It’s time to kick off the month long Bloggy Baby Shower with our first sponsor and giveaway! Today, I bring you one of my favorite companies that supports mothers with all of their breastfeeding needs from support, education, to quality products, Medela!
About Medela:
Medela’s primary focus is breastfeeding…by helping moms to successfully breastfeed their babies and to do so for as long as they choose. Meeting this goal responsibly is at the heart of everything we do.
Did you know this about Medela?
- Offers one on one assistance with a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, just Ask the LC!
- has a large wealth of information on their website just for Lactation Consultants and Tips for Mothers!
- makes every product that comes in contact with breast milk BPA-Free!
- Swing Breast Pump won the the JPMA Innovation Award.
Mom Approved:
Breastfeeding is a journey that didn’t come easily for me with my first child. While I knew that it was the best choice for my child, I really lacked the commitment needed to succeed. After just three weeks of lots of trial, and even more error, I gave up. What I lacked was the support and education that a mother truly needs to successfully breastfeed. It wasn’t until years later when my daughter was born that I took the time to research not only the benefits but how to be successful at breastfeeding with the help of great products designed for breastfeeding mothers.
So where do you start? Medela! Did you know Medela offers so much more than just breastpumps? I didn’t until I had my daughter. My first problem started with cracked nipples from latching difficulty. With lots of advice from other moms, I was pointed to the Medela Tender Care Lanolin. I can’t tell you how many times this little bottle of natural ingredients saved me from the agony of cracked nipples. It’s great to use as a preventative and perfectly safe for your little one.
What makes Medela truly great is they not only support mother’s who exclusively breastfeed with products like the lanolin, cooling breast pads, and nursing camisole but they make it easier for moms who can’t be with their newborns 24 hours a day to still give their children breast milk. Not all women have the convenience of working from home like I do. I know so many mother’s that work outside the home that still want to offer their infant breast milk and need to turn to a breast pump and bottles.
While I don’t work outside the home or have to be separated from my infant, a breast pump is still a major need to help me successfully breastfeed my daughter. As many of you know, I have an older son and toddler daughter. Three children can leave you with little time, especially when it comes to feeding an infant for up to an hour in one sitting. I know the Swing Breastpump will be perfect for allowing me to feed my daughter breast milk from a bottle while tending to the care of my other children.
Be sure to check back in March as I journal my own use of the Swing Breastpump and Feeding Set!
Buy It:
Medela’s wonderful line of products are available in stores and online at convenient retailers like Babie’s R Us, Target, and more. You can buy the Swing BreastPump at Babies R Us for $149.99 and the BPA-Free Feeding Gift Set for $29.99.
Win It:
Medela has generously offered one reader the Medela Swing BreastPump which includes 2 collection containers & lids ,1 container stand ,1 valve ,3 membranes ,SoftFit breastshield ,Carry Bag ,Breastfeeding Information Guide ,Tubing ,AC Adapter ,Battery Power Option ,Neck/Shoulder strap ,Instruction Manual and Feeding Gift Set which includes (3) 5oz polypropylene bottles with nipples, collars and caps, (6) 80ml (2.7oz) bottles and (20) Pump & Save™ bags.
Giveaway Entry:
For me, offering my children breast milk is an important part of mothering my children. While offering breast milk directly from the breast is a great choice, it’s not always optional for you. For this reason, I want you to tell me WHY and HOW having an electric breast pump and this feeding set would benefit you and your infant(s). Unlike most giveaways, this one will not be based on random selection. I will be choosing the winner based on need and dedication to successfully breast feeding your infant(s). Please give this some thought and comment with your own personal story. You may enter on behalf of someone else if you know someone that could truly use this package to further their journey in breast feeding.
Giveaway Rules:
Giveaway open to U.S. residents only with a valid street address (no P.O. Boxes please). Entrants must first complete the “Giveaway Entry” requirement before completing extra entries. Winner will be chosen by Random.org on February 24, 2009 9am CST unless otherwise noted. Winners will be notified by email and must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. Entries MUST include an email address in the comment! No email = No entry!
About Cat Davis
I would love to win this breastpump. I am currently expecting in two ways: I am 7 months pregnant, and I am in a long process to adopt a child from Haiti. With my current pregnant, there are several indications that this baby is at risk for a genetic issue that will make breastfeeding difficult. I would love to have a pump to help bridge that gap if I need to supplement with bottles at times. I would also love to feed my son from Haiti breastmilk when he comes home, but at his age, feeding at the breast may not be possible. Being able to give him the nutrional benefits of breastmilk would be a huge blessing as we bring him home.
My neice is 24 and pregnant, with a clerk job at a local retail store. She can really use this to help her keep her job and to defray a little of the cost of raising her baby.
