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- This is Jill Maurer
with "Your Jewelry Minute"
and today I'm answering the question,
what is a push present?
And a push present is a gift that is given
to a woman who has just had a baby.
It's usually given to her
by the father of the baby,
but it can be given to her by
anyone who is close to her.
Now, for a long time,
there have been cases
where women have received
a grand gesture from
the father of the child
or from somebody after
having delivered a baby.
That concept isn't new but
the name "push present"
is new and the trend for
everyone to receive them,
or so many women to receive them, is new.
I looked a little bit in to why.
This is not something that was started
by the jewelry industry.
It does not appear to be.
It appears that it's sort
of a peer pressure thing now
where a lot of people have
done it and, you know,
there's pressure.
You see your friends get a push present
and you wonder if you're
going to get a push present.
We think that maybe this trend has started
one is because partners, usually men,
are much more aware now of the sacrifice
and really all that's
involved in bringing a person
into the world.
They're more sympathic
to that and they are more
aware of what that really entails
and they want to give
a gift to commemorate
the birth of a child but
also to thank the woman
and to let her know that, you know,
he knows this was a big deal.
Now what makes an
appropriate push present?
Sometimes, it can involve the baby.
Like meaning maybe it's a
gift with the baby's name
or the baby's birthstone.
It can do that.
More importantly, it really should,
the push present should really
revolve around the mother,
so what the mother likes.
The fact that she's getting
the gift as a push present
will always remind her of that child
and of this precious spectacular moment.
So it's more important
that it's something that
she will enjoy wearing and want to wear
throughout her lifetime.
This has been "Your Jewelry Minute."
If you have a jewelry question for me,
just ask me in the comments below.
Until next time.
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