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    Posted: 03 November 2009 at 9:36am
I am having trouble trying to think of what to get my MW's as a thank you gift.. Yes, plural - I had 3 MW's take care of me..

With DD we just bought our MW a bunch of flowers..

This time was different as actual MW was away when DS born so had back up MW attend birth and then my actual MW's student midwife who was brilliant at the birth.
I really only want to spend about $100 all up..

Am stuck for ideas.. Should I get all 3 the same or slightly different because of their envolvements etc..?

Help..!
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Bottle of wine each?
Two little girls under 2!

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i got mine nothing.   but for my first birth i gave the hospital midwives some chocs...

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I got ours a voucher to get some pampering and a bottle of wine to enjoy afterwards.

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Wine here too, plus a beautiful candle and silver candle snuffer.
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I got mine one of those M.I.L.K books. I can't remember which one but I think it was a baby one..
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MW with DS1 I got her a funky necklace nad for DS2 she is getting a cool wallet.

Back up MW who delievered DS2 got 2 movie ticket vouchers and a bottle of wine.

       
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I got my mw a voucher to have a pedicure. She loved it
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We gave our midwife an awesome scale sling (for weighing wee babes) made by the Designer Bums lady in a basket fill of edible goodies and a bottle of DH's wine. She was a star so I really wanted to do something nice for her.

I say go for the wine - Its usually our present to everyone for any occasion and its always well-received
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We got ours a bottle of wine, some of our free range eggs from our own chooks) and a cute photo of our baby for her to pin up on her "baby wall".

Maybe a bottle of wine and a baby photo each?  That would be less than $100.
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a gorgeous towel set that was $50 on special for $10. haha call me cheap! but it was a really nice set!
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we had 2, the one who i only seen postnataly got a bottle of wine and a thing of chocolate all wrapped up nicely. The other one got a basket of things ie, some homemade fudge, soap, candle, hand moisturiser
I think homemade stuff is nice and personal
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engraved pen. they do lots of writing, i thought it would be appropriate
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My mw likes coffee so I got her a sgle cup plunger, nice coffee mug and a packet of coffee, she loved it
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Great ideas.. Thank you..
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I think I am going to get mine (i have 2) a laptop bag, they are trying to be tech savvy which i think is really sweet, but they carry their laptops around in recyclable shopping bags!!!

DD Savannah 18.01.04
DS Austin 04.09.08
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I didn't get mine anything, sent a thank you card and felt that was appropriate.

Is there a reason why you feel the need to get them a gift??

Not trying to be difficult, or start a debate, just wondering...
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I have had this discussion with a couple of friends, Bel.

The first time I brought a gift because my MW was awesome and I desperately wanted her for #2 so figured there was no harm in a bit of greasing

I am also big on thank you gifts for people that go the extra mile for you and although she is paid to do her job, its not fantastic pay.
       
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Originally posted by Bel Bel wrote:

I didn't get mine anything, sent a thank you card and felt that was appropriate.

Is there a reason why you feel the need to get them a gift??

Not trying to be difficult, or start a debate, just wondering...


We got ours a gift for many of the same reasons as Peanut. She was amazing, totally went beyond the call of duty (had been up for 36 hours for another labour before driving back to hospital for DD's birth) and although our next bubba/s will be born in Italy we are hoping that she may want to pop over to deliver them! She was so amazing that we are contemplating offering to fly her over for the next birth
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We got ours the Donna Hay - no time to cook book -The Foreward is great if you take the time to read it. She was hoping to spend more time with her family but she really goes behind the call of duty so having time to be a 'regular' mum must be tough.
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