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Present for Pregnant Relative?

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Plurabelle · 24/11/2019 11:19

Her baby is due in May and I imagine that her inlaws, mum etc will deluge her with stuff for the baby. I was wondering about a Xmas present that is more something that she'll find useful in the months leading up to pregnancy.

She is in London and I'd wondered about a Jojo Maman Bebe gift voucher. (Am a bit out of touch with the relevant shops etc, but their website looks alright.) Any other ideas...?

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firstimemamma · 24/11/2019 11:26

Pregnancy massage
Foot cream
Chocolate
Jewellery

Plurabelle · 24/11/2019 11:30

She's not that girly, I'd say. So I think might appreciate something practical/useful/helpful at a time of change. I think she's just bought some kind of big pillow - a maternity body pillow.

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Sleepyhead19 · 24/11/2019 11:31

A beauty treatment (pregnancy friendly) voucher
A voucher for her hairdressers
A gift set for pregnant women (there’s lots available online-it depends how much you want to spend but ‘my expert midwife ‘ is good for little treats.

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Sleepyhead19 · 24/11/2019 11:31

Failing those, an afternoon tea at a local hotel or lunch at her favourite restaurant would be nice

firstimemamma · 24/11/2019 11:36

Ah I see! Well the voucher for jo jo sounds great but that's quite a high end kind of place so just have that in mind when deciding the amount. Smile

Plurabelle · 24/11/2019 11:41

£50, I thought - though maybe a bit more.

Not sure if there are other shops/sites like JoJo - I'm a bit out of touch.

My relative will probably be working until at least 7 months, so I'd thought somewhere where she might be able to buy smart but comfortable stuff for work. (I can remember grudging money spent on maternity stuff, as it's only for such a short time - and had relatively few things for the later months.)

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Dinosauraddict · 24/11/2019 11:44

JoJo is great, and I've bought a lot of maternity workwear there. I would also recommend a large fluffy dressing gown (my bump doesn't fit in my old one) and a foot massager. I'm not at all girly, but honestly my swollen feet are killing me!!

Plurabelle · 24/11/2019 11:45

Thanks!

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dontgobaconmyheart · 24/11/2019 12:50

Am now wondering if I've made a faux paste with a best friends xmas gift! She's due around the same time but it hadn't even occured to me to get a pregnancy related gift for xmas- I am just getting her something nice as per that is for her (obviously nothing that can"t be used while pregnant). Being pregnant doesn't change that she is still her and tbh i want to treat her - she'll get the standard baby stuff regardless and we'll all treat the baby when it arrives anyway.

Plurabelle · 24/11/2019 13:54

I think it's partly that when people have a reasonably comfortable lifestyle they tend to have a lot of the things they want/need/like already - I do have a tendency to want to give 'useful' presents.

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modgepodge · 24/11/2019 14:37

Jojo clothes are lovely, a voucher there would be well received by me! Also I was given a voucher for a massage which was a godsend. Also like the afternoon tea voucher - sometimes forgetting I was pregnant for a bit was welcome 😂

Peony99 · 24/11/2019 15:54

I'm due on January and I'd much prefer 'normal' Christmas presents to pregnancy related ones. There are only so many pregnancy-friendly bath oils a girl can take, and vouchers for JoJo ect really are a present for baby.

I'm after the sort of stuff I'd usually get - books, foody bits, or the purse I'm currently hinting to DH about.

anothernamejeeves · 24/11/2019 16:03

Lol this is rather strange...what would you get a non pregnant relative?

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