy is this guy excited about babies eating!! He talked about how babies’ tastebuds are actually most sensitive in utero, and that they practice swallowing before they are born, drinking up to 3 cups of amniotic fluid per day! Dr. Greene explained that not all nutrients pass through the umbilical cord, and that the baby is actually bonding with and getting to know his mother. I really appreciated his non-judgmental style of speaking that addressed the concerns of mothers who were planning to breastfeed as well as those who were not. He talked about “imprinting” and how babies who are breastfed get thousands of different flavors from mothers’ milk, exposing their tastebuds early on, and suggested that formula feeding moms switch brands a few times to change things up. Dr. Greene doesn’t go for a lot of the standard feeding advice given by many pediatricians, especially as far as allergies and feeding schedules, and he explains why in his book, which was included in the gift bags. I found his lecture to be super interesting and informative and well, really intuitive! As a mom I always wondered why introducing solids had to be this highly controlled experiment, when really, babies have been reaching out of the sling for millenia to grab a bit of what’s going into mama’s mouth.
Me and Dr. Alan Greene at the Big City Moms Event
I was fortunate to get a chance to speak with Dr. Greene before his talk . . . I knew about his great work with Healthy Child, Healthy World and was excited to meet him. I told him about what Best for Babes was doing and right off the bat he bubbled over with enthusiasm and fired off some recent breastfeeding research studies. It was clear that he is very pro-breastfeeding and very knowledgeable about lactation science. I told him I thought it was great that the Born Free bottles were BPA-free and hoped that the company would become WHO Code Compliant. Dr. Greene shared that his wife is a breast cancer survivor (like my business partner, Danielle Rigg), and we talked about how strange it was that the big breast cancer organizations didn’t jump with joy over a recent study showing that women with a family history of breast cancer can reduce their risk by 60% — yes, 60% — if they breastfeed their babies. We see eye to eye on a number of things and I was thrilled to meet him.
Kelly Rutherford & Me (Bettina Forbes, Co-Founder, Best for Babes)
The last seminar of the evening was actress Kelly Rutherford speaking about “Socially Conscious Mothering.” She is incredibly down to earth and warm and spent most of the time answering questions from the floor. She has a very nurturing style and made me feel like we’re all in this together, trying to do our best as parents, picking ourselves and each other up when we fall. She talked about some of the personal decisions she had made, including tandem nursing (see our interview with her) and her choice not to vaccinate. I appreciated that she was very open as a mother who is trying to parent in a socially conscious way, and shared her own experience. I think she is an awesome role model and all the expecting moms really enjoyed talking to her. Best for Babes is very lucky to have her as a Champion for Moms!
All in all it was a great evening and a great resource for moms-to-be. Everyone left with a huge gift bag filled with gorgeous items, and better prepared for motherhood!
Bestforbabes.org is the best thing to happen to breastfeeding since the invention of the breastpump! I LOVE the guilt/pressure free way you present everything. --Laura Rimbey, Oregon
My Brest Friend Deluxe Breastfeeding Pillow has a wrap-around design with a silent, quick-release strap, back support and a firm, flat cushion that keeps baby from rolling and promotes the optimum latch; with soft, washable cover.
Evenflo Comfort Select Performance™ Dual Breastpump with autocycling vacuum is newly improved and perfect for occasional pumping; it runs on batteries or can be plugged in for traveling convenience. Two pumps can used simultaneously for greater efficiency, or leave a spare where you are likely to need it, comes in carry case.
Posh Pads are ultra fashionable, reusable, earth-friendly organic cotton and bamboo nursing pads that are so gorgeous, you can use them as coasters when you are done nursing. In outrageous colors and patterns to suit every bra and boob.
Belabumbum Lily Sleepwear Set comes with a robe, cami and pants perfect for snoozing and lounging and feeling fabulous! Belabumbum believes that women grow more beautiful while expecting and while nursing, so their lingerie confections encourage women to feel pampered, sexy, and hip — during and after pregnancy.
Hadley Stilwell Sleeveless Crossover Shirt is ultra-luxe and stylish, perfect for date night or a meeting with the executive committee. HadleyStilwell designs are meant to be clothes you want to wear - that just happen to accommodate nursing and pumping - and many moms keep them as long-term staples of their wardrobe. Gift certificate so you can choose the color and size.
Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy Book is a stunning coffee table quality book with evocative photos of breastfeeding and parenting combined with clear, expert guidance on how to start and continue a breastfeeding relationship with ease and prevent and solve any problems.
Sweet Knee Gift Bag includes an adorable, reusable cloth bag filled with splendidly all-natural bubbly soap, oatmeal cookie bath, bun glaze for tender tushies, 3.2 oz rubbit oil for massaging or moisturizing, and a 3.75 oz hulababy bar soap.
Be Nice Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix allows you to get your essential prenatal vitamins and minerals, in easy to take and carry portions for better nutrient absorption and hydration throughout the day. Doctor approved, it comes in two delicious, naturally sweetened flavors.
Ameda Purely Yours Ultra Breastpump is a top-of-the-line electric breastpump that is preferred by lactation consultants and doctors and can be converted for one-handed manual use. Cycles per minute and suction can be adjusted to maximize milk output. The patented diaphragm ensures no milk or bacteria can enter the tubing or motor, and no contaminants from the pump can enter your collected milk. Comes with a stylish, sophisticated pebble-grained tailored tote, cooler (holds 6 bottles-included), a car lighter adapter, 3 different sizes breast flanges (with more available), and various pump accessories.
Motherlove More Milk Plus capsules contain a special blend of safe and effective herbs designed to quickly increase breast milk for breastfeeding mothers, created by one of the leading companies in the holistic body care industry. 
Pure, natural and organic-use under the care of a lactation specialist. Not for use during pregnancy.
Created by one of the leaders in the industry who also actively writes American safety standards for sling-style baby carriers. 
Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy Book is a stunning coffee table quality book with evocative photos of breastfeeding and parenting combined with clear, expert guidance on how to start and continue a breastfeeding relationship with ease and prevent and solve any problems.
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