Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The winner of the giveaway is.........

BriiLii. We used www.random.org and put in the number of entries and it chose the winner randomly.

BriiLii, please email us at breastmilk4preemies@hotmail.com. We will let you know what we need and who to contact for your prizes.

As a special surprise, we chose 3 more winners to receive a knit hat donated by a personal friend!

Amy Zimmerman
Dana
MandyMom

Mamas, please email us at breastmilk4preemies@hotmail.com with your address and we will ship your hat out to you!

I wish we could have given each and every one of you a prize. You're all so special and inspiring!!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Welcome and a giveaway!





We are so excited to announce that Breastmilk for Preemies is starting a blog! When I first had the idea for a facebook group several months ago, I had no idea how badly it was needed! Within the first day, we had well over 100 followers! I was amazed! We get lots of questions and get to share in the beauty of other preemie families...it's an honor that people will share their preemies and families with us! 


Brittany and I talked about how we could expand and reach more people. We want to reach all the preemie mamas we can and help out in everyway that we can so we decided to start a blog. While the main purpose of our facebook group is support for mamas who want to, wish they had, are or did provide breastmilk for their preemies, this blog will be more then that. It will obviously be very centered on breastmilk for preemies, but it will also be about preemies in general. We would love to have guest posts from other preemie families, we'll share tips, articles, opinions etc. 


As a celebration for our new blog, we'd like to let you all know about an exciting giveaway we're hosting!!! It's a care package for a current NICU mom or an expecting NICU mom! We have donations from friends and other businesses and can't wait to spoil one lucky preemie mom! 


The package will include (if you have twins, we will try to get you 2 of the clothing items!)
*A handsfree pumping bra from PumpEase hands-free pumping supports (winner chooses size and color)
*A hat and matching diaper cover from Forte Crochet
*A sleep sack from Ponchaby
*A crocheted hat from The Good Letdown
*Lotion from Breastmilk for Preemies
*Reusable Breastpads from Breastmilk for Preemies
*A handmade blanket from Breastmilk for Preemies
*A copy of "The Premature Baby Book" by Dr. Sears from Breastmilk for Preemies
*"Preemie Power" bracelets from Peek-a-boo ICU



Rules:
*You must have a US or Canadian address. 
*You must be a follower of our blog.
*Selected winners must provide a valid mailing address. Please do not post your address in the comments section. If you win, we'll ask for your address. The winner will be announced on Wednesday October 12, 2011. 
*Winners will be selected from all eligible entries by the use of the random.org random integer generator.
*You/The mama must be pumping or breastfeeding and (one of the following):
  • Expecting a preemie(s) (or)
  • Currently in the NICU with your preemie(s) (or)
  • Just brought your preemie(s) home within the last 30 days.
You may enter yourself to win or nominate another preemie mama/preemie mama to be. You may nominate up to 3 different mamas, but may only enter for yourself once. The giveaway will end on Tuesday October 11, 2011 and the winner will be drawn on Wednesday October 12, 2011. Because some of the items will be coming from other sources, you will receive different packages at different times.