gift ideas needed for my L/D nurse

[frenchy816]

My L/D nurse was AMAZING. I probably would not have made it through w/o her. She was the one who came up with all the different positions for me to push and really encouraged me to do it with no help and no meds throughout the entire 3.5 hours, but when they started talking about using the vacuum to get LO out. Honestly, without her I probably would have given up and begged for a CS. I want to get her something special to thank her for being so amazing. I was leaning towards a gift card to starbucks with a card or a Christmas ornament. Any other genius ideas? 

[serunatu]

Unless you know for sure she celebrates Christmas I would stay away from that. I think a Starbucks gift card sounds nice though!

[nbateman5]

Agree with PP, gift card and note sounds great! She'll love the gesture no matter what the gift is

[babyrn2009]

As an L&D nurse, I think Starbucks and a card expressing what you did here would mean a lot! A picture of you and baby will help her remember. ;-) I would not give anything worth more than $20 (accepting gifts of monetary value from patients is an ethical issue).

[gdaniels77]

I don't know why I had never thought about a note and a picture of the baby. I know when it was discussed before about the general L&D team, baked goods and small gift cards seemed to be the most popular ideas. But since you want to single out one specific nurse for being so helpful, a gift card plus a note seems like a much more personal way to show your appreciation. And we just got the word from an L&D nurse herself!

ETA- So glad this was brought up again. I'm in the same boat and had completely forgotten (then again I still have to finish my baby shower thank you cards!)
My nurse was a total sweetheart. She asked for my birth plan off the bat, and did everything she could to make my experience match up with it. And without her insisting I meet the midwife from my OB/GYN practice (I went my entire pregnancy with the plans of an OB delivering) j would have never met the amazing midwife whose care I'm under now!