When I was pregnant, I had an electric one and it was SO helpful. As a new mom, I struggled not only with schedules, but with breastfeeding and eventually went to pumping. To be perfectly blunt, pumping was just as hard, but I had a Medula Double Pump and was able to sit in the bathtub, my only relaxing time, and pump while I was there. Medula made it so easy that I could actually do something I had to do along with something I wanted to do and it wasnt inconvenient or painful. It was also QUICK! I was one of those women that no matter HOW long i pumped, I only got one bottle worth….it was frustrating.
But I can say that WITHOUT the breastpump, I probably would not have been able to do even that, so they saved me.
I am not entering for myself, I am entering for my 19 year old cousin. She is due in april and is already on government assistance. There is no way she could afford something like this for herself. You would never know it, but I grew up in a trailer and come from a super poor extended family. My grandmother makes $400 a month. My cousin came to live with me last fall, where I pulled her out of her situation, and made her get her GED for her own good. She stuck it out and DID get her GED and I am very proud of her. Her mom let her drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend when she was 15 and she never went back. I didnt want that to be ANOTHER person in my family. Right now, my dad and I are the ONLY people in our family to have ever graduated college. I wanted more for her.
Unfortunately, weeks after she moved in, she discovered she was pregnant. She did stick it out and finish classes, but after she was done, she moved back to Rural missouri.
Right now, she has no job, no car, and thankfully through some gov programs is able to get prenatal care, but without support, I fear she may fail breastfeeding like so many women.
If i was able to send her a breastpump, I could atleast provide support and guidance to her over the phone since that is what I mainly used.
My family may never be rich and to be honest, the cycle has only been broken by my dad and I, but I still want them to be able to offer the best start of life to the newest member that is going to be my new cousin.
Thankyou for the chance,
trisha
my daughter would benefit from this…shes had my grandbaby 2 weeks ago and shes real full. she wants to pump and save for a rainy day. thanx
This medela breast pump set would be a gift to my daughter. Her dream was to breastfeed her child. After having a traumatic birth episode with her first child the breast feeding somehow was lost in the shuffle and her helper did not help much and left her. My daughter then blamed herself that she did not do all that she could do to help her precious little angel as she became a bottle fed baby and not breast fed. Now my daughter is looking to have another child and I want her to suceed in her dream. I am hoping that this set will help her meet her goal. After hours upon hours of hearing the dream and stories of breast feeding her child I want her to succed as I want all my children to suceed in al that they do. That is why I would love to win this set
angie church
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This would be a great shower gift for my neice!
I love Medela products and have been using the Medela Pump in Style since my daughter was born. I truly believe that giving babies breastmilk is the best thing for them.
I would want to win this pump for my SIL who is expecting this June. She could really benefit from having this. I know she’d appreciate it!
thanks for the opportunity!
it quicker saves a lot of time .be able to spin more time with baby
This would be great for my niece who is expecting her first baby
With my DD i tried to breastfeed but simply could not produce enough to feed her strictly from the breast. I was able to pump in between feeding her so i built up a little bit of a stash in the freezer and so my DH or my older children would feed her a bottle after i put her to breast and fortuanatly we were able to give her breast milk. Because of the pump i had RENTED i was able to give my daughter nothing but breastmilk for the first six months of her life. At six months though i could no longer afford to rent the pump and had to return it and then i had to start giving her formula and while there is nothing wrong with supplementing with formula i simply felt terrible about having to do it and not producing enough milk. MY mother in law bought me a cheap pump but the suction simply was not strong enough to get anything out.
I am currently pregnant again and as much as i would love to i cannot afford to buy a pump of this calibre which is what i believe i need to successfully breastfeed my new son on the way. This breaks my heart and i cry a million times a day because i am sure i am going to have the same supply issues i had with my daughter and i only want to give my son what is best, moms milk, for at least the first 8 mths of his life. Winning this would help ease some of the stress i am feeling and help my son.
I only breastfed my first for 4 months. I had a horrible breast pump I am not one to breastfeed in public or around anyone else. I guess I should get over that fear, but I just don’t!
If i would have had a breastpump that actually worked well, I could have pumped before going out or when people where over. I felt like I missed out on so much because I was ducking into dressing rooms and hiding in our bedroom every two hours to nurse Evan.
I want to breastfeed longer with this baby. I’m going to try to overcome some of the obstacles that I’ve put up myself because of being so modest, but I think that having a breastpump that actually works would help me make this journey!
I am now 13 weeks pregnant with our second baby and I would love the chance to win this for him so that I give him a better chance at breastfeeding. My goal is to breastfeed this baby up until he is one or so like is recomended. I want to do what is best for this baby!
Thanks so much for the consideration and I’m so excited for your little bundle to get here and see some pics!
I am pro breast feeding.
My daughter is breast feeding her daughter right now. Thanks.
