Do women pregnant with their first baby get something on Mother's Day?

[Aur0raAustralis]

I'm curious how many mothers got a present/card/some sort of acknowledgement when they were pregnant with their first? Particularly those in their last trimester.

Is it jumping the gun or does someone going through pregnancy deserve a little something too?

What your DH did is more what I meant (but explained poorly!) Not an explicit "Happy Mother's Day" with a big present. I agree that would be tempting fate. I meant a small acknowledgement of pregnancy.

Thanks for all the responses. It's Mother's Day here and I know some pregnant women who've received something small and I was wondering how widespread this is.

As someone noted above, Mothering Sunday (not Mother's Day. Please) is about children doing something for their mother, not about a pregnant woman being given gifts.

No.

No

Is "Mothering Sunday" not a UK thing?? In March? Other countries celebrate Mother's Day. Today. Not sure why that would offend you

A few people in the UK call it that @Anotherdayanotherdollar, as a nod to its medieval origins (the mother church) I think, but it's pretty much universally called Mother's Day here and that's what it usually says on greetings cards (as I am sure that poster is aware).

My Dad, who is in his late 80s, is the only person I know who occasionally calls it that. My Mum doesn't.

No. It’s tempting fate.

No

My partner bought me a Mother’s Day gift when I was pregnant with our first child. I didn’t see it as tempting fate as even if the worst had happened, I’d have always been his mum. With our second, I’m sure my partner would have done the same but our daughter was about a month old when Mother’s Day came around.

There’s no right or wrong, some people do it, some don’t.

No. And I havent heard of it.

I agree. It certainly used to be like that before it became so over the top commercialised.

No, that would have been a bit weird. I agree it's really for when the child is old enough to be involved. And that you hardly ever hear anyone say Mothering Sunday, it is fairly universally known as Mother's Day.

Same here. DPs role has only ever been to facilitate when DC were little but otherwise we see it as between me and them. Most years that means a handmade card

No. I had a 20 week miscarriage so would never tempt fate until the baby is alive and born. That’s when you’re a mother.

No. Have never even heard of this. Thank God.

Absolutely this. I never expected DH to buy me things and pretend they were from the kids. I started to get cards when they were at preschool, which was quite sweet,but it has really only been since they were late teens with their own jobs that I have ever had gifts. My DH job on mother's day was to acknowledge HIS mother.

Sorry, I didn't word that very well! I actually meant was "Mothering Sunday" a UK tradition that has morphed from the church holiday into the commercial holiday is it now, as opposed to the American/Australian holiday (bring celebrated today), which was always the latter! A PP asked for it to be referred to as "Mothering Sunday" 🤔, although that doesn't seem to be what the OP is celebrating.

No.

My DH got me flowers. I was newly pregnant with a very long awaited baby. It was a private thing between us as we didn’t announce the pregnancy until much later.

My husband got me a card and some flowers as a little gesture. Nothing elaborate. I liked it. If the worst had happened later in the pregnancy I would have been the same amount of devastated whether I received that gift or not. Wouldn’t have made it worse for me.

I didn't until my first child was born. My first born child was my 5 baby. I'm not sure if it would have been good or bad to acknowledge the other pregnancies/ babies. It would have been painful bit affirming.

I think it would have been very sweet to have received a little nod to the pregnancy.
I don’t think it’s tempting fate at all. Life doesn’t work like that - and this is coming from someone who has lost a baby very late into pregnancy and had to deliver. He will always be my little boy and I’ll always acknowledge him.
I do have other children, but I was still always his mummy.
we are all shaped by our own experiences though, so you’ll definitely get different points of view on this particular topic.

I didn’t - but I was barely 2 months gone and we had only told 1-2 people when Mothers Day happened.

7 years and twins the most I get now is a card made at school; but that’s another story!!

No.

I disagree. If a woman loses a baby at any stage in pregnancy it’s up to her to define whether she is mother to that lost baby.