One of those very special moments for expecting families is when you get to hear your growing baby’s heartbeat for the first time. And the second time. And every time after that. There is something beautiful and moving about hearing the steady rhythm of your developing baby’s heart, indicating life, strength and health. As an ultrasound tech, Purusha has enjoyed this experience over and over and over again, and created in her a desire to provide a way for all these families to be able to take that life-sound home in a quality, cuddly, snuggly way, and keep it forever. This is how My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear was born. As a new sponsor on TLB, Purusha is offering our Leakies a look into who she is, what her hopes are for My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear, and a chance for 3 Leakies to win one of her cute, recordable animals. These darlings are a great baby gift idea as well! I’m so grateful for the support of My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear for TLB and all Leakies and hope you enjoy the interview and giveaway.
TLB: What would you like readers to know about your company?
Purusha: My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear offers expectant mothers a way to capture the sound of their baby’s heartbeat in an adorable stuffed animal to create a unique pregnancy keepsake. We have a large variety of animals to choose from including a monkey, elephant, giraffe, owls, bears, and many more. We recently added an Angel Bear that was created for a mother carrying a baby unable to survive outside the womb, and our Soothing Sounds bear for children with sensory issues that are comforted by certain sounds (mothers voice, rain, white noise.)
TLB: How did My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear come about?
Purusha: Working as an Ultrasound Tech in a busy OB office I am in contact with many expectant mothers. I had a patient tell me about a friend that had her baby’s heartbeat recorded in a stuffed bear. I was determined to find these bears and make them available to my patients! I did a lot of research and found stuffed animals that really did not meet my standards of quality for such a special keepsake. I decided I had to create my own line of heartbeat animal kits and make them available to every expectant mother out there. It has been a lot of fun creating keepsakes that bring so many smiles!
TLB: How do you balance being a mom and running your own company?
Purusha: Ugh! This is tough! I am a single mother of 9 year old boy/girl twins and struggle with finding balance often. I try to work as hard as I can when my kids are with their dad so I can concentrate on them when they are with me. There have been many nights I’ve laid in bed wondering if I made the right decision taking on the challenge of running my own business. I have come to realize my children love seeing me happy and are just as proud of me as I am of them. Although at times it may be stressful, overall it is still a lot of fun and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
TLB: What are your favorite breastfeeding memories as a mom?
Purusha: I nursed my twins for over 10 months and really loved it. I remember their little hands reaching for my face as we stared in each others eyes and the comfort it brought to them when nothing else would calm them. At 4 months my babies were too big to tandem nurse and I had to start nursing them separately. This was guaranteed one on one time with me and each baby. I am so grateful I have those memories and preach to ALL my patients that breastfeeding can really be a wonderful experience, even with multiples!
TLB: What is one tip that helped you in your breastfeeding journey that you’d like to pass on to other moms?
Purusha: Your body was made to feed your baby! It isn’t always easy, and may require a lot of work, but with time this will get easier and you will eventually look back on these days and be proud of the work you put into this.
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Purusha is giving away 3 fuzzy and cuddly prizes:
1. The Soothing Sounds Bear includes a 16″ white or honey bear dressed in a My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear puzzle piece jumper, red heart recording module, and protective vinyl storage bag. Choose to have your bear come with the soothing sound of a heartbeat or no recording and record your own soothing sounds later. Retail value: $39.95
2. The Monkey Kit includes an adorable brown monkey, a special heartshaped recorder to capture the sound of your baby’s heartbeat in the womb, and a protective vinyl storage bag. The monkey is a very soft fleece-like material with poly fiber stuffing, and a velcro closure opening in the back where you can place the recorded heartbeat. “Monk” is approximately 16 inches tall. Retail value: $35.00
3. The My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear Giraffe kit includes a 16″ stuffed giraffe, a special red heart recordable sound module, and protective vinyl storage bag. My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear kits make the perfect baby shower gift and pregnancy keepsake. Also available at many 3D Ultrasound Studios! Retail Value: $35.00
Currently Leakies can find these and other great products on the My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear website.
