Hot Mama Gown Giveaway!

UPDATE: Comment #210 www.rockonmommies.com/rachael

@tootutucute

won! Yay! I will email you!

I used www.random.org

Ok, I have been sitting on this post for a while and can hardly stand it! I am getting to do a giveaway for a Hot Mama Gown! I connected with Deidrea, the mom-behind-the business, on Twitter. I kept seeing people tweet about Hot Mama Gowns and decided I HAD to know what all of the fuss was about! Well, it was worth the tweets! These are a SUPER-CUTE alternative to the plain old regular hospital gowns. That other people have worn, yuck! Have you ever thought of that?!? Even though I am not pregnant (though I desperately wish I was!) I was extremely interested in these gowns. Why? They are designed for breastfeeding! Yes, you can wear them as super cute nursing pajamas! I know you have seen what is out there...some of it is not cool, people! These are comfy and functional and EVERYTHING washes out! The gowns are made of high end organic fabric and totally made in the USA! (I promise everything posted on here and linked are G-rated!) These gowns are also perfect for the newly breastfeeding mom in the hospital while you get your multitudes of visitors...and you really do want them there because you just birthed the most amazing baby...but you do need to feed your baby and you aren't totally comfortable with the cover and all of that yet...here ya go! Click for a video on how to use the Hot Mama Gown while breastfeeding.

I am going to have surgery at some point and thought I would love to wear this in the hospital! Can you imagine the buzz from others looking so cute in a Hot Mama Gown?!? I thought of the ease of breastfeeding Lorelei when she visited me. Then the surgeon said that he wanted to wait until I was done nursing Lorelei to perform the surgery. As much as I want to hold on to the gown myself...in hopes of one day being pregnant again...I decided the nice thing to do would be to let you have a chance to win one of these BEAUTIFUL gowns! You get to pick the material! And another plus: they run big! Who doesn't love that when you are feeling as big as a house?!? A size small fits sizes 6-10 reasonably! And don't worry that it won't fit around you when you are THAT pregnant! These gowns have worked for some triplet moms!

Look at how your gown is delivered to you!!

And if that packaging isn't enough? Look at the ribbons that are on the gown itself! Far cry from the plain generic hospital gowns!

And no need to worry about your assets hanging out the back! These snaps go all the way down!
So, how can you win? I will give you several different options so you can use any or all of them!

1. Go the Hot Mama Gowns website and pick out your favorite material. Leave me a message and tell me what is your favorite!

2. Subscribe to my blog. Leave me a comment that you did or that you are already a "follower."

3. Tweet about this giveaway! Include @hotmamagowns and @dawnini in your tweet! You may tweet once a day!

4. Follow @hotmamagowns

5. Follow @dawnini

Please let me know if you have any questions about this product! Hot Mama Gowns will send the gown to you directly if you are the winner! This giveaway will close at 7 pm CST March 8, 2010.

Breastfeeding

Do not read if you do not want to hear about breastfeeding.

I have to be honest I was scared of breastfeeding. I had heard so many people talk of the struggles of it. I listened to multiple podcasts on the subject. I was determined I would breastfeed Lorelei the first time I held her. And I did. She and I had no struggles. Until the first night. Lorelei was such a pro with breatfeeding she was not content with the colostrum (however you spell that...I have a sleeping baby in my arms or else I would look it up). She cried all night because she was hungry.

The next morning a pediatrician from our peds office came in and said that the lactation consultant probably would not approve but I could supplement with formula while we waited. He suggested a syringe to avoid nipple confusion. The nurse helped me with that. Lorelei was content with just a little bit. She was a hungry girl! When the lactation consultant came in she was not upset but got me started on a SNS! I highly recommend this!

I will attempt to explain: tubing is attached to a bottle of formula which is hung from mothers shirt. Tube is taped on breast where the end is in your child's mouth as they nurse. They are still nursing but getting a little formula at the same time. It is good for both of you! They are getting something to eat while you have no milk and you are getting your milk faster.

Our peds office has their own lactation consultant and she is wonderful! She told me to get an Ameda Purely Yours breastpump as opposed to the Medela Pump in Style as it functioned the same but was at least $100 cheaper. I appreciated that but beat her price and found it new on Ebay in Jackson, so I picked it up and saved shipping as well! I have since had to be in touch with her because Lorelei refuses a bottle. This is not what I was expecting. You hear everyone speak of "nipple confusion" and not to try the bottle too soon because your baby will prefer it as they do not have to work as hard. Our lactation consultant told us we could start trying at 4 weeks because we were both doing so well with breastfeeding. Well, lets just say Lorelei is not confused. She refuses! The picture is of Aunt Patti attempting, and you can see the death look she is receiving!

We are to try each time I feed her to get her to just take the bottle nipple into her mouth and then praise her and make it like a game for now. It seems to be working. She takes it into her mouth but she is still not drinking as of yet. We shall see.

Lorelei is thriving though. At her two week check up she had not only regained her birth weight but put on a pound and a half more. At her one month check up she had gained 2 pounds 3 ounces more! She is a little chunk!