Any woman who’s given birth will tell you it’s no easy feat. But does it warrant a “push present?”
That’s the gift many mothers have come to expect after giving the gift of life. It’s typically jewelry, which is presented sometime before or after a woman suffers through labour.
Kim Kardashian-West, who’s openly admitted she hates being pregnant, has come to be a fan of the push present.
“After nine months of pregnancy it’s a sweet and well-deserved thank you,” the expectant reality star recently admitted on her blog.
“We women go through an entire pregnancy carrying a baby…of course it only makes sense that we get something amazing to show how amazing we are!”
Unfortunately for her hubby, Kanye West, she has expensive taste.
Her first baby, North, earned her five gold bracelets, reportedly worth $65,000.
The diamond choker she requested for the birth of the couple’s second child, apparently due within the next month, might set West back roughly one million bucks.
Obviously not all of us can expect/afford such pricey push presents.
Yet, social media is still filled with moms showing off the extravagant bling their new baby has banked them.
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Experts have previously attributed the roughly decade-long trend to women “asserting” themselves more, by demanding a token of gratitude for the havoc pregnancy can wreak on their bodies.
Some women also undoubtedly put pressure on their partners after they see other women receive push presents. Mommy bloggers have owned up to that, as has Kardashian-West.
(She said she never used to believe in push presents, but her friends did. One of them received “a special diamond ring she always wanted, and another friend got a new car.”)
Jewelery stores, of course, jumped on the push present bandwagon from the start. Etsy and Pinterest are filled with “push present” ideas, as well (women usually have to tell their partners to buy them).
There are plenty of critics, though, who insist the practice of push presents is tacky, and just another sign of our increasingly materialistic culture.
The most common argument is that a healthy baby should be present enough.
Others have also suggested that instead of jewelery, women would be much better off with simply more help and emotional support from their partner.
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SOUND OFF: Have you received a push present? If so, what was it?
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