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

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yousaidit · 15/10/2008 02:04

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?

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Quattrocento · 16/10/2008 23:22

No diamond rings here

Mind you, I am storing up all this useful ammunition information and am proposing to tackle dh on the subject tomorrow

clarebear1 · 16/10/2008 23:30

Im still waiting for my bunch of flowers 2 and half years on.. i did get the diamond this may tho so i might learn to forgive!

chocolatelady · 17/10/2008 00:26

Got a grenada gol ring - stone of the motnh ds was born!! and a goel ring with an aqua marine stone from the month pf march the month she was born. Both were a real suprise and I was over the moon with them as it has been blody hard work! Feel for anyone that has not recived something as you all deserve it all!1

FourArms · 17/10/2008 07:10

I got a bottle of champagne the day after DS1 was born, and an eternity ring 6m later (took that long for me to lose the baby weight and sensible DH wanted one that would fit me for a while!). I was v.v.v.v.impressed as he drove to a nearby town all by himself when we'd only lived in the area a couple of weeks and spent a small fortune (in our terms!) without asking me. Finding the receipt a few weeks later was even more of a .

For DS2 we had no spare money, so I told him that I didn't want anything expensive. We have completely joint bank accounts, so it's all very transparent. I'm a SAHM who hasn't contributed much financially to the relationship (I know I have in other ways) in the past 4 years, and I know that not everyone shares like we do, so I'm happy enough with that. If I wanted a big present, I'd only have to say, and if we had the money DH would gratefully take the hint (he's crap with ideas usually) and buy it for me.

Olipop · 17/10/2008 07:44

I bought my DH an ipod and had it engraved with 'for my daddy....' on the back. It was more of a commemoration of the day thing and I love giving him presents. I also figured it would probably be the last time that a present came from my sole earnings rather than our joint money!
Then some scumbag burglar stole it when DS was about 6 months old. I am still furious 3 years down the line. Didn't seem the same to engrave the replacement one.....

MarsLady · 17/10/2008 07:51

After the DTs he got the snip! Lovely present

PuzzleRocks · 17/10/2008 08:03

Olipop - that was a lovely gesture. I feel a bit mean now that I hadn't considered getting anything for DH. You've made me put my thinking cap on.

Olipop · 17/10/2008 08:08

He's not getting anything this time...it was a once only offer!!! And I'm due 28th Dec so he'll be lucky if I get it together to get a christmas present!

It was quite handy to keep him occupied in the few weeks (months maybe) after DS was born that I spent sat on the sofa feeding and feeding and feeding!!!!!

Csuti · 17/10/2008 09:49

To all those who have nothing to show for all the grunting and pushing - throw an almighty fit with plate/glass smashing if necessary. It's not the value of the present that is important but the gesture and the thought behind it! But of course, if he then comes back with a big diamond, it's all for the best!

MiniDoofa · 17/10/2008 09:52

3 days after my dd was born, we were home and my dh announced he had to 'pop out for a bit'... queue me trying to be cool but really thinking ' you can't leave me with this tiny baby!!!'

20 mins later, i had managed to keep dd safe and well, and dh returns with an exact replica of my bridal bouquet (except twice as big!!) It had taken 3 days for the florist to track down the right things cos it was the wrong time of year etc but dh was determined it had to be the same!!

Was so relieved he was back and so touched burst into floods of tears!!! Apparently that was the reaction he was looking for!

JimJammum · 17/10/2008 10:12

I had my maternity ring - two diamonds with a sapphire in the middle (to represent us with ds in the middle - it would have been a ruby if he had been a girl) - a couple of months after, but I have been told it is strictly the last piece of bling I am going to get unless we win the lottery. Hence my refusal to have any more children......(I'm joking!!!! )

Poledra · 17/10/2008 11:07

Oooh, Marslady, that's the best present! I'd love DH to get the snip (3DDs, and no plans for more) but he's really not keen. So that'll mean me sorting out the contraception again then.....

ilovealgreen · 17/10/2008 11:32

Ha!
DD was with my ex. I hinted and hinted that I would like a ring, I mean he did f all else so a tiny gift would have been nice. I found a beautiful ring and he bought it and then insisted it was an engagement ring. Cheeky twat. Binned him eventually - he was a total arse, drinking all the time and NO help whatsoever.

