I was told to bring disposable nappies to hospital by the hospital. They supplied the first nappy (cloth) only and they did it up with tape. After that, use your own disposables. It was a public hospital.

I have found they have supplied different things each time and I think it is to do with the samples given to them by reps. With DD they didn't give me anything, I had to bring everything myself (except for bunny rugs). With DS they gave me wipes and a few nappies, some baby bath lotion and so on. I got the impression that is what they had been given as samples or freebies to give out by the reps to encourage parents to continue buying those products ... if the hospital gives them to you, it probably looks like they are a hospital endorsed product so I think reps would find it highly favourable to distribute samples through the hospitals - just a thought anyway.