Ooh, DH bought me my 'congratulations and thankyou for having our baby' present today! What did dh get you for popping out your dc?

[yousaidit]

even though dc hasn't actually arrived yet (overdue),i got an eternity ring for popping out dd (thinking my fanjo was on fire mmight have upped the spend limit on that one!!! ) but as we are officially skint i had mentioned previously to dh jewellery and the like was a no no now for our spending, but today when we were out mooching rould the shops, dh picked out a lovely huge slouchy radley bag, in a sort f pale petrol blue colour with a pale brown mustardy thick soft handle to sit on you shoulder!

Very yummy and i'm very happy with it! But can't have it til dc arrives!

It even came in a nice big boxy bag (not it's fabric protective bag but a radley shopping bag!!!!!
So, what did your dh get you to show their eternal thanks for popping out your dc?

TIY it's just that, well imagine you're at school and the teacher asks everyone what they got for Xmas, and you're the poor kid who actually didn't get anything much...it just feels really sad.

I'm happy for the people who got stuff of course as that's how it should be but the rest of us might feel a little bit gloomy reading it.

FA I don't feel gloomy... i really really didn't expect a present and am not into jewellery etc so eternity rings and tiffany whatevers etc do not really float my boat anyway
i got a baby, and i got to stop being pregnant and stop having contractions, wer-hoo! i was happy
well tbh i was bloody knackered but anyway...

it wasn't your response FA. it's all the "Oh my god, I can't believe you got a present just for having a baby, I've had ten babies and I didn't get anyyhing" judgey judgington.

fwiw, we didn't all ASK for a present.

just for you then WB,
I got a diamond ring when I had ds1, which is lovely and I have worn every day since he was born. and seeing as we're unlikely to ever get married it's the only one I'm ever gonna get lol.

and got a diamond necklace from Tiffany's when I had ds2

I'm just jealous...

Ah lovely Thisisyesterday. Am currnetly trying to decide what to demand for DC2 .

I'd have been happy enough with a big box of krispy kreme donuts quite frankly

A bunch of sunflowers.
Nice thought, not quite an eternity ring tho...

fa,you don't need to make comparisons to being "the poor kid"..its nothing to do with wealth,a bunch of flowers ffs costs a couple of pounds and for those of you against these gifts lighten up, its a lovely idea and gesture for celebrating the new arrival.

IIR,eternity rings as gifts is well known...I didnt get it from mn BUT for some reason both dh & I were under the impression that eternity rings were usual after the birth of your 1st dc. In fact, when dh & I got my engagement/wedding rings the jewellers (same place for all 3 rings) actually discussed it with us....

I think its lovely, as a thankyou from dh/dp for the 9 months of making/carrying baby and the labour.

Oh and like one of the posters before, im also v lucky having dh as along with an eternity ring on both occasions dd/ds also got a teddy from daddy and I got flowers and chocs etc. Im also lucky enough like yousaidit to have a dh who helps with everything connected to the lo's.

Gifts don't have to cost anything, even a dh who gets up for night feed's is a lovely gift .

For DS I got an eternity ring which had been left to DH by his GM - I hadn't expected it or even hinted for it, and by the time he'd finished explaining it's history, I was bawling worse than DS ever did!!

nothing. same as I never get him anything for putting out the rubbish Its his job innit?

nh,putting the rubbish out didn't take 9 months and iir isn't painful .

flowers

omg..i got fuck all twice...but i suppose i do have two dds

Nothing, I really wanted flowers, I even told him it didnt matter to me if he picked them from the garden or something....but no.

So anyway I'm divorcing him!!!

Work on the other hand sent me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers I had ever seen...

No but only he can do it and it has to be done.Poncetastic to get a present for it though.Even dare i say cringey

Oh, thank goodness for that! I thought i was going to be hunted down and shot by the cackling brigade!

Its nothng to do with 'showing off' as my prev posts show, i'm definately a cheapo second hand shopper

and never ever get anything treat wise usually, and i hate the term 'push presents'!! I'd never even heard it before it turned up on this thread.

Its just nice that dh has thought, in addition to pulling his finger out and getting up to do night feeds or make midnight cups of tea, there's a little gesture to say thanks, well done or whatever.

Some people might think its naff, some might demand them (i certainly didn't, i told dh the eternity ring rom dd was fantastic for any amount of dcs we had so he sent me out of shop while he picked the bag!)

But whateevr, its nice to have things that cheer you iup!

I agree ysi .

Oh so nh, dh is a ponce.... I dare you to say that to his face .

StayFrostyShiversDownMySpine i got round that by staying in hospital for between 3-5 days per baby and by then passing the half dead flowers on to nurses

maybe i didnt deserve them though if 'push presents'?i had 3 cs

DH got me (no prompting, hadn't even heard of push presents) two day passes to a posh spa with treatments, one for me and one for my mum. Thus cleaned up on the SIL Brownie points front too.

AND when I got home from hosp he'd bought loads of blue cheese and pate and other forbidden pg foods and fresh bread and I had a little feast. Actually I stuffed my face.

He is fab