It’s 2023 and time to spoil the pregnant girlies in our life with the best gifts for expecting mothers. If you’ve ever been pregnant yourself, you know all the highs and all the lows you go through. From personal experience, I didn’t have many moments in my pregnancy where I felt super hot. I mean the pregnancy glow was great but not the 25 pound weight gain in the third trimester. So what is a better way to make these women feel loved than spoiling them with gifts? Yeah, nothing!
Gifts isn’t one of the 5 love languages for nothing. Whether you make a sentimental gift for your pregnant bestie or buy her something higher end, you are for sure to put a smile on her face. There is nothing better than feeling loved and beautiful during this time in your pregnant girls life.
When a woman becomes pregnant, many people just think of the baby. Obviously, love towards the baby is a beautiful thing. But I mean, what about the woman carrying the baby? She deserves some gifts and love too!
Whether its a sentimental, personalized gift or more luxurious item- let’s get into the best gifts for expecting mothers you can gift your pregnant girly in 2023!
This post is all about spoiling the sh*t out of the pregnant women in our life and finding the best gifts for expecting mothers.
Gifts for Expecting Mothers
gifts for newly pregnant friend
Your girlfriend, cousin or coworker just found out she’s pregnant. She’s happy but nauseous AF, terrified, and doesn’t even know where to begin with her pregnancy journey. She’s going through a lot. What can you do? Instead of being like everyone in her life and gifting the baby a million new blankets, you can spoil her. Let’s get started and talk about the best gifts to make her smile and feel loved and taken care of.
Books are a great way to show you’re emotional there for the newly pregnant girl in your life. Because this is more than likely a terrifying time in her life, books are a great way to help her feel more confident and knowledgeable in her first trimester. It’s a resource she can keep throughout her pregnancy or for potential future pregnancies. Two amazing book ideas are Nurture by Erica Chidi and Bumpin’ by Leslie Schrock.
Pregnancy brings upon many questions, and sometimes we are too scared to ask our OB. Or maybe, we just have so many questions and feel rushed at the doctors visits. Books are a great resource to discover what’s normal and what’s not. Or maybe you’re anticipating the third trimester or labor. Both of these books are great purchases to help the pregnant girl in your life to feel much more at ease.
Nausea is a common thing that first trimester moms experience. To help a girl out, I have found a few different items you can gift her to hopefully make her nausea disappear.
Tea is a very thoughtful gift. This Pink Stork Morning Sickness Ginger Peach Tea is an organic and caffeine-free tea to help give your pregnant bestie the relief she needs. From this brand you can also buy sweets that she can quickly pop in her mouth if she’s feeling nauseous. These Pink Stork Morning Sickness Sweets are again organic, help with nausea relief, and help with ones heightened sensitivity to smell.
Just like having to change the food you eat, you also have to switch up your skincare when you become pregnant. Because of this, it can be extremely overwhelming. It can also be stressful not knowing what products are safe and which aren’t. According to sources, skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy are: hydroquinone, retinoids, retinol, parabens, phthalates, and high doses of salicylic acid. So let’s take the next step for her and buy some pregnancy safe skincare products.
Ever since I was pregnant with Owen, I have been in LOVE with CeraVe’s Hydrating Cleanser. It contains all clean products and was the perfect match for my hormonal, pregnant skin. Double bonus is this product is extremely affordable.
Another affordable product for your girls skincare, is this Neutrogena Hydro Boost moisturizer. Perfect for her day or nighttime routine, she will be so thankful for you thinking of her and babe!
Another skincare product that was a HUGE favorite of mine was the Bio-Oil skincare oil. Your pregnant bestie will be so appreciative of you for thinking about the future of her skin. You can also pair this hydrating oil with a body moisturizer. My personal favorite during pregnancy was Vaseline’s Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant body moisturizer. Both of these together are a major strong duo when fighting against stretch marks and aging skin.
luxury gifts for expecting mothers
So you REALLY want to spoil your girlfriend and get her something a little more luxurious. Perfect! Let’s talk about gifts for expecting mothers that is going to make their jaw DROP.
Comfort is so key when you are pregnant. Even if you are not showing much yet, you still prioritize comfort. We want to give our pregnant girlfriend what she needs and desires, right? You can start by making sure every time she walks, she is reminded of how thoughtful her best friend is. So get her a pair of slippers! And not just any slippers, get her a pair of Uggs. The kind that everyone wants and needs in their life. I was gifted my Ugg Coquette Slippers almost a year ago, and for real a day hasn’t gone by where I don’t slide these on my feet. At the end of pregnancy, your feet will literally be throbbing and so achy. Save her some tears and just get the cozy Ugg Slippers.
