Gifts for hospital and community midwives?

[podmumlet]

Just wondering, is it customary to give a gift to your midwife after birthing your baby?

If so, any suggestions as to what?

Also, I have had the same community midwife throughout my pregnancy so that will be easy.

But on the day, there will be new and different hospital midwives and possibly multiple changes of shift.

Any thoughts?

I gave a piece of jewellery to my community midwife, and organised for a magazine subscription to be sent to the hospital midwives, so it could be put in their rest room for them to read in their breaks.

They don't expect anything but if one shines out to you and delivers an extra special service then I know they appreciate wine, chocs or biscuits to share, or vouchers. Anything except flowers as often they are difficult to store while still at work, or have died before they are next on duty.

Happy birthing

like whyme said unless one stands out don't worry. my cousin is a nurse and she said a bowl of fruit goes down well as they often have chocolate
good luck

Biscuits to go with coffee usually goes down well. As does jars/tins of coffee or tea.

Not a mw though so dont ask me anything technical! However when patients do give presents those always go down well.

TBH if they're like the rest of the nursing community its nice but not expected so dont stress over it.

It's not really expected but always appreciated. The nicest/most useful thing we were ever given was a good handcream, all that hand washing takes its toll!

I knitted mine a pair of mittens... there was no irony meant in implying that she had cold hands!

Thanks ladies! Think I will get my community midwife a little something and take an extra big box of biscuits or hand creams for the midwives when I go to the birthing centre. :)

I only had one midwife, my private midwife, throughout. I went to a ceramic painting workshop with DS when he was a week old and made a mug with his footprint on in her favourite colour, and wrote a personal message of thanks on the other side of it. It made her well up - I like to think it was tears of joy!

I second the biscuits. Not a MW but do work in care and a nice box of biscuits (m&s milk dark and white especially) goes down a treat!

A plain old thankyou card is also lovely, always makes me cry!