The NCT Summer Sale is on right now, with savings in almost everything you could ever want for maternity, birth and your new baby.

• Splash out in the NCT Summer Sale

The NCT shop is your one stop spot for everything you’ll need to get you through your rgnancy and beyond. If you’re planning on going natural, the Elle TENS, reduced from £69.95 to £55 could be your best friend, and if the thought of a starched hospital gown doesn’t quite sit right, the KT Birthing Gown for £36 instead of £49.99 could be just what the doctor ordered.

Of course, you’ll want to feed your little bundle, so £10 off the BOOB Nursing Blouse Carmen isn’t going to hurt, and if you want to show off those new mama assets, the Sweetheart Nightie in purple should do the trick. You’ll also find some of the best rated breastfeeding accessories.

After your first baby, you tend to realise that all those ‘essentials’ aren’t really essentials, but a few bits are really useful to have.  For instance The bednest for safer co-sleeping, or the very baby-friendly Close Parent Caboo Carrier which is reduced to £59.99.

All babies do need clothes, though, and you’ll find a nice selection in the sale, and you can never go wrong with toys either.  For the biggest bargains, check the clearance section too.

If you love shopping, love feel good shopping, knowing that all the profits go to helping families in the UK on their journey to and through parenthood. If you don’t know much about the NCT, spend a few minutes and see what they offer in your area.

I love babywearing. For us it’s become a way of life, and with our second baby we don’t even have a pushchair, because we ended up carrying our first until she was 18 months, and have every intention of doing the same this time. It’s wonderful going about your business and your day with your baby warmly and securely strapped to you, freeing up your hands and in many ways, freeing up your time.  In a sling, both my babies (so far!) cry less*, they’re warm and content with the body heat and what’s more, they don’t develop flat heads! With my first I even did Latino Bambino – a form of salsa dancing where you carried your baby in a sling while you danced and exercised!

We have a variety of slings, and recently we’ve been testing the Caboo Carrier, sent to us from the NCT shop.  In babywearing speak, it’s a sort of a hybrid between a Moby and a Mai Tai, as it has straps to fasten, and a length of material to wrap too!

PlayPennies was lucky enough to nab an exclusive discount code for the NCT Shop that will run from today until 31 July 2011. With the NCT Shop currently holding a summer sale, you will be able to take even more money off the sale prices too!

• Click here to get shopping with the NCT Shop

The NCT Summer Sale is on at the moment with plenty of lovely discounts and bargains to be had by parents. You can use the 10% discount code that they have given us as a PlayPennies exclusive to take even more money off the sale prices!

• Discount: 10% Off
• What: Anything at the NCT Shop
• Valid Until: 31 July 2011
• Code: nctpenny

The sale will net you discounts in pregnancy and birth items, clothing, bras, baby essentials, breastfeeding, toys and books plus baby clothing too. And if none of those already discounted items call to you, then why not amble around the store and snap up items you still need for baby so you can get them for 10% less!

This is a great deal and it is especially awesome that you can use it in conjunction with the sale that is now on.

Use this NCT Shop promotional code to get 15% off breast pumps. The NCT (National Childbirth Trust) is the UK's leading charity for parents. Chances are that if you're pregnant and haven't heard about them yet, you soon well do.

Click here to use your 15% NCT Shop promotional code

• Discount: 15%
• Applies to: breast pumps
• Promotional code: BPUMP15
• Expires: unknown

To use the code, go to the Basket page and enter it in the Promotional Code box. It reduces the amount of the item automatically. On the NCT site, both the before VAT and after VAT prices are given.

I tested it on a Medela Mini Electric Breast Pump. This is actually the pump that I had when I was breast feeding. Not that it actually got much use to be honest, as son seemed to feed just all the time, and pretty much emptied me dry each time.

Thanks to inamar at HUKD!