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I am having baby #6 in 24 days! My first babies were twins and I could not bf them from the breast as I wasn’t producing enough milk, the loaned hospital pump was my saving grace for them to have breast milk! Next baby was born 6 weeks early and due to his size he was unable to nurse early on, Dr.’s wouldn’t allow it, then once he was strong enough to nurse he would tire easily, so again I pumped exclusively and he benefited greatly from it. Our 4th child had latch issues and after weeks of trying the Dr. told me I must feed him by bottle, so again, we rented a pump from the hospital to use for months and month. My youngest child was the first I was successfully able to breastfeed! Though I still needed a pump because the first month or so she wouldn’t stay latched unless she got instant gratification, so I had to express milk, use a feeding tube next to my nipple and then we could have a full breastfeeding session. As much as I wish I could just breast feed with no need for expressed breast milk, it has not been our reality! Hopefully this baby will be a pro when he is born but it would be nice to have our own pump so that I can make sure our baby gets breast milk completely, whether it is from the breast or bottle.
I am expecting twins and have ambitious goals to breastfeed them both and get them on the same schedule. And I want to do this for at least 9 months to a year while going back to work. There are so many health benefits to breastfeeding but if the mother is not always able to breastfeed, pumping and providing breastmilk to babies is better than not breastmilk. I want my twins to get the health benefits from breastmilk in addition to my benefits. It will be cheaper than formula. Having the Medela pump that is of hospital grade, will allow me to provide breastmilk to my babies.
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My sister-in-law just recently had her first baby last monday… She is a single mom and just a sweet person! She is in the process of getting into nursing school and my in-laws would be watching the baby during the day while she goes. She would love to have this amazing pump so that she could pump for her baby and know that he was being taken care of but was also getting his mama’s milk. She has done so well at breast feeding for her first time and really deserves this… please consider my sister-in-law!
With my first daughter, I borrowed my sil’s pump. It was my first kid, and I don’t think I pumped enough. I never took a break. I got up 4-5 times every night to feed her, and was never gone for more than an hour anywhere, because I knew I’d need to feed my daughter. After 10 months of breastfeeding I had to stop because my milk supply was extremely low. To the point of my daughter loosing weight. I tried to pump near the end, and I was lucky to get an ounce total. I didn’t realize that this wasn’t normal. While I tried everything to bring my milk back, nothing worked. I had to give my pump back to my sil, so she could use it. I’m just worried that our next kids are going to be born at the same time, and we only have one pump! I’d love to have an electrical one for each of us. This one is nice and small, so I could take it when I visit my parents and not have to worry about not getting enough milk pumped. I had a small manual one that I took when we visited my family for Thanksgiving, and it took me a whole week to pump enough milk for one bottle to use while we were on the plane. Having a small electric pump would be awesome. I hope to be able to breastfeed my next kid for at least a year, now that I kind of know how it works. Thanks for the chance to win!
Why is it beneficial? I’d like to BF for a year, but sometimes it is hard to BF and having stored milk is helpful. Pumping allows my DH to help with the nurturing process, too.
HOW? It allows me to pump and freeze so that my son can always have breast milk even at times I can’t feed him myself due to other obligations.
I want to breastfeed my daughter for at least one year because of the life long health benefits that continue to be discovered . When I returned to work after my son was born, my milk started to dry up. I think it was due to stress and trying to pump in a hurry. I’d love to have this advanced pump when I return to work Feb. 16th. My daughter will be 2 months old. I already see how much weight she has gained and how healthy she looks because of my dedication to breastfeeding. I also eat healthy, take post natal formula vitamins and DHA supplements so that the milk she receives is the best quality possible.
I think I need this because I would like to give nursing a better go for the next baby. I tried my hardest for this one, but lasted 4 months. Which, I know is still commendable, but I truly would like to have a better shot with baby #2. And I do know how much harder it will be just by default, having a toddler in the mix. THUS, I will need all the help I can get. So I think this would REALLY free up some of my coveted time!!
My daughter is pregnant with her first child and this will probably be her only child. She has had a very difficult pregnancy both physically and emotionally. The baby’s father decided he did not want the responsibility of having a baby so he walked out and left her with no contact what so ever. She has been in and out of the hospital throughout her pregnancy for various reasons while trying to continue holding down a full time job. She will bring this precious little man into the world as a single mom who is very dedicated to doing this by herself without having to depend on government assistance. She wants so much to nurse her baby but she also knows that she will have to return to work soon after he is born so full time nursing will not be an option for her. Not to mention this Nana would love to be able to cuddle her grandson during the night while Mama gets her much needed rest.
Heather has often mentioned wanting the Medela Breast Pump but there is no way she can afford to purchase one for herself. Winning this giveaway would excite her beyond imagination.