Designer Jewelry Gems

It is tradition in many families to give new mom jewelry to mothers who have recently given birth. The tradition dictates that the husband and (hopefully) father of the child is the person responsible for this. My father did it and mummy received an eternity ring with her first child a watch with me and a gold locket with my younger brother. Unfortunately all of this jewelry was stolen in a robbery. I wish they had stolen my brother and left the jewelry, but no such luck!

These items together with charm bracelets, diamond earrings, Tiffany & Co items, are all great ideas if you are going to give your wife a gift of jewelry after she gives birth. This is not always expected, and although I thought something would be nice when I gave birth, I was blessed by being married to a particularly unromantic and unimaginative husband, who eventually became known as the “seed” donator. Although I must give him his due, my babies were both premature, so he had to rush out and buy all the furniture and stuff for the first baby.

Nowadays, some people refer to the gift of jewelry to a wife on the arrival of a new child, as a push present. It sounds yucky to me, like the harder you scream and the more you have to push, the bigger and more expensive the gift. I had two caesarians, maybe that why I got a pat on the back and a bunch of bananas?

It is definitely the right thing for a man to do, thank their wife for giving them a beautiful healthy child. It is also a case of thanking them for enduring the sleepless nights, hardly being able to breathe, hemorrhoids, kicks in the bladder, acid reflux, morning sickness and all the other pleasantries that come along with being pregnant and giving birth.

My daughter is classic, she didn’t want to start a family, her husband did, so she got her push presents out of the way first. After negotiating a large diamond engagement ring of her own design and a trip to the Caribbean, she had no choice; he gave her, her push presents in advance, now she had to present the goods.

Fortunate she did this, because after she became a mother, she lost her mind and the ring. So at least she had had some time to enjoy it. Had she received any jewelry after the birth of her child, she would have had no time to enjoy it as she more than likely would have lost it before she even got a chance to wear it. I am not advocating that this is the best way to go about things, but just give it some thought; it might make the most sense.