Gift for midwives?

[GreatSoprendo]

35+3 and packing my various hospital bags. Should I pack something to give the midwives as a thank you? Was thinking about having a couple of nice tins of posh biscuits in the car to give them when I leave hospital, and maybe a nice thank you card. What are you planning to leave for the midwives, if anything?

Ive got tea and biscuits for when they arrive for the (home)birth and will probably send flowers and cakes afterwards or very least a big box of choccies. Depends how helpful they are!!

We nipped in week after when we were registering the birth and dropped off chocolates, biscuits and card. They seemed really surprised

I am planning a HB so will have stuff on hand for them to snack on etc. In the event that we end up at hospital I don't plan on taking anything in. You don't know how the birth will go, or how you will feel towards the people giving you care. If I want to, I will drop something off to them post birth. Good Luck, you're almost there :-)

I sent a card to one of the midwives who was particularly lovely and helpful. I was in for 5 days and she was my assigned midwife for 4 of those days.

We went and took some flowers a week later

I didn't do anything last time round, because I was very unimpressed with my MW (who basically spent my whole labour chatting to a trainee paramedic while I shivered semi-naked on the floor), but after my first DC I sent the MW the biggest Thorntons gift box I could find because IMO she went way beyond the call of duty. She'd stayed with me well past the end of her shift and had been absolutely brilliant. I didn't take anything into hospital though - tbh there was enough to think about already!

I sent a card & wanted to do more because the MWs were mostly great and as I was there for nearly a week I met all of them! But it wasn't practical once I got home so would have been nice to have given them something before I left. Nice idea to have something in the car.

After having my DS I gave a big box of celebrations chocolates and A card. But I had been there for 12 days. 5 days before a EMCS and a week after DS arrived due to him being in NICU. Had some wonderful midwives and doctors so I wanted to give them something. I got my DH to bring it with him when we knew we were being discharged. Taking something with you is good idea. My midwives were happy to get the chocolates.

Biscuits are always welcome, as are cakes. I bought mine a big bunch of flowers, but she is my sister and I did call her some horrible names when she kept turning the drip up!

Thanks for the replies. Think I will make sure we have some biscuits or chocs ready in the car as really can't see me making it back up to the hospital and paying their extortionate parking fees to deliver something in the weeks after LO has arrived

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what a lovely idea i never did this with my other births the babys where born in hospital i am planning a home birth and have a lovely midwife so il be thinking now what to get to say thank you :)