Convertible nursing garment

A nursing garment configured to be worn by a wearer having breasts and for periodic use with a pumping apparatus, the nursing garment comprising:

• a band configured to extend around a torso of the wearer below the breasts;
• a pair of inner soft cups secured near a top edge of the band, wherein each of the pair of inner soft cups includes a top retaining panel and a bottom retaining panel, which is separate from the top retaining panel, overlapping one another across a substantially horizontal length of a corresponding one of the pair of inner soft cups, the top retaining panel and the bottom retaining panel being configured to be selectively pulled away from each other to form an opening therebetween to permit a portion of the pumping apparatus to extend through the opening facilitating the expression of milk from the breast via the pumping apparatus;
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• an exterior front panel extending over the pair of inner soft cups wherein the exterior front panel defines a bottom edge that is free from mid-length securement such that the exterior front panel is configured to selectively be at least partially pulled upwardly away from the band to expose one or both of the pair of inner soft cups.