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Good luck to everyone! Please use the widget below to be entered and have fun browsing www.mybabysheartbeatbear.com. The giveaway is open from August 7, 2012 to July 15, 2012. My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear is still a new sponsor and this is their very first give-away with TLB! A big thanks to Purusha for her ongoing support of TLB and all breastfeeding women, please be sure to visit their Facebook page and thank them for their support of TLB and this giveaway opportunity.
This giveaway is open to international entries.
I would love the soothing sounds bear.
Please & Thank you! 🙂
I would love the soothing sounds bear! Thank you for the giveaway!
oh those heartbeat bears always sounded so cool!! What an awesome giveaway! Good luck to all who enter!! =D
What a cute idea and a precious keepsake!
A giraffe would be a wonderful gift to give our miracle baby….after 4 losses we are expecting our little girl in December!
these are absolutely adorable.
All three of those prizes sound amazing, The monkey kit would definitely be my first choice. I cried just reading about the possibility of recording my baby’s heartbeat lol!
I love the idea of the my baby’s heartbeat bear. I wish I had know about this for my two girls. I can guarantee I will be purchasing these for all my friends as they become mommies.
OMG they are so adorable and thisis an amazing giveaway! I’d love to win one!
Very cool idea.
Great giveaways, would love to win any of these awesome items, thank you!
Thank you for sharing this great item! I hope I get the opportunity to own one of these!
I would love any of these items, so cute!! But if I had to choose.. my favorite would be the traditional bear 🙂
How awesome! I wanna win 😉
These are amazing….I love the idea….been trying to teach my eighteen month old about babies he says baby and points o eight year old and two year olds… I tell him no and yes but mommies belly….lol… I’m expecting…after a miscarriage we are thrilled…this would be amazing to share with him….for the babies heartbeat…
I would love to win the soothing sounds bear for my 10 month old nursling.
Soothing sounds bear 🙂 Sounds great!
They all sound wonderful but I like the giraffe. 🙂
This would make such a unique gift!!! I think any one of them would be so precious to have but the giraffe sticks out in my mind.
MONKEY!!!!!!!
Oh sweet! Id want the giraffe 🙂
I would love the bear!
So special. The bear is classic.
This would be so cute for me to keep for baby #3 that my hubby and I are currently TTC! 🙂
The lady’s a genius its so beautiful whats shes doing but the monkey and giraffe are wonderful
Either…. Bear is 1st choice
Please, please, please!
Awesome giveaway!
Monkey is my first choice!~ So cute and what a great idea!!!
I like the bear!
So adorable! I would love one for my non-napping baby! LOL Seriously.
Oh I would love to win the giraffe for my little one due in November!!
I would love the giraffe! Thanks for te giveaway!
I really cannot think of a sweeter, more thoughtful gift for an expectant mommy. It’s truly a product that will bring years of happiness to mama and baby. The bear would probably be my favorite of the three. And is that a pink owl I see!? How cool!
I would love the Monkey kit to give to my cousin who hopes to breastfeed her baby coming soon!
So cool! I’d love the giraffe!
I’d love the giraffe!
I would love the Monkey!!
What a great idea! Thank you!!
I love the giraffe. So cute!
I am a huge fan of the monkey kit!!
I would love the monkey to gift to my friend who is preggers it would match her nursery:)
I love the ‘Heartbeat Elephant’ It has the cutest expression!Thanks Shared on Facebook and twitter @djc319
I would love the giraffe!
I would love to win this my babys heartbeat is stuck on my old phone !! the monkey
I would absolutely Love to win any of these three
Items!!!
I am in Love with this concept!!!
My mom calls her grandbabies her “sugar monkeys” so I’d go for the monkey.
Teddy bear:-)
These are wonderful! Thanks for doing the giveaway.
The monkey or giraffe would be awesome! Thank you for hosting such a wonderful giveaway!
Such a clever and cool idea- wish I’d known about them about 5+ months ago! I’d love to win the Monkey for a friend who is studying to become a doctor and expecting her first bub 🙂
Monkey kit-What a great idea!
I would love any of the three!! I have a two week old that would love one of these 🙂
These are amazing!
I would love the monkey kit!! SO cute!
I would love the Monkey kit!
Thank you for the opportunity!
Such a sweet idea! We would love anyone of these!
The Soothing Sounds BearThese are amazing!
I’d love to have one! That is really neat.
