It is scary how much money the commercial world think they can make from babies as demonstrated by how many 'free samples' / 'freebies in exchange for your personal details' one is deluged with right from the very first midwife appointment. The thing that bugs me is how much of it is advertising done up as information, which is even more dangerous now they've stopped giving out hard copies of the NHS Pregnancy and Birth to Five books. Bounty etc really will seem like the place to take questions now.
I accepted my Bounty pack in hospital but would have unthinkingly handed over my personal details in exchange to someone who seemed relatively official "so that we know you've got your pack", especially after having told endless NHS professionals my name and date of birth already. Luckily my more on the ball husband spotted that ploy and politely declined, so we got our child benefit form without signing up to anything.
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Date: 2012-01-27 05:29 pm (UTC)I accepted my Bounty pack in hospital but would have unthinkingly handed over my personal details in exchange to someone who seemed relatively official "so that we know you've got your pack", especially after having told endless NHS professionals my name and date of birth already. Luckily my more on the ball husband spotted that ploy and politely declined, so we got our child benefit form without signing up to anything.