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Home birth-present for the midwives??

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iliketosleep · 02/08/2008 21:29

Is it the done thing? Obviously I will be wanting to say thankyou for coming and helping me but is this done with a kiss on the cheek or a present and a card? If so what can I get?

I didn't when I had my HB with DS and feel very guilty Didn't even think about it TBH!

Any advice gratefully recieved

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SlothyMcFrothy · 02/08/2008 21:31

Flowers and chocs always good

ja9 · 02/08/2008 21:33

gosh, i didn't even think about that .

too late now

(17 mo later... ho hum!)

hewlettsdaughter · 02/08/2008 21:34

I must admit, it didn't occur to me to get a present. I think I may have sent a card though, can't remember now.

CuppaTeaJanice · 02/08/2008 21:35

I got a magazine subscription (Glamour) sent to the maternity unit. Cost me about £15 and lasts all year!!!

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iliketosleep · 02/08/2008 21:35

But what if they are health food junkies that suffer from hayfever

Only joking!!

Great idea thanks

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pickie · 02/08/2008 21:35

I didnt do anything with DS (1st) either and with DD I got MW (she lead both pregnancies from start to finish) a large Molton and brown gift box which she absolutely loved and 2nd MW a good bottle of wine.

make sure to give them presents after all is done including check to see if you need stitches as I did it before and she was so thrilled with the box I reckoned she didnt check very well and could have done with one or 2 stitches

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iliketosleep · 02/08/2008 21:40

Ah the thing is, it may or may not be the MW that has done all my antenatal checks over the past 9 months, depends who is on shift at the time so I think I would be safer with a sort of 'universal' gift that anyone would like rather than try and tailor it to one specific person. Does that make sense?

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Rohan · 03/08/2008 00:19

Just supply cookies. Keep a fancy box handy. Get your OH to hide them from the 9months preg woman Especially if you're planning on swearing at the MWs.

The only thing I'd give the MWs at DDs birth would be a smack in the mouth but then, they never even introduced themselves so I don't know their names and wouldn't know them from adam if I passed them on the street. So they're safe.....

GentlyWorryTheAnimal · 03/08/2008 00:23

I will get something as/when I have another hb.

Although when the m/w who delivered ds was one I had never met before and she tried to ration my g&a and wouldn't let me in the pool... I may have thumped him if DH had tried to hand over any pre-planned present

SparklingSarah · 03/08/2008 01:23

I got mine that lead me throughout card and choccies and a jar of coffee as I'd wombled all hers everytime I went I got a good cuppa!

the guy that delivered got a BIG hug and a teary thank you SO much Simon
he lives up the road so I got him a coffee when I saw him in our local coffee shop

I'd just get a nice box of biccies for the "deliverer" and maybe something nice for the maternity unit the magazine subscription sounds nice

WombFor1More · 03/08/2008 08:12

OoohI never thought about it either! Just as well seeing as none of them got here in tme saved myself some money there lol!

Think I'll get a box of choccies in this time and then if they miss it again then I can eat them after all that hard work

booge · 03/08/2008 08:21

We got some flowers for our lovely midwife.

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OurHamsterisevil · 03/08/2008 19:59

We had a photo taken after the birth with Me, DS2 and the mw's in. We popped a copy of that in the card. We also gave a bottle of champers and some chocs I think, possibly Roses, (THank you very much and all that)

bohemianbint · 03/08/2008 20:01

ooops, never did anything of the sort! Never saw the same midwife twice though, and never saw the ones who delivered DS again either.

ExtraFancy · 03/08/2008 20:05

I sent my midwife a card as she was bloody amazing, and I know I couldn't have had the birth that I did without her. She came to my house, followed me in the ambulance, and stayed with me for 9 hours until my baby was born. She only left the delivery room once in all that time...she was my hero for a good few weeks after DS was born!

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iliketosleep · 03/08/2008 20:52

Dont feel so guilty now that i know im not alone

(well i do, but you know what i mean!)

Some great suggestions BTW!

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baltimore97 · 04/08/2008 14:04

We gave the mws a nice bottle of wine - they were v. appreciative!

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iliketosleep · 04/08/2008 17:37

What sort of wine? Neither me nor dp drink so I am pretty much none plus to all this alcohol thing

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Jo62 · 06/08/2008 14:19

Just one thought - my mate's a midwife and they do get a bit sick of chocolates, especially when they're trying to lose weight! She said she loves plants as the flowers die and sometimes she gets a gift token.

For alcohol, champagne always goes down well (if they drink - what if your midwife doesn't for religious reasons?).

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