This is what Belinda Phipps (NCT) said about That Dress on the webchat:
That Dress!
Well the NCT is known for being pretty innovative ? we invented and we re first to sell by mail order ? feeding bras ? and for years they were really hard to get hold of anywhere else ? now you get them in many more places ? but we still probably have the best range and fit the biggest range of sizes and will make specially for you if we don?t have your size.
www.nctshop.co.uk/Bras/departments/1/
Now the dress may not be to everyone?s taste and price range ? but the idea is that giving birth is a pretty special thing ? and you usually get to have a lovely dress for your wedding so why not your birth ? certainly NCT has pushed - and largely succeeded in making sure hospitals don?t make women wear the attractive backless gown that hospitals provide ( except if you are having a cesarean section ? we haven?t cracked that one yet) ? so now you can wear what you want ? and if you want lovely we can do it ? it may not catch on ? but we will see.
The antidote to the dress are those pants ? the most unattractive but the most comfortable post birth ? even post cesarean section pants on the planet
www.nctshop.co.uk/Stretch-Briefs-3-Pack/productinfo/2015/
We do other PJ's too . www.nctshop.co.uk/Nightwear/products/19/? and to take care of the majority action of ripping off all clothing altogether while labouring and giving birth we push hospitals to have a knock wait to be invited in approach to going into labour rooms ? and making sure those rooms have window blinds and curtains ? can you believe that some don?t ? I went into one where those parking their cars in the car park got a view right into an uncurtained birth room! NCT sales aims to provide a range of things that are likely to be useful and at least less planet damaging than many other places ? we provide some nice to have things too ? which are not on the must list ? but we don?t try very hard to sell things ? mainly because you don?t need much in the way of things when you are pregnant or giving birth ? we would love people to come to us and buy a limited selection of things ? because going into other high street retailers generally means being encouraged to spend spend spend ? we do Nearly New Sales too ? so you can raise cash for you (and the charity) from items you have finished using ( or more likely barely used) and buy things at much lower prices than the shops. If you go to NCT events and classes ? there is general discouragement of butying loads ? lots of tips on using the no purchase option ? co bathing ? raising babies nappy free ? and laods of swapping and lending going on ? sometimes for money raising reasons I wish we were a bit more pushy ? but go to a class you will generally find the teacher ? bfc or postnatal leader showing you how little you need ? rather than suggesting you get your cash out. The CEO of Mothercare seemed to think we were missing a great opportunity to sell ? but he was missing the point ? we are here to offer not to push stuff on people.
There is always a lot of debate about what we do sell ? and what we don?t ? we steer clear of things where there is evidence of harm ? so that?s why we are moving to along side cots ? a la Bednest ? and as the evidence develops we will likely move away from cots where young babies sleep alone in a separate room because its becoming clear that the safest place for a baby under 6 months to sleep is in the same room as their parents. If you have a view ? let us know www.nct.org.uk/contact-us If there is something that you think is a must have ? if you a e a supplier yourself ? then get in touch.
We have been doing Bisphenol free containers for years now ? and finally succeeded I getting the press to realise it was an issue ? so much so that a very annoyed Avent came to talk to me ? because they were having to look at how to get Bisphenol A out of their bottles ? they haven?t done it yet btw ? so we will be keeping the pressure up.
NB on price- because we are often first and taking a risk ? or we have products that are only made in small quantities ? so when we run out ? that?s it - we are not at the pile it high and sell it cheap end of the range ? and we want to make a small profit to plough back in the charity ? but worth watching our site-because what we have today ? others will have in the future.
And any profit the trading Company makes is covenanted to the charity,
By BelindaPhipps on Thu 17-Sep-09 13:26:33