I have walked away from the HV thread as it was making me cross and now there are quite a few people agreeing with him! 
I know that there are some people have bad experiences with HV but I think that the biggest crimes that HV usually commit are talking out of their arses (at times) as some can be a little old fashioned etc. But they're not spying on you!
Apparently, at my local hospital (not the one I'm going to give birth in) if you take your child to A &E three times before they are 6, SS is informed. I think it's ridiculous as children will be children and are always climbing on furniture, falling over etc. Some children are just accident prone. I was at a child's party once and my friend's DS had a massive lump on his head. She said she had no idea how he'd done it as she hadn't been in the room at the time. Watching him at the party, he fell over about 3 times in the space of an hour! Anyway, my point is that it's not just HV that are keeping an eye out for concerns! I had to do so as a CM. If I had any, I had to write them down and keep them in a file confidentially. The parents wouldn't have seen them! I never had any concerns, btw!
When my new HV comes in around 6 weeks time, my house will be clean and tidy and my DC will be clean, fed and clothed! She can write whatever she wants, I have nothing to hide .
Anyway, rant over! 
how is everyone today?
Welcome Ozzy! It's not the end, it's the beginning 
we still have a PN thread to start when all the babies arrive! I still have four weeks left too (due 26th).