Present for midwife
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Topic: Present for midwife
Posted By: my2angels
Subject: Present for midwife
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 4:57pm
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Did anyone buy a present for thier midwifes when they finished with her and if so what did you get her? We arent particularly close but she has done a good job and Im really happy with her. She isnt the bunch of flowers type either, any ideas?
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 5:15pm
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I thought about it, but didn't ! Wish I had, might make her a card from all of "us" though. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 5:24pm
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i gave the midwives at the hosptial some of the many choccies i got given and a thank you card. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 5:39pm
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I gave our's chocolate's and a teddy. This time round I will be getting a photo of her with both the kids then giving her that. I think she would love that. We love our midwife she even came to our wedding. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 5:44pm
I got on really well with my midwife too - I have just sent her an invite to Joey's first bday actually  . We gave her some lovely pralines, red wine and a card with a photo of the three of us. I guess pretty boring but she was thrilled anyway ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 6:05pm
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choccies and then the second time my midwifes hubby had been diagnosed with a termanal illness so this is kinda only applying to her but they were going on their last family holiday so i got them a holiday book that they could write in and put in family snaps etc. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 7:37pm
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xanthe ended up being born on my midwifes husbands birthday, so i gave them a meal voucher to make up for the missed night out!
not sure what we will give her this time, prob a card at the very least... ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 8:55pm
| choclates and we send an xmas card. |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 9:02pm
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We gave our midwife some flowers and a photo of baby, and we will be using her for our next one when we try again, and i am intending on inviting her to Rhiannons first birthday/naming cermony ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 9:15pm
Hrmmmm... I didn't end up getting my midwife anything... but she got me a present when I moved. Geez I'm a bad client. I still go visit (or she visits) when I go home so will arrange something when I'm back next 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 7:25am
We gave ours some organic honey wine and some chocolates. I've sent her a few photos of Ella since then and we visited her once  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 2:48pm
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we gave our midwife a card with jack's birth notice and a pic inside of it and a box of choccies. we have her again this time around so will probably do the same ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 2:56pm
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I see my midwife every 3 wks as they hold a coffee group once a month...so she can actually see bubs growing its neat ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 3:48pm
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We got her a thank you card and chocolates
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Posted By: My2cuties
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 4:09pm
First time nothing  Second time, A picture of my 2 girls together. She also sent me a christmas cardd so i think i will be sending them to her every year from now on, (Im not usually a card person) She was just wonderful both times.
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 4:44pm
| Who are you using Vanessa? |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 10:32am
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Kazzle, did you use Domino midwives as I know they have coffee groups once a minth too.... If you are when is the next one as I have been meaning to go for MONTHS!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: stevie_88
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 12:34pm
Well I think Chocolates will be the go with my MW, when I was bleeding at 16 weeks and went into hospital my step mum bought me in some chocolates and I'd stay up late at night since I hate hospitals and the damn alarms kept me up and just eat chocolates. 
Then I had the same poor old MW come in checking up on me... poor old darl, she must be in her 50's by now and she had worked 24 hours the day before and got called in 3 hours after she went home because they were short of staff so she had to come do another 24 hours. I really REALLY liked her, whenever she came in I had a whole heap of caramello and other sorts of chocolates piled on the table for her. and she loved it.
I'm a boring old chocolate eater, I just like te normal chocolate, not dark, not white... and I dont like anything with it, like fruit and nuts or caramel or other flavours... im just a plain cadbury chocolate girl... boring aye.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 3:02pm
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mmmmm chocolate!
robyn, we are using celia grigg from midwifery associates again. she's really nice and very good at what she does ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: Emma_GabysMama
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 4:46pm
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i was wondering if its 'appropriate' to give a gift to the midwife, but seems it is - which is great, becasue my m/w is FANTASTIC, and I can't imagine not getting her something to thank her! I think I'll give her a photo of bub's and something else... it's going to be SAD not seeing my m/w again.... til #2 of course ;) ------------- Emma - 23 proud Mama to... Gabrielle Jayda-Lee 26.10.06  
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 8:06pm
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I know what you mean Emma!! I was so sad when I had to say "goodbye" to our midwife! They are such an important person at such an important time in your life huh!? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 8:22pm
| How funny, i like my midwife, and liked my first aswell but Im not sad about not seeing her again or anything. Also everyone is talking about giving them pictures of baby where as Im thinking, why would my midwife want a picture of my baby. |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 8:31pm
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I know what you mean, Robyn... my midwives both times have taken photos of me and the baby for themselves anyway! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 9:58pm
| I just dont see that side of her. She is really nice and everything dont get me wrong but she is also very business like, one of the best midwives around and very very popular, like you have to book her the minute you have sex and might be pregnant. Its like she thinks ok you have had the baby, all is fine with you so next lady please, not a touchy feely oh your baby is so beautiful type person which is why its so hard to think of something to get her. |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 11:57pm
| I feel terrible i never got round to sending her anything and i loved her oh well next time i will. |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 8:01pm
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I am going to be awfully sad to say goodbye to my M/W again I cried the last time she came to see us with Alan. How ever that was partly because other then my Inlaws she was the first and only person I knew for ages in the town. She is also a very friendly loving person so it is hard not to get attached. so will probaly invite her to thing's like baby dedication etc she also came to our wedding that was before we knew we were having this baby. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 11:25am
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I cried when my m/w discharged us with Maya,I guess coz she had been there since the day I found out I was pregnant. I wasn't particularly close to her, I think it was just the whole end of the pregnancy journey thing.
Anyways, I gave her a card and some chocolates, and a copy of a scrapbook page I did of newborn Maya. Funny thing is when I went to see her when I found out I was preg with the twins three years later, up on the wall in her office amongst thousands of other pics is the page I gave her! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 31 July 2006 at 4:53pm
| I got mine a bunch of flowers |