Okay, this may be a really weird and daft question!

I heard many years ago - when a friend was having her baby - that if your waters broke in the middle of Tesco, that Tesco would give you free nappies for a year. I told this to my OH now that i'm pregnant and he laughed his head off and said it was complete nonsense!

So, is it? Has anyone else heard this? Is it just Tesco or other supermarkets? I don't recall where my pregnant friend got the information from but her husband was all for spending the last week or so of her pregnancy in our local Tesco from morning till night to make sure her waters broke there!

But, also, i guess, how do you prove something like that? Because you might not gush? you might just trickle for hours? So, is it just an urban legend?

Am i the only one who's heard this?!

TIA

ive also heard this, also in boots.i did work at escos but not sure if it was true or not.

ive also heard this, also in boots.i did work at escos but not sure if it was true or not.

I have heard something simillar about mothercare but not tescos, maybe look it up online!!
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Can just imagine the queues in the supermarkets of pregnant ladies nearing their due date all just waiting for their waters to break to get free nappies lol xx

mine did at the tills in morrisons i wasnt expecting it as i was 36 weeks. I must admit i was so flustered i just got out of there as soon as i could and before anyone could see! xx

YEAH I WAS TOLD M AND S GIVE A VOUCHER, AND WHEN I WAS IN NEXT LAST WEEK SHE SAID GO ITO LABOR HERE YOU WILL GET SOME NICE GEAR . 38+2

Ive heard this but spontenous rupture of membranes is actually pretty unusual, most ppls waters break in labour or start to trickle. I think to get it they wld have to properly break (when mine went it was like a dam burst there is no way i wld have managed to get out quietly lol) but you wld prob have to go in the paper as they want the advertising

xxDBxx

i heard something similar about sainsburys...you get a years free nappies if your waters go in there....no idea whether its true or not.

I have heard it about Tesco's and ASDA but don't know if it is true. I won't leave the house at the moment though, it is my worst nightmare to be shopping and my waters breaking. I have actually had nightmares about it. Ha ha!

Certainly not true in ASDA, my oh is a manager for them!! I suspect that it is just an urban myth and that none of the supermarkets actually do it.
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Oh rubbish i thought that was true. Its probably happened to some woman somewhere which is how it began but not common practice.

LouLou
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i bet if you made a fuss of it happening and contacted local press then they would all probably give you something. would just depend on how generous the manager is feeling at the time. i doubt it would be a years supply of nappies though. probably more likely to give you some vouchers. i worked in the morrisons cafe for a bit and a lady s waters broke. she was really embarrassed when she came and told us but she was worried as it had happened in the queue and alot of older people were about and she didnt want anyone to slip. our manager phoned her husband for her and gave her free drinks and £20 in vouchers for the store until her husband came, but that was mainly for alerting us to the 'spillage' and to help her overcome her embarrassment more than anything. but i really doubt that anywhere would offer a years supply of anything to do with babies, as it would just be too expensive. but anythings worth a try!

ive been told that m&s and mothercare give you stuff if your waters go in there but wether its true or not i dont know x

ive been told that m&s and mothercare give you stuff if your waters go in there but wether its true or not i dont know x

There was a write up in one of the baby mags (not sure which one i buy them all,lol) about a year ago which said its not true and they had a few quotes from head office of some of the super markets x

There was a lady on here a while ago who's water's did break in Tescos and she complained all they gave her was some starchy blue paper to dry herself off and a hand out to carpark to meet her hubby!

My friends waters went in m&s I think but she didn't get anything but also she just got out as quick as possible lol

Mine did break in Somerfields, was having a cup of tea in the cafe at the time, and they really did "gush" ! Was a bit confused as I was only 25 weeks, still managed to wipe up with napkins! ( think I was in denial!).

I asked some one to wait with me 'til help arrived, dripping all over the place... she told me not to panic... not very helpful... any way, no free nappies, they seemed rather bemused by the fact I was about to have a baby.

Long story short... baby came very quickly but thankfully in hospital, and all is well with my little girl 2 !/2 years later.