Just for fun - what was your 'push present'?

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I'm curious! I've only just come across this term!
What did your partner/husband give you if anything? And for which number baby?

I'm pregnant with my first and our midwife mentioned it in our NCT class, specifically an eternity ring! Apparently it's quite common..? I fit in the 'millennial generation' and apparently have been living under a rock 😂

Mini bottle of Prosecco that DH had hidden in the baby bag.

I got the same first time! I didn't get my kfc second time as it was covid and my dh had to go. I got toast though!

Push present is a revolting term. Presents are nice, but flowers are definitely needed.

I only got garage forecourt flowers from a neighbour when I had my first. They were great, but I wasn’t exactly feeling indulged in gifts.

Apparently every single person who loves me thought “Hiccup will be inundated with flowers, I’ll get something practical for the baby.” Every single one.

Second baby? “I don’t care if it looks like I’m living in a florist showroom, I definitely want flowers, please.” It was wonderful.

First DC I got a necklace from Missoma and 2nd a necklace from Tiffany. No diamonds. Both of them have meaning related to the DC. I chose both of them and we bought them from joint funds. We didn’t call them push presents! I also love the idea of art as a memento for the birth of a child.

When we got engaged I got a ring and he got a watch. I didn’t take his name. I‘m not an Instagrammer 😆 I don’t see a problem with getting a present to mark a huge, once in a lifetime occasion. To me it’s weirder that we celebrate having moved once around the sun each year from when we were born.

Nothing - don't be ridiculous 😂

Neither. Husbands have been buying their wives gifts when they’ve had a child for absolutely years. Of course it’s not an American fad.

Nothing. We aren't into that sort of thing. I did get well looked after and DH took some time off work so that I wasn't doing everything alone. That was far better to me than a token.

Breast enlargement 🍉 🍉

No, buying gifts for your loved ones isn’t an American import, hope that’s helps.

@Tansytea of course, if you’re determined to give things a name, you can do. Most of us realise men have been buying their wives gifts when they’ve had a child for many, many years. It doesn’t need a label.

No present here. If I'm honest I'd have liked a token as I'm very sentimental. I think I'll buy myself something, asking for it takes the gun out of it 🤣 (side note, haaaaate the term but love the sentiment)

Fun* whoops 😅

DH gave me a beautiful eternity ring after the birth of our second (and last) baby. I didn’t expect anything at all, but it was lovely and thoughtful. It was never described by either of us as a ‘push present’. I think it is the terminology that is tacky, rather than the gesture.

My DH got me an eternity ring made with 3 diamonds to represent the 3 of us! (DD is an ivf baby and we won’t be having another) so I thought it was adorable. He got it made by the same people who made my wedding ring as a surprise for me.

I got a watch both times....(a fairly cheap one for DC1 and a more expensive one for DC2.) However both times my watch had actually stopped working when I went into hospital so I'm not sure if it was a planned thing

A box of chocolates that were reduced he got on the way to the hospital

Well , I've heard of Push Presents and I'm ancient with a 23yo and a 20yo

I got a ring ( I ordered it , DH paid ) not an eternity , but a 14ct gold with channel set Diamonique ( QVC cubic zirconia) to wear as a wedding ring as my original one didn't fit till after DD was born.

I don't wear it much now but my DD has earmarked it for herself .

Love it

perfect present 😁

My DH went out to get fish and chips after DS2 was born, as I'd missed dinner. Unfortunately I had a haemorrhage while he was out, so the doctors made me be nil by mouth until they were sure it had stopped. By the time I was allowed to eat it was past midnight and they were stone cold. Still might have been some of the best fish and chips I ever had!

A ring for our first and necklace with both children's initials on for our second.

I neither asked for nor expected gifts to be honest but I did think it was a nice gesture.

savoy cabbage leaves to go on the cracked painful nipples...
Has to be savoy cabbage...

Pilates reformer. Although we'd prob buy that anyway.
A colleague asked me 'I hold your husband got you a push present?!' Which I thought is really bad taste as some people don't- and it's no one's damn business.

Urgh mumsnet can be so joyless!

according to some posters women shouldn’t ever presents! Not on the birthday, not on Mother’s Day, not for giving birth

im sure all the women who got presents were just as thrilled with their babies as those who didn’t get presents but why shouldn’t they have got something else just for themselves too that they wanted? Like diamonds or whatever?

some really self sacrificing and marty - ish ideas on here

For those saying they think it's tacky and silly, guaranteed they wish they had something, and a partner that thinks they did an incredible job and deserve something they love. But they don't have either, so they say it's tacky, yeah sure, clearly bitter.

I got an eternity ring on my right hand with diamonds, bloody deserved it too with a 10lb baby!