I'm a doula. I've been on hiatus with my new baby, but in the past I put together a bag with samples on lansinoh, an issue of Lamaze magazine (which came with samples like a diaper, balmex, or baby wash), and whatever other samples I had collected from conferences/workshops/etc., usually some disposable breast pads, some Traditional Medicinals teas, whatever.
Now I'm getting ready to take clients again and I'm revising. Lamaze has stopped publishing, so when I run out of my current box that'll be the end of that. I'll probably do a bulk order of Mothering and possibly Compleat Mother (though honestly, that would only be for my truly crunchy clients!). I just got the professionals' pack from gDiapers, which included a bunch of coupons, so I'll be giving those out. I love the natural mama and baby care samples I've gotten from Illumina Organics (
http://www.iluminaorganics.com/), so I'll probably check with her and see how much it would be to buy a bunch of sample-size baby wash and nipple cream or belly cream. Probably call up TM and ask for some samples of their pregnancy and breastfeeding teas. I wonder if Medela would send me some breast pad sample packs again too... Oh, and we have a local organic food delivery place that usually has 10% coupons available, so I'll include some of those -- very handy for a new mama to get her groceries delivered to her door. In an ideal world where I made lots of money as a birth professional (
), I'd include some cloth diapers, too. Prefolds are very affordable, but I'd need to figure out what kind of cover I could afford to include, and so many parents are intimidated by them. Hmmm. Maybe I'll finally learn how to sew and start including a simple sling or FB-style diaper.
Sorry this is so rambly! Can you tell I used your post to think this through for myself?
