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Push Gifts?
Do you know what this is? Is this customary in your circle?
If so, have you every talked about what you want? Or is it a surprise?
Re: Push Gifts?
Most of my friends "requested" them from their husbands.
I'm with Allie...the baby is the ultimate gift for both mom and dad. I didn't feel like I "deserved" something just because I'm the one in the relationship who can carry a baby.
But that's just my opinion on the subject for me. To each their own, though. I'm in no place to judge.
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I hadn't heard of them before, but I am in the I wouldn't request it, at the end of pushing I'll have a much better gift...
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Per wikipedia:
push present (also known as a "push gift" or "baby bauble") is a present a new father gives a new mother when she gives birth to their child. In practice the present may be given before or after the birth, or even in the delivery room. The giving of push presents has supposedly grown in the United States in recent years
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And similar to responses here:
A 2007 survey of over 30,000 respondents by BabyCenter.com found that 38% of new mothers received a push present, and 55% of pregnant mothers wanted one, though fewer thought it was actually expected. About 40% of both groups said the baby itself was already a present and did not wish an additional reward
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Lots of men probably brought their wives flowers before "push gifts" became something.
This to me is a "keeping up with the Joneses" kind of trend. A woman's friend got a gift when her baby was born so said woman has to have something too (and probably preferably something better). I don't know how many men get these extravangant gifts having thought of the idea themselves.
If DH decided to get me something, fine, but I would never ask or expect anything. He already gave me the sperm right?
I think it's a sweet idea for a man to give his wife something to celebrate the occasion, but I also think it should be HIS idea, and I think it's incredibly tacky to ask for one (or worse yet, to expect one and act like you're entitled to it), and tackier even still to insist that it be something extravagant.
As someone mentioned on another board I visit when the subject came up, it's not like you're going to not give birth without a present...that baby's coming, whether you got your pretty princess gift or not!
Well said.
And lol, definitely true on ready or not, here baby comes!
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It's not common at all around here. I've never known anyone to get a 'push gift'. I've seen new Dad's bring their wives flowers which is cute, but I've never seen jewelry etc given.
I also wouldn't expect this; just because the woman is the one to actually give birth doesn't mean the father owes her a gift. It's as much a celebration for the Dad as it is for the Mom. I can't believe some women would request it.