But the pint-sized new mommy loved the gown so much, she just HAD to get one for her best friend’s baby shower. Nicole opted for the sleek black-on-black Nightie-Night, our newer design, featuring a snugger sleeve, easy pull Velcro shoulders and a lovely pocket for a breastfeeding pad!

The BG truly IS the next MUST-HAVE item at any baby shower. If you don’t believe us, just ask Snooki!

Get rid of that raggedy old re-used hospital gown. Who wants to be exposed to the world during one of the most precious and intense moments of their life? Don’t you think you DESERVE to at least look and feel beautiful? We do!

It’s time to give women what they want!

Click here to read Snooki’s reason why the BG is a MUST for expecting moms!

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Staying limber and fit in pregnancy will go a long way in helping you get thru the birth process. In my Childbirth class, I would compare birth to running a marathon. Let’s face it, marathon runners prepare for months to a year in advance. They are physically, mentally and nutritionally prepared. They hire personal trainers, change their lifestyle, and change their diets…all for a 3 hour 26 minute run.

By no means am I discounting the strength and fortitude required to run a marathon, or the toll a marathon takes on the body .It requires an incredible devotion!

But, let’s face it … birthing a baby…THAT is more like a Triathlon! First stage, second stage third stage…Early labor, active labor and transition! First labors will average 18-24 hours compared to the 3 1/2 hour marathon!

To be able to meet the demands of birthing your baby, just like a marathon runner, you need to be mentally, physically and nutritionally prepared. So get started!

Here’s the great news…you don’t even have to join a gym to start getting physically fit for labor.

1.  Put on your walking shoes grab a bottle of water and WALK!  I am not talking about a stroll and this is no race, but take a 20-30 minute brisk walk twice a day.  This will get your heart rate up and your blood circulating!

2. Do your Kegels! This exercise is designed to tighten the muscles of your pelvic floor.  They’re simple…just pull your perineal muscles as if you are trying to stop urinating. You can do this all day long – sitting, standing, in a car, on a bus – you can Kegel anywhere! By Kegeling now, you will be aware of your pelvic muscles, so when your nurse talks about relaxing your pelvic muscles, you will be more in touch with relaxed vs. tense muscles. And the other great reason to do your Kegels is that you will have great muscle tone for your partner. …and less chance of urinating when you don’t mean to!

3. Rock your pelvis! Get on your hands and knees, let your head hang down while exhaling, and roll your back up to the ceiling. While inhaling, slowly lift your head and flatten your back until finally your neck and back are arched. Rocking your pelvis will help loosen your hips and back, and help position the baby for his or her upcoming journey.

4.  Butterfly. Instead of sitting on the couch, spend your evenings on the floor. Sit Indian style with the soles of your feet touching one another. Press your knees up and down like a butterfly, stretching your inner thighs. Butterflies will make you more flexible when it comes time for the big push!

5. Always remember to drink your water!!!  8-10 eight ounce glasses of water a day!

Want even more insight on how to stay fit during your pregnancy? Not to worry – BG&Co. has you covered! Click anyone of the following links and get moving sister!

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I remember being given a hospital gown at check in. “Put this on. It opens in the back,” the nurse said.

The material felt like paper. Once I put it on, all I felt was a cold breeze on my backside. This thing was so uncomfortable. Oh, did I mention that I was in labor for 16 hours?

I had made it home from work around midnight and four hours later my water broke. So, I was already operating on fumes.

Every time I had to get up to use the bathroom, my butt was exposed. Walking around with a fetal monitor and hospital pole made staying covered up quite challenging.

Rather than have a repeat experience this time around, I decided to look into bringing my own gown. I did an online search, and was excited to see other expectant moms trading in the traditional hospital gown for a more comfy and stylish one.

Cindy Lintel, founder and creator of BG Birthing Gown, has been on a mission to make the labor and delivery experience mommy friendly. “Women say modesty goes out the window. It’s because no one has taken the time to design something,” she said.

To read the complete review AND enter for a chance to win one of Cindy’s BG BIRTHING GOWNS, click here.

In honor of Mother’s Day, BG&Co. is offering FREE shipping on gowns for the month of May. Enter coupon code FREESHIP4MOM at check out!

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As you know, the hospital gown is neither mother nor baby friendly. When we admit women to the hospital for birth, we have them take off all of their clothes and place them in a “Personal Belongings” bag, and then hand them that old worn out gown. We magically transform a healthy laboring woman…into to a sick patient.

Despite all of her preparations: classes, doula and birth plan, etc.; she just became a patient. In the hospital gown, women are less inclined to be out of bed walking, rocking and swaying, for fear their rear will be exposed. Psychologically, many women will even BEHAVE sick because they are wearing “sick” clothing. The fabric is scratchy, it pulls at the neck and frankly, women just look plain old awful in that sack.

