BOUNTY PACK!!!

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Just been to collect my Mums to be Bounty Pack what a load of Crap!! (3 xLindt Chocolates, A miniscule tube of stretch mark cream and a couple of leaflets I had from the midwife) Wheres all the free samples??? I'm not sure if it is a bounty pack it says Emmas diary on the front, has anyone collected theirs from boots and is it any better???

Beansprout, I can certainly identify more with your diary than soppy Emma's effort. What could we look forward to in our Beansprout Bounty pack?
(Mine would have a sick bag, salt and vinegar crisps and a very long video for the kids.)

Mine would have to include gas & air

A calender to time my labour

A very long book to read once the epidural kicked in.....

I think gas and air should come alongside child benefit.

Ooooh - Gas & Air........that can be added to my list of why want to have our next baby in the UK!
mit x

MIT - why don't they have it in the US?

Gas and air is so wonderful...sigh...

I don't know! When I went for my pre-birth registration they asked what kind of pain relief I wanted I said "none if possible, just gas & air if I need it please" - to which the nurse replied, laughing "oh, we haven't had that here for years, it was stopped in the 1980's". I then meekly said "oh, well, I won't have any pain relief at all please........". I was totally shocked! It hadn't occured to me to ask during my pregnancy as I'd assumed they would have it.
I'm very cynical about the US health system and the love of suing people so I think they don't have it for the following reasons:

1. It doesn't provide 100% pain relief, so you could in theory sue your doctor as you were in pain. Same reason you can't have a walking-epidural, it's either 100% pain relief or none.
2. If there is no gas & air you're more likely to have bigger pain relief - which costs a lot more money. An epidural is in excess of $1000.
3. If you have gas & air you probably need another nurse (not sure as I've never had it?) - and they are expensive (though they could just add it to the bill?!). Oh - I hate the health system here!! mit x

beansprout - WRITE THAT DIARY!!!!!!!

Sounds very much like my experiences

We get the equivalent of those bags in Aus but they had tonnes of free samples - stretch mark cream, various baby samples - shampoo, bath, lotion, newborn nappies, disposable bibs, wipes, nappy cream, indigestion tablets, milton sterilising tablets ( and more - just can't remember)plus tonnes of advertising things, free parenting magazine and discount vouchers.......

I didn't get any bounty packs when I was pregnant. Always meant to ask the midwife about one then would forget. And wasn't given anything after delivery either, so I got no freebies or samples.

Mit I had Gas and air and it was great. didn't use it the first time as it made me feel sick but 2nd time was much better. I didn't need to have the midwife with me at all times or anything she showed me how it worked and left me to it. I always feel sorry for the American mothers on the discovery health channel programmes, no gas and air poor things.

There is supposed to be a toddler bounty pack! Has anyone managed to get hold of it? If so how and where?

I've seen the toddler bounty packs in boots etc and want to know how to get one too !!

Yes, I've had one of these. There's a card for it in the book you get with the newborn pack, otherwise you can register online here and they send you the claim card in the post.

my gas and air mouthpiece looked like a ravenous alsatian dog had been at it for hours jaws hurt like hell the next day from biting on it

my bounty pack was terrible as well Frusli bar???large gin and tonic would be nice (purely medicinal of course)

Well, I asked mw for Bounty pack last week when I had DD2, and was tolod that the local area do not promote these anymore. Very disappointed so am off to Boots asap to see if they will give me one!!