# Presents After Childbirth

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-after-childbirth/429588>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-after-childbirth/429588 "2007-12-11T04:30:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-after-childbirth/429588/21 "2007-12-11T17:46:59Z")

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I can remember hearing (about 20 years ago) about a woman who expected a tennis bracelet after her first child was born, and that this was something of a tradition in her circle: Some very nice bauble from husband to wife after a baby is born. Don’t know how widespread it was then, but it’s another example of how this isn’t new–and not necessarily a product of advertising.

Confession of stupid wanting follows: All I really wanted after my son was born was for some flowers or a plant to arrive in one of those ridiculous, impractical, specific vases for “new arrival” events–you know, shaped like a duck or a baby shoe. I don’t know why; I guess because it was just so specific and it was the one time in my life it would apply to me! I didn’t get that wish–friends brought me flowers but in a normal container.

I still kind of pine for one. Not enough to have another baby, though.

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