If you have ever been pregnant, you know how self conscious one can feel. We might all have our moments where we feel pregnant and beautiful, but that’s not always the case. If you want your pregnant friend to feel her hottest self yet, gift her with some Skims. Skims has the most perfect maternity line, and it will be sure to get your friend to feel so loved and so hot.
Sometimes we aren’t really in the mood to wear clothes. Sometimes we maybe just want to lounge half naked in our robe all day. If your pregnant bestie is a big chill girl, she will fall in love with this Kindred Bravely Emmaline Robe. I purchased mine at the end of my pregnancy, and I had wished I bought it sooner. It has a little bit of satin on it, which makes you feel expensive AF. This robe has pockets too, which is always, always a plus.
If you want to spend a little more on a pregnancy safe skincare product, I have the perfect solution for you. The Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream Plumping & Hydrating Moisturizer is exactly what you’re looking for (and exactly what her skin needs). Pregnancy sometimes leaves us with that “pregnancy glow.” Other times, it leaves us with acne, dry and dull skin. The Tatcha Moisturizer is the perfect little luxurious gift that her skin is literally begging for.
Baths will probably be one of your girl’s favorite activities the last couple of months. Nothing feels better for a pregnant girl than sitting in warm (not hot) water with relaxing music and a candle burning. Get her the most boujee candle line on the market at Sephora. You might as well get yourself one too because they literally smell that good.
unique gifts for the mother to be
If you want to surprise your pregnant bff and be super thoughtful, I got you! As amazing it is to gift them with something we KNOW they will need, it is just as thoughtful to gift them something completely unique.
After we had came up with Owen’s name, my husband surprised me with a necklace that spelled out Owen’s name. It was the most beautiful, tear jerking gift I had ever received. I literally never take it off and wear it every single day. Jewelry is an amazing way to show your girl how much you care for her. Now maybe you don’t know the gender of their babe or its name, but that is the beauty of jewelry. Whether it is customized or something with a beautiful meaning, she will honestly treasure it forever.
Oak and Luna is one of the best websites for beautiful, custom jewelry. Whether you personalize a necklace or bracelet, or just pick out something you think she will love- you really can’t go wrong. They also always have sales running, and you automatically get 15% off when you sign up for their email list.
If you are looking for a more inexpensive, unique gift, I highly suggest getting her a journal. When I was in my first trimester, my mom gifted me a mother to be journal. I could write notes to my baby and basically write about anything that was on my mind. In pregnancy you go through a lot of emotions. There is not a better way to tackle the ups and downs than writing down your thoughts. It’s a healthy way to deal with them in the moment but also an amazing memory you can always look back on and read.
pregnancy gift basket
If you are looking to gift your girl a bunch of different little gifts she will love pregnancy gift baskets. Whether you put one together yourself, or buy a set that is all ready to go- she will for sure feel loved and cared for.
8 Sheep Organics is the perfect gift for your pregnant bestie. Aches and pains are unfortunately part of the downside to pregnancy. 8 Sheep Organics has the perfect trio pregnancy gift basket that will melt all of her pains away. This gift set comes with a foot and leg rub, sleepy body lotion, and lavender scented epsom salt. These products are made with clean ingredients so both her and baby can be pain-free, safely.
If you are looking for a gift basket that will contain a product for the top symptoms your girl will be feeling, Natalist has you covered. Their TLC trio set contains nausea relief tea, belly oil, and also a cooling cream that is for their sore feet and ankles. Natalist’s products are manufactured in the USA and made with clean, organic ingredients.
gift ideas for new parents
Gifting both the new mom and dad can be a great idea, especially if you are close to both to be parents. Instead of focusing on baby items, let’s focus on something that will benefit the couples relationship.
When Mark and I found out we were pregnant, we knew we wanted to really focus on our relationship and take advantage of every day we had together. A great way to bring the cute couple together in closeness is getting them this book called A Year Of Us by Alicia Munoz. This is a great way to spark conversation and allows the couple to open up and share thoughts and ideas.
Another great way to bring the couple closer together is by gifting them food. Whether it is making them a meal you made yourself or gifting them a gift card to one of their favorite restaurants, food is always an amazing way to bring out the love between new parents to be.
I hope this post was able to give you a little inspo and help for gifting the expecting mother in your life. Honestly, the fact that you are going out of your way to make her feel special, is what she will care about the most. I mean yes, I am sure she would love a new pair of Uggs… 😉 but it will just be the idea that you are wanting her to feel cared for during her pregnancy. If you yourself are pregnant, let me know on social media or in the comments what you would love to be spoiled with! xxx