DS is with my lovely new boyfriend, he couldn't have done enough for me during my pregnacy and then when i had to have a horrid emergency c-section he stayed at home and cared for me and the kids. I didn't ask for/expect anything but he is getting me a ring made with DS's birthstone in it and is not instisting it is an engagement ring, just wants to say thanks for our beautiful DS.

I really feel extremely lucky and NOT because of the ring.

ilovealgreen · 17/10/2008 11:32

Ha!
DD was with my ex. I hinted and hinted that I would like a ring, I mean he did f all else so a tiny gift would have been nice. I found a beautiful ring and he bought it and then insisted it was an engagement ring. Cheeky twat. Binned him eventually - he was a total arse, drinking all the time and NO help whatsoever.

DS is with my lovely new boyfriend, he couldn't have done enough for me during my pregnacy and then when i had to have a horrid emergency c-section he stayed at home and cared for me and the kids. I didn't ask for/expect anything but he is getting me a ring made with DS's birthstone in it and is not instisting it is an engagement ring, just wants to say thanks for our beautiful DS.

I really feel extremely lucky and NOT because of the ring.

imjustacheshirecat · 17/10/2008 11:40

I was given the gift of life!! (yep i know it's cheesy but it's true)
Why would anyone need a present??

anniemac · 17/10/2008 11:53

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theirmum · 17/10/2008 11:56

Sod all although he did bring me a mars bar after DS1

anniemac · 17/10/2008 11:58

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halia · 17/10/2008 13:01

why on earth would you want him to buy you a ring? its your money as well isn't it? Agree with anniemac, I'd hate it if OH bought me jewellry out of the family cash - I mean what the hell do I need diamonds for?

tbh nowadays I feel a bit like that about birthday presents etc. Time and caring is far more valuable, for Xmas I've made the point that I'd rather we gave each other 'swap vouchers' for nights/days off from childcare/cleaning and bought the new flooring we're in desperate need of.

Or am I missing the point, I guess if you are a kept woman then its not family money? or do your partners earn huge amounts?

MummyAnnabella · 17/10/2008 13:16

another bugger all - well apart from the ITS A BOY balloon which was sweet but tbh after a 5 day labour, emergency section and 2 month premature baby i kinda hoped for an eternity ring!

having 2nd baby in a week and the ring i will eventually get will now have doubled in size!! tripled if he keaves it to the third and final one!

cant understand why people think you shouldnt get a present! I am sick for 4 moths, uncomfortable, have backache, heartburn etc etc and then have to deliver baby through huge amounts of pain why on earth would he not buy me a present?? if he took on almost all the work on a joint project that we set about and lasted for over a year (when you add in all the b/f etc) i would jolly well get him a gift!

Luxmum · 17/10/2008 13:21

I got nothing for DS1, but I bougth myself a pretty necklace. For DS2 I pretty much demanded an eternity ring, so we drove up to Antwerp and got a divine saphire and diamond ring for less than half the price in the shops, so DH was delighted with himself, and I was delighted with the ring. I am a sucker for jewelery, and since I only get it if I push out a baby, then no, I dont mind the fact that the money came out of our joint account.

imnotyourmother · 17/10/2008 13:26

Nothing for any of them not even a card or bunch of flowers. Made me visit his parents on way home from hospital after first "because they might have been upset if we hadn't!"

When it got to fourth and fifth made him get me something 'substantial' but a few months after the births.

saffiw · 17/10/2008 13:38

I think I have mentioned on here before what dh got me. He got me .... A CAULIFLOWER.
Because he has a perverted sense of humor and it is a flower and it is useful.

hambo · 17/10/2008 14:05

Feck all...not even any flowers!
He is a kiwi - and they really are -tight- careful with money...

Nothing from parents either!

But I never really noticed, too busy cooing over wee squished up DC

hambo · 17/10/2008 14:06

saffiw

Brilliant!