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I have heard that you are meant to get a 'Bounty Bag'. Does anyone who has birthed at St Vincent's Private in Melbourne know if they give them out, and when. Otherwise its about $12.95 to order it over the internet. Would you say its worthwhile ordering it?
Normally you get them at your first booking in appointment. When i had DD the first bag had a block of choc...i think thats the only worth while thing in the whole bag!!! LOL. But that wasnt at St V's i got the bag.. was back in NSW
Every bag after that is boring!
I'm booked in at Freemasons and haven't received my bounty bag either. Admittedly I haven't had any 'hospital' appts as such - only visits with my ob. Are you booked in for any antenatal classes? I'm hoping/assuming they give them out then (which is 6 weeks away for me!) as when we did a hospital tour, we saw heaps of ppl walking out with purple bags after their class. HTH!
I'm guessing that might be the go, although my classes aren't for another ...... they're in 3 weeks. Guess I will know then.
Thanks
I'm booked in to Freemason's and likewise only had Ob app. But I was in Geelong and picked one up from a chemist there. I think you can also get them from a couple of chemists in Sunshine from memory. The list is on the website about the bags.
Block of choc was good, also $10 voucher from Target good.
thanks bridee, I have looked at that & its a bit of a hike out to Sunshine for me just for that. Fingers crossed they give it to me after the classes in 3 weeks!!
OMG - you got a block of chocolate???? I didn't!!
I enjoyed reading all the bits & pieces, but then I'm a bit of a compulsive reader.
I also remember reading the one I got in hospital when there was nothing else to read.
Why don't they give it to you at the hospital?
Yeah it was a big family size block.....was yummy too!!
I was expecting nummie food in all of them..... but nup... just pieces of paper!
I was told by the childbirth education here in NSW that they don't do them anymore as it was seen as the public or private hospitals endorsing the companies that advertise in them. Apparently they don't do them in NSW anymore?
Has anyone else heard that? Anyone get one from John Hunter HOspital recently?
Do they still give you samples? In my other kid's ones, I got things like bottle teats, mini nappy rash creams, my fave a sample of bepanthem cream, great size for the nappy bag (I'm so addicted to bepanthem cream, it fixes everything), ummm nappy samples, like huggies, wipes samples, disposable bibs and napy sacks and 3 thick and informative books about pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. There were more 'things' too, I just can't remember them all. Do they still give you 'things' besides the chocolate
?
OK, we have such scungy Bounty bags here, I got one when I booked in at the hospital, it had a sample pot of zinc cream and a bottle of PineOClean - No chocolate anywhere in sight!!
Just thought I'd give this a *bump* and an update as I finally got my long awaited Bounty Bag last night at our final antenatal class! No chocolate in sight either! Bugger! Lots of nice little freebies in there though.
i got cadbury chocolate in mine! but they messed up and i got 2 bags!! so it was double yummy!:D
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I received mine when we had our all in one day long class. Lots of freebies.
Apparently there is a second one as well......does anyone know about that one?
i got my first bounty bag at my pre admission interview at the hospital. It has been in my car till now - and i got the bag in April. i have never really looked thru it, other then to see if there was any choc in it.
I got - a huggies new born nappy, sample things of: pineoclean, rennie (indigestion thing) sudocream, cocoa butter cream, and fefol multi preg multi vitamins. Loads of various info that goes with the samples. As well as 'shopping for baby' mag and 'mother and baby' mag, target voucher, boori catalogue, ripe maternity catalogue. and, various other leafets about childcare, sids, stem cell banking. etc etc.
No chocolate. :(
When do i get bags 2 & 3?
Bag 2 we should get while we are in hospital, and Bag 3 we redeem from a Target store I think!
Thanks Franstar. I knew you could get the third one from Target, but wasn't sure about the 2nd one. Here's hoping for come chocolate in that one!!
:lol: yep - i only did if for the free chocolate!:
No problems Moglie...when it comes to freebies and bargains, I make it my duty to find out what's going on! *lol*
i got my bounty bag from sunshine on my first midwife visit on wed
NO chocolate, got one nappy, 4 antacids and nappy rash cream and a bunch of catalogues thats all!
was reall y hoping for choccy
I think my bounty bag was opened and all the good things taken out, all I got was a sample of nappy rash cream and a few info sheets and one mag. My friend all got one after the birth which then gave them a voucher for a babg from target...I never received mine after the birth but going to make sure I get everything this time as they got loads of things in theres including chocolate, nappies, cream samples, vouchers for different thing including a free photo sitting!
I'm also booked into St Vinc. in melb! ouhhh and i didn't know anything about a bounty bag!! now i'm excited! I hope mine has choc in it too!!!! :dance:
Bag 2 you get after the birth of bub in hospital. Bag 3 you redeem from Target when bub is 3 months old....get a boy or girl bag then.....only thing that makes the 2 different is the girl bag has a girls nappy sample, boys have a boy nappy sample.
On another note... i have not recieved my Bounty bag for this PG yet.. i know my hospital have them cos i seen them behind the counter... i have an appointment on 2nd Aug.. think i might ask for one!!
Marydean, you must be in ACT because I got my Bounty Bag last week and it was scungy like you say. I got in touch with the Bounty Bag people to ask if I should have received the mother and baby mag, pregnancy book and baby shopping mag and he said that it is up to the hospital to decide what they put in there. Very disappointed as I love free stuff, but will find a use for the pine-o-clean LOL.
I got my first yesterday from the ultrasound place & I was really disappointed!! Pine-o-clean, sudocream, some Cocoa Butter cream, 1 nappy & some brochures/mags. I was expecting lots of samples. Sounds like my experience was similar to yours, Marydean.
Tinsel - I'm in Sydney - but I guess we get the scungy ACT bags here too! (although mine did have the mags in it).