s/o push present- can it be early?

IdigDirt

I highly doubt I am getting a push present other than maybe flowers which is more than fine with me. I told DH not to waste money on something like that. Anyways about 3 weeks ago (2+ weeks before mother's day) a friend announced she is pregnant on FB (she is about 12 weeks) by showing a picture of her push/mother's day gift which was a sparkly ring, not that it matters what it was. Does it still count as a push present if you do it before any pushing (or c-sectioning if that is the case) is done?

JayElleJayCee

I don't think so. Mother's Day gift - yeah.. push? no. Unless specified that it was.

Like - "Here honey, this is your Mother's Day/Push Present Combo Ring."

JaqiDec04

I wouldn't consider it a push present, I'd call it a congratulatory gift, or a way to celebrate their new family together. It's much too early for a push present.

DH got me a watch for Mother's Day that he says is my push present. Doesn't want me to get my hopes up for next Mother's Day. But its practical, beautiful, and something I wanted for a long time. We don't usually even exchange birthday or Christmas presents. When LO is born, I'll have her name and birth date engraved on the back. 

IdigDirt

She specifically called it a "mother's day/push present." I think if you are getting a push present, it should come after the baby is born but I admit I don't know much about push presents.

cvl105

well, I got a pair of beautiful diamond hoop earrings for Christmas, my birthday and baby present from MH.  He combined every holiday/event of the year for these earrings! haha So I guess, yes, I think you can receive it early, if it's combined with other occasions.

gymnst1013

Um, no.  She is 12 weeks along!  She hasn't pushed anything out yet and really isn't even close to doing it.  Maybe it should have been called a "I'm sorry you have your head in the toilet all day every day" present.

IdigDirt

gymnst1013:

Um, no.  She is 12 weeks along!  She hasn't pushed anything out yet and really isn't even close to doing it.  Maybe it should have been called a "I'm sorry you have your head in the toilet all day every day" present.

Hahaha I would be scared to accept a gift for having the baby so early in pregnancy because I would be scared of jinxing it. Heck, I still have a hard time taking things out of packages to wash them but I may be extra paranoid.

11kacey

Well, in my opinion (and this is just me, b/c I know several of you disagree, which is totally cool) you don't get a mother's day present until the baby is on the outside.. so I didn't celebrate Mother's day. But the day our baby is born, my husband and I will celebrate with a few gifts. He is getting a bottle of REALLY nice scotch from his friend and I'm getting a Texas Flag flown outside the capitol on our baby's birthday dedicated to her (for him) and some other little things. I have no idea what he is getting me, but it is whatever he was going to do for Mother's Day before I axed that holiday.

Anyway, I certainly don't see how at 12 weeks you get anything other than a congratulations, you made it through the first trimester gift. Right?

Heck, I'm so superstitious that NO ONE could buy (or I wouldn't accept) anything for the baby until after our anatomy scan. 

JrsMommy11

gymnst1013:

Um, no.  She is 12 weeks along!  She hasn't pushed anything out yet and really isn't even close to doing it.  Maybe it should have been called a "I'm sorry you have your head in the toilet all day every day" present.

lol 

Turtle143

DH had done something like that when it's a really expensive gift. I don't really mind it. Maybe that's what they did?