Invite Midwife To Christening?

[pcasylum]

I was wondering if anyone has invited their midwife to a christening/baptism/naming ceremony? I didn't know if it was considered an honor, or would make her feel awkward or obligated to bring a gift. (Which is not my intention) We just really loved our midwife and wanted to honor her by having her present at our christening, but otoh didn't want her to feel obligated to come (I know she's busy), or if it's just a strange idea in general. LOL!

Thanks for any input!

[Belle]

I think that most midwives would be honored by such an invitation. She may not be able to attend if she is very busy, but it would be very nice of you to ask.

[Maggi315]

i have been invited to a few and to a bris, i consider it an honjor and try to attend whenever possible. i say go ahead and invite her!

[Jenivere]

I meant to invite mine to my to my first daughters blessing and forgot. I have invited them both to Kara's blessing in September and they will come if they can. They seem pleased about being invited.

[debrown]

I invited my midwife. She came to the first and said it's one of the few afterbirth event she'd been invited to. I couldn't believe more people didn't invited them to theirs.

(She had a conflicting engagement for the second child.)

[MotheringHeart]

I invited my midwife for DS to his bris and she came. (Of course, she was a family friend, but....) We invited the midwife that we had for DD#2 to her naming ceremony, but she said she was on call and would most likely not be there. She is also Jewish, but I think that she kind of split from mainstream Judaism - not sure why - and so was a bit uncomfortable with the invitation. I would still invite her again because I think it was the right thing to do.

[MamaTaraX]

We are inviting our midwife to our Naming Ceremony (inviting our doula too)

Namaste, Tara

[indie]

Originally Posted by Jenivere

I meant to invite mine to my to my first daughters blessing and forgot. I have invited them both to Kara's blessing in September and they will come if they can. They seem pleased about being invited.

I meant to invite mine and forgot too. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's scatterbrained.