I was sweaty, bloody, topless and breastfeeding when a Bounty sales rep entered my hospital room without permission Lauren Harris has launched a petition to stop sales reps being given access to new mothers hours after birth. Here, she explains why

Lauren Harris has launched a petition to ask the Government to end the access commercial sales reps have to women on postnatal wards in UK hospitals.

Sales reps for Bounty, a parenting club, are based in more than 200 hospitals across the country. Bounty pays NHS hospital trusts for access to women just hours after they have given birth.

Reps will approach new mothers offering free packs containing samples such as nappies, information leaflets, child benefit forms and advertising material. These reps will also ask for personal details of women and their infants, which they can then pass on to their commercial partners. Reps in some hospitals will try to sell photography packages to women.

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Ms Harris said a Bounty rep entered her south London hospital room while she was trying to breastfeed her son Joey seven weeks ago without permission.

Last week, Ms Harris told i she initially thought the woman could be a member of NHS staff. We are running her account in full below.