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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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?

i really dont think that this is a scottish thing at all (correct me if i am wrong and loads of you are scottish).

i had never heard of "push presents" before coming on mumsnet. i dont think any of my friends/family have ever had them either, other than a bunch of flowers or balloon.

if dh had turned up with a ring/diamond etc i would have wondered if he had

a/ he had burned the house down

or

b/ crashed the car.

I got a new engagement ring for my first dd, boquet of flowers for ds.

Every year on dc's birthdays my dh gets me flowers, to say thank you to me for his babies.

DH offered to buy me a £5k ring after our dd was born, but I turned him down. Actually, I was a bit shocked that he'd want to spend the money like that, especially since I'd always made it clear that I think that mankind's worship of lumps of hideously and immorally overpriced brightly coloured stones is one of its least endearing traits (I turned down a flashy engagement ring too... Actually - I sound a bit of a self-righteous bitch... I'm not, honestly! ). I honestly and truthfully cannot understand why people get worked up about little chunks of stone.

So, he waited on me, hand and foot, for the first month after her birth instead. Price beyond rubies, and all that!

With DS1 I got flowers and a card and then an eternity ring 9 months later.

DD I got flowers and then when she was 8 months old he took us clothes shopping.

DS2 - nothing.

It is our 10th wedding anniversary next year and I would like a ring to replace the one I had to have cut off when pg with DS1.

Eternity rings have been around for a very long time - the idea of a gift of jewels on the birth of a child isn't new or anything.

Lovely necklace from Tiffany. He gave it to me the day after my dd was born.

edam, your point is..

ds1
ds2
dd1
dd2
dd3
ds3

nothing

What is wrong with thye father of your baby wanting to buy you a gift?

It says nothing other than this is a celebration.

Oh cappucino and expa.., lighten up!!

The 'my' instead of 'a'.. well, dh is hardly going to use a handbag, is he?

As a prev poster has put, its not a little pat n the head, it is something just a small indulgence which is very very nice after stitches, pushing, tears etc... it doesn't objectify me or push me under the 'little wifey radar..

and as for the showy-ness f the eternity ring, well, i'd hardly call canny shopping which involved me specifying i wanted a second hand ring (as is my engagement ring) bought after christmas for further sales to get value for money being showy, in fact, i'd say it shows i'm pretty level headed.

i didn't realise you were so worn down with life that a lighthearted 'ooh, did you get anything..' question would bring out the cackling witches, but there you go. and as for will it fit all the baby crap in? well, who cares, it ain't a changing bag so its nt my roblem

and yes, i also got lie ins, night feeds being done, leg massages, foot massages, dh standing in boots gettng all the nipple creams and stuff possible and cooking and cleaning done, ie hands on stuff, it was never a choice bewteen being showy or helpful, ladies

But i really, really really love helium balloons, they are the typical welcome to the new baby present. they should be made law to have one at each hospital bed!

My dh didn't give me anything either, but my parents did. I think dh was quite shocked when my mum and dad turned up at the hospital with a pearl necklace for me. They gave it to me on their second visit, because they said that they hadn't wanted to steal dh's thunder when he gave me his gift. I think dh was a little shocked that they gave me a gift, but they were very shocked that he didn't.

One of the three 'birthing gifts' that my parents have given was my aunt's, and one was the gift that my dad gave my mum on my birth. I love the fact that we now have heirlooms, and look forward immensely to giving them to my dd or DsIL when I become a grandmother.

Got a five diamond eternity ring after our fourth baby.
But...had taken many years to get this,I had almost died att he birth(no exaggeration),he had had a financial windfall not long before....and Dc4 was born on our 10th wedding anniversary.
He hasn't been as generous before,or since

am i alone in finding the term 'push present' repulsive? if dh had produced some sort of trinket i would have felt more like a brood mare than anything else (will that do suzywong?)

errr....nothing

I got nothing, both times.

i did get a little something both times but i suspect i might have been so unpleasant during my pregnancies i prob all but demanded them- have 'forgotten' how horrible i was to be around now when i was pregnant!

Nada. Actually, that's not true, I got some junk food from Sainsbos as I missed dinner at the hospital while being stitched up and the MW neglected to find me anything to eat

I would have liked a nice ring or something but I think DH is just poor rather than thoughtless. I think he is still paying off my (relatively inexpensive) engagement ring.

I certainly don't think it is repulsive

I got a lovely gold (part whote gold, part yellow gold) bracelet when DD was born. And champagne for when I got home.

OH I hate these threads

Gahhhh. You lucky lot.

White and yellow gold bracelet that matches my engagement ring for ds1, and diamond earrings for ds2.

Would probably still be sulking if he hadn't

Only got here by searching FA anyway

ooh I was going to come on and say what pressie I got for having babies but I won't now seeing the responses you've got!! weird

oh go on thisisyesterday ()

DH bought me a necklace but as he gave it to me whilst still out of it really along with another one for christmas (so not sure which one was meant for DD and which one for Christmas) not sure he really knows..

I bought DH a Rada watch..