Nowhere has mum to be bounty packs??

[Jellybabie3]

I have been trying to get mine for 5 weeks and NO boots stores near me (I have tried 6) have them. They practically laugh me out the door. Anyone actually managed to get one?

Oh no. I remember them being crap in 1999 are they no better? I remember getting one around the birth and one in a box around weaning time. V underwhelmed.

The only good thing is the teeny sudocrem that you can put in your change bag and refill.

They used to be a lot better. Dd is nearly 16; that time it was full of decent sized samples of everything from nappies to washing powder to hand cream.
When ds2 arrived it just had a load of coupons.

Good.

They're just after your contact details so they can forever spam & junk mail you

Ok thanks ladies. About 13 years ago i worked for mothercare and spent alot of time handing these out to super excited mums to be and back then the contents were ok. I feel robbed they are so crap now ive waited a long time for mine. Ah well. I will give up the hunt.

The only useful thing in any of the bounty packs I got was the child benefit forms.

That was in the pack I got after baby was born.

Wasn't that how they got people in hospitals to take them and hand over their details? By pretending that this was the only way to get a copy of the form?

Buy yourself a small tub of sudocrem. Job done with less junk mail

I got the little tub of sudocrem! That was it! Was gutted the freebies my sister got when she had her son were awesome. Dwindled over time.

I got one in Tesco yesterday, it's only worth it for the free pack of tesco newborn nappies. The only other samples was a small pack of sensitive wipes and a tiny sudacrem. The rest was leaflets and a couple of coupons.

Oh and a free pen!

Ahhh Jelly I can totally understand that. It's an integral part of the initiation into pregnancy, right?

But really they're full of coupons and sales-y stuff. And they just want your info to spam to forevermore. They do make out like it's the only way to get the child benefit form, which is a really annoying way of holding people random. There's many more exciting things coming your way with this pregnancy - much more so than the Bounty pack

I got mine and wondered what the fuss was about! 2 nappies, a tiny pack of wipes, a pen and a toys r us catalogue. Erm thanks?

Ok thanks ladies. My quest for a pack is over. You'd think we'd get something good for surviving the first trimester 😕 what a disappointment!

I got given mine at my booking in appointment. Chucked straight in the bin.

First it was crap, just leaflets and an excuse for them to bombard you forevermore. Secondly I didn't want to carry something that screamed "PREGNANT!" when I hadn't told anyone yet...

Same ere I have tried everywhere! !!! I also emailed them to complain but no respond 😠😠

Redcrab the photographers are still in full throw! We went to look around my ward and they were just sat around waiting. I've put in my birth plan that I don't want them anywhere near me after the birth!

Mine came with 2 non bio washing tablets which I used when I ran out and couldn't drive to the shop, other than that the whole lot got chucked in the bin.

A bit OT, is the Emma's Diary packs any better?

I liked my Emma's diary one

The Emma's Diary ones are also full of leaflets, but (between the 3 packs) do have a couple of nappies, some tummy butter samples, a couple of breast milk bags, a couple of breast pads and a couple of (what look like very thin) maternity pads. Some non-bio washing powder too.

They signed me up for loads of email lists but I just unsubscribed from them one by one as I got them so it's not been too much of a hassle.

I find Emma's diary to be quite useless TBH, her actual diary made me want to throw myself out the window. Not sure if I will bother. Why don't they give us vouchers for free wine for when baby arrives??