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Ultimate Giveaway for Multi-tasking/Nursing Mom

January 21st, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
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I nursed all three of my kids (each one a little longer than the last, meaning I didn’t wean Baby No. 3 until she was 20 months!) Doing this required that I use a breast pump from time to time, and in addition to sucking breast milk into a bottle, it often felt like it was sucking my time into a black hole!

If I’d known about this amazing product back then, you can bet I’d have been busy writing or blogging or something while I was pumping — the Easy Expression Hands-free Pumping Bra. This little ditty holds the breast pump shields in place while you pump, freeing your hands to do other things. It helps you “milk it for all you’re worth.” (I love that!)

Not surprisingly, this bra was invented by a Mom – Gretchen Penny.  She came up with the idea for a hands-free pumping bra after practicing pumping milk a few weeks before she was to return from her maternity leave from American Airlines. She was determined to provide breast milk for her son because of its proven health benefits, but she was worried that pumping would take too much time and render her unproductive at work.

“I was not going to give up feeding my son breast milk just because I had to return to work. At the same time I knew I had a job to do,” says Penny. “So I invented the Hands-Free Pumping Bra, which has helped thousands of women like me each year to provide the gift of breast milk to their child as well as remain productive and successful at work.

The Easy Expression™ Hands-Free Pumping Bra benefits include:

  • It’s easy to use with its convenient front-zip style;
  • It enables a woman to be discreet when she pumps because it can easily be slipped on under a blouse;
  • It holds the breast pump shields in place so a woman’s hands are free to hold a book or type on her computer;
  • It enables a woman to hold her preemie baby while pumping, which many experts say helps with milk production and let-down;
  • It allows busy moms of multiples to care for their children or do laundry while simultaneously pumping.

The bra is available and in white and now black, too, and retails for about $34 at these locations  nationwide. But one lucky Lipstick to Crayons reader can win one for free by entering the contest below.

Giveaway Guidelines:

To enter, you MUST  subscribe to my email mailing list by using the button in the right sidebar of this site and then leave a comment below telling me you did so. If you are already a subscriber, leave me a comment telling me so and include the email address to which the subscription is sent.

Receive additional entries by doing any or all of the following, but you must subscribe or be a subscriber first. Leave a separate comment for each thing you do:

  1. Blog about this contest.
  2. Tell me in a comment why you think nursing a baby is important.
  3. Tweet this giveaway on Twitter (you can tweet daily if you want, but make sure you leave a comment each time you do).
  4. Favorite Lipstick to Crayons on Technorati.
  5. Stumble this post.
  6. Add Lipstick to Crayons to your blogroll or my button to your sidebar.
  7. Become a fan of Lipstick to Crayons on Facebook.

This giveaway closes at 11:59 p.m. Central time Feb. 9, 2010.  Be sure to include a valid email address with each of your entries. Contest open to United States residents only. Winner will be randomly chosen via random.org and will be notified via email and announced on this post.

If winner does not claim prize by Feb. 11, 2010, she will forfeit the prize to an alternate winner.

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO SUSAN, COMMENT #5.

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  1. #1 Angela Bailey on January 21, 2010:

    I subscribe at abailey_Crace@yahoo.com

  2. #2 Angela Bailey on January 21, 2010:

    I think nursing is important because it allows
    you to bond with your baby.

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  5. #5 susan varney on January 21, 2010:

    i subscribed mverno@roadrunner.com

  6. #6 Jessica Wagner on January 21, 2010:

    I subscribe via e-mail

  7. #7 Jessica Wagner on January 21, 2010:

    Nursing is important because breast milk contains anti bodies that help build babies immune system

  8. #8 Jessica Wagner on January 21, 2010:

    I tweeted http://twitter.com/jjak2003/statuses/8048303143

  9. #9 Rachel on January 22, 2010:

    I think nursing is important because it is made for babies to help them grow and boost their immune system!

  10. #10 hazel hunt on January 24, 2010:

    would love to win !!

  11. #11 Monique Rizzo on January 24, 2010:

    Breastfeeding is important for baby’s immunity. Thanks for the chance.
    mogrill@comcast.net

  12. #12 Sheena on January 27, 2010:

    I just became a fan on facebook. Breastfeeding is the best thing you can do for you and for your baby. As a La Leche League Peer Counselor I get to help women with their breastfeeding questions all the time. Would love to win this product to help w/pumping so I can continue nursing my 14 month old while working part time. Thanks!

  13. #13 sarra wheeler on January 29, 2010:

    i am a subscriber!

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  14. #14 sarra wheeler on January 29, 2010:

    i think nursing is great for the baby’s nutrition, nothing can top breast milk!

    square_sessil@yahoo.com

  15. #15 sarra wheeler on January 29, 2010:

    i became a fan on facebook!

    sarra jane wheeler

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  16. #16 brandi on January 29, 2010:

    I just signed up to be a subscriber.

  17. #17 Julie Moe on February 9, 2010:

    I subscribe to you!

  18. #18 Julie Moe on February 9, 2010:

    Facebook fan – Julie Moe

  19. #19 Julie Moe on February 9, 2010:

    Nursing is important because it provides all the essential nutrients for baby

  20. #20 Melanie on February 9, 2010:

    I subscribe, of course.

  21. #21 Mandie Foss on February 9, 2010:

    Subscribed to the email :-D

  22. #22 Mandie Foss on February 9, 2010:

    I think BF’ing is such an important aspect of raising healthy babies in addition to providing such a priceless opportunity to bond with their mother.

  23. #23 Mandie Foss on February 9, 2010:

    FB fan
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  24. #24 Lisa on February 9, 2010:

    I’m a subscriber

  25. #25 Lisa on February 9, 2010:

    Nursing a baby is important as it helps baby get the proper nutrition and provides added protection against colds, allergies, etc

  26. #26 Sheila Hickmon on February 9, 2010:

    I already subscribe! Thanks for the giveaway!

  27. #27 Sheila Hickmon on February 9, 2010:

    I’m a fan on facebook as Sheila H.

  28. #28 kathy pease on February 9, 2010:

    i think its a better bonding experience for mother and child :)

  29. #29 kathy pease on February 9, 2010:

    http://twitter.com/klp1965/status/8882294646

  30. #30 kathy pease on February 9, 2010:

    fan on facebook kathylpease

  31. #31 trixx on February 9, 2010:

    I’m a subscriber

  32. #32 trixx on February 9, 2010:

    Nursing a baby is a great way for mother & child to bond!

  33. #33 Gianna on February 9, 2010:

    I subscribed :)

  34. #34 Gianna on February 9, 2010:

    Mother’s milk is the perfect food for babies.. full of the best nutrition and full of immunities. I’m a nursing mama to twins :)

  35. #35 Lily Kwan on February 10, 2010:

    I subscribed to your mailing list with the email address lilyk@mail2world.com.

  36. #36 Lily Kwan on February 10, 2010:

    I think nursing a baby is important because it strengthens the bond between mother and child.

  37. #37 Lily Kwan on February 10, 2010:

    I became your Facebook fan.