Soothing Sounds Bear
oh my gosh, i am in the last few weeks of pregnancy and i must order some of these, love the monkey and giraffe!!
What a creative idea!
We would love one for our 3 month old!
I think I’d love to have the Monkey!! My girls would adore listening to their sibling’s heart beat in the form of a snuggly monkey!
Thank you so much!
I love them all! How to choose? I guess the giraffe just for something different!
Recently, my 5 & 1 year old went to the zoo with my cousin and I. My five-year-old’s favorite animal was the giraffe, but my son loved the monkeys, especially the nursling one (who was nearing two years, just like him!). I wanted to hug that Momma Monk, as we’re both nursing “toddlers,” and seem to have a lot in common… trying to tame our toddler sons – it’ll never happen! 🙂 So, again, I’m torn between the two, but I’d love to win one and buy one!! Thank you!
I think the giraffe is cute 🙂
This would be a great gift for an friend of mine. I love the elephant.
I would Love the Monkey Heartbeat Guy…My daughter loves monkeys and I call her “monkey bear” but I would be greatful and appreciative if I won any of the 3! Good luck to everyone!!!
I would love to have the elephant! My baby loves looking at the elephant on his mobile!
I’d love to win the Monkey Kit or the soothing Bear…honestly I would just love to win! My daughter loves stuffed animals and this puts a very special twist on her regular old stuffies! 🙂
SOOO Cool!! I’m pregnant with my second and we have a recording of her heartbeat and my first daughter (15 months) LOVES listening to it. This would be super cool to win! Thanks for doing the giveaway!!
I would love one for my 8 week old preemie son 🙂
I love them all, but the giaraffe would be my first choice. What a cool product!
what a great giveaway!!! This would be a great product for my DS!!
I like the angel bear and the giraffe the best!
Humnoy loves Curious George and is going to be a big brother come February! What an adorable gift idea!
I would LOVE to win the Monkey kit! We refer to our son as ‘Monkey Man’. What a wonderful keepsake! 🙂
What a great article, thanks! I’m so glad you were able to BF your twins! And thanks for making such a special product!
I would love the giraffe. 🙂
I loved them all, If I had to I would choose the Giraffe kit!
I would love the Giaraffe for my youngest son, to help him cope with not being able to be with mommy all the time.
The Soothing Sounds Bear would be perfect for my little man!
wow, my daughter would really love the giraffe one!
I would love the Giraffe kit. Super cute!
Awesome giveaway! I think the monkey kit sounds adorable since we always joke about our boys being little monkeys 😀
What awesome products!
I think what you’ve done is a wonderful thing. I’m still young, but I’m happy to be a mother. I would love to win one of these kit, preferably the monkey kit. I love monkeys(: good luck to all the contestants.
They are adorable!! Brilliant idea!
I would love the giraffe 🙂
I love all of them, but the giraffe is my favorite. 🙂 Wonderful idea!
This is a great giveaway. I’d love the monkey or the giraffe!
Love the tandem nursing pic! We saw a heartbeat bear at the ultrasound place we used but it didn’t look to be very good quality as she said so we didn’t buy it but I would LOVE to have a heartbeat Giraffe for baby #2! 🙂
I would LOVE any of them for my baby due in February! Great giveaway! Thanks!!
I love the idea of this! Such a wonderful thing to cherish 🙂
I’d love the monkey. My daughter has a bear but the new baby will definitely need one too. My daughter loves hers.
The giraffe kit!
This is such a sweet idea! We would love the bear, although the giraffe would be so cute! I hope we win this!!
We have just found out our long awaited daughter has mosaic trisomy 18 and is not expected to survive past birth. One of these with her heart beat would be treasured forever.
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Wow, these heartbeat animals are such a unique idea! I would love the giraffe and it would definately be a keepsake!
Monkeys are my personal favorite!
this would be awesome for my youngest son!
I would love any gift!
The monkey is cute!!
I LOVE soothing sounds bear/giraffe i wanted one for M since she was born!
actually i really can’t decide which one i like most so just pick anyone for me!
The giraffe is awesome!
I love the giraffe set!
I’d love to have the Soothing Sounds Bear!
I would choose the monkey.
I’d like the monkey kit.