Though hospitals work hard to achieve their “Baby Friendly” designation just by outfitting the new mama in a hospital gown, it completely gets in the way of breast feeding. For my entire career of helping mothers nurse, I have had to fight with the hospital gown to keep it out of the way of feedings or try yanking at the powerful snaps at the shoulders without ripping the gown. But for me the saddest part is when a young woman sits there in bed trying desperately to get her baby to the breast, and she has both breasts exposed. Over and over again these gals say…”you know, modesty goes out the window when you have a baby.”

I just don’t believe it has to be so. I recently looked at MY birth photos…and there I was sitting up in bed bare chested with family all around…trying to feed my baby. How embarrassing!

So, after all of these years and 4,000+ babies later, I have created the BG Birthing Gown. A gown created to meet the medical needs of birth — lovely and soft so that the woman feels beautiful and confident enough to walk the halls during their labor — and a gown that promotes and helps a woman establish breast feeding with comfort and modesty.

I hope you will agree that women DESERVE to wear something appealing and functional to birth their babies.

Help us empower our moms by taking them out of that hospital gown and into the BG Birthing Gown.

CELEBRATE the Beauty of Birth!

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To read the complete review, click here.

About Momtrends Blogger Brianne:

Brianne was once a fashion showroom owner now turned mom and blogger/writer. She lives in NYC with her husband, two children and one on the way, and enjoys her fast paced city life. Her blog Stroller In The City boasts about kids fashion and things that are mommy. Find her on twitter @strollerincity.

BG Birthingown would like to offer all Momtrends readers 10% off. Use code: Mommies New Trend in the checkout! www.birthingown.com

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Anything I can wear to make myself feel a little bit more beautiful, I’m all for! When I can across BG Birthing Gowns  I was excited at the thought of wearing anything other then the hospital gowns. I’ve had had 3 kids, that is 3 times too many in those hospital gowns. BG birthing gowns are pretty in their own right. They aren’t too fancy but something I would wear every day, In fact I did! It was so comfortable I wore it for a week after I got home from the hospital.

To read the complete review, click here.

If BG Birthing Gowns sound like something you would like to have at your birth here is a great discount code! Just use it at check out for 10% off  ”mamalove.”

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“First thing I notice is how glamorized Nicole looks,” co-star Jenni divulges, amazed by her best friend. “She’s in a leopard gown, her hair and makeup’s done. I’m like, ‘What? Are you going out to dinner?’”

No, she wasn’t going out to dinner, but she certainly could in a get-up like that! Nicole wore a custom designed, leopard-print birthing gown courtesy of BG&Co., a design made specifically for soon-to-be mothers. She wore the gown for her entire stay at St. Barnabas Medical Center while resting up with baby Lorenzo – girl must have loved it!

Creator and nurse, Cindy Lintel, was struck with the idea when a woman in her birthing center asked if she had to wear “that!” She was referring to the old familiar Johnny coat. The woman was pleased to hear Ms. Lintel say that she could wear anything! And with that, the Birthing Gown was conceived.

BG&Co. would like to thank Nicole for so graciously embracing the BG Birthingown, and would also like to congratulate her and fiancé Jionni on their beautiful baby boy, Lorenzo!

Tuesday’s episode won’t be the last you’ll see of the BG Birthingown. Keep your eyes peeled for new colors and a brand new surprise addition to our design!

Check us out on Snooki’s Celeb Blog via Celeb Buzz!

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Family Review Center – This Birthing Gown is a a dream come true. It is roomy and comfortable and gives way to your every move, without showing off everything you have underneath. It is very appealing to the eye, making you feel sexy even when about to give birth.

To read the full article and review, click here.

Thanks to all of the lovely reviews and the Family Review Center Seal of Approval, BG& Co. has decided to offer all readers a 10% discount on any Birthing Gown purchase!

Enter the promo code: FRC<3′S BG when ordering online. Click here to take a look at the gown selection!

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The BG is perfect to wear before she has the baby, approved for birth by nurses, doctors and midwives…and adored by breast feeding babies long after they are born! The BG Birthingown… created by a nurse, designed for women and made in the USA.

To read the full article and reviews, click here.

Want to try the BG Birthingown for yourself? Visit the Preggie Pals Discount page for a 10% off promotion for all readers. Enjoy further discounts on similar products working to improve the lives of new and expecting parents, as well!

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It was on one of those websites (ahem: Celebrity Babies) that I first discovered that you don’t have to wear the hospital-issued gowns when you’re in labor and delivery. It was an a-ha moment — and once I wrapped my brain around the idea of spending the big day in something cute and comfortable, I became a girl obsessed.

To read the full article, click here.

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