Baby Shower Help... 27 weeks PG & on Severe BedRest in the Hospital!?

I think you should wait till after the baby is born. Then Have a Big Baby Party! Invite all your friends and family both guys and gals! Play silly Baby games that are Man Friendly! Good Luck!

Ask them both to wait until you are out of the hospital or until after the baby is born. Being your sister and your best friend, they should both understand that you are under a lot of stress and need the rest. Baby showers are fun and exciting but you need to focus on your health first.

Trust me, you won't be wanting for anything when you get baby home. Right after the baby is born, you will probably be showered with gifts, before you even leave the hospital. Newborns really need very little in the first few weeks and the hospital lets you take home the extra diapers, their receiving blankets, a little hat, a little shirt. The send you home with formula samples and all kinds of stuff. You really only need to have some basic baby supplies ready like a few sleepers, some diapers and wipes, thermometer, a car seat to take her home in, a bassinet, bottles and formula (unless you are planning to breastfeed) etc. You probably won't use a stroller, crib (my son didn't sleep in his until he was almost 4 months old), bath seat, toys, cutesey outfits, etc for several more weeks and you can get all those at baby showers after the birth. You can live without a diaper genie for a couple weeks. I had all my baby showers before my son was born and I didn't use 90% of what I got until he was at least 8 weeks old.

I would say . . . get creative!

Does the hospital have a conference room that your group of friends could use for a shower for you? That way you could still be in the hospital with out being in your room.

Depending on what has kept you in the hospital up till now . . . your doctor may release you from bed rest at about 36 or 37 weeks . . . maybe you could ask your doc about that and plan a party for the day or day after you leave the hospital?

If I were you, I would let my sister and best friend know that you are not going to be stressed about any of it, that it will be their responsibility to handle it, so that you can rest for your baby's sake, and so that you can really enjoy whatever it is that ends up happening.

Good Luck and Congratulations!

A lot depends on whether or not the hospital would allow such a big party to occur there. I'd wait and see if they would. If so, go ahead and have it at the hospital. I'm sure you could use it, what with being cooped up in the hospital! If they say no, maybe ask them if they'd allow a smaller gathering. Then you could do something with just your girlfriends in the hospital. Then after the baby is born and you're home for a bit, you could have a big welcome home baby party where you could invite all the men and women in your life. Good luck!

perhaps you should have just the all girls one for now, with simple games & things, nothing too physical for you of course, that way it's a smaller party, & less stress on you & the baby, that way you'll have some things for now & plan on having the other after the baby is born, hopefully you'll be settled back in at home. because stress is the last thing u need, my water broke @ 28 weeks, but they stabilized me at the hospital, the docs hoped i wouldn't go into labor for at least another 2-4 weeks, but due to excess stress (not gonna go into that nightmare) i was only in the hospital for a week before i had my little girl... so go small for now, save the bigger party for after, then they get the bonus of seeing the baby!

Newborns really don't need that much to start out with... borrow what ever items you can for now, and get the bare essentials... have your co-ed shower a month after the baby comes (you'll have a better idea of what you really need)... and a small girls only shower in the hospital (asking for the bare essential items you'll need right away).

If you know you will not be going home before the baby is born, you should not have a shower at the hospital. Why couldn't people drop by gifts there or at your house.

If you're on "severe" bedrest and "prolly" won't get home before the birth, I think you have more important things to worry about than parties and presents. Maybe focus on the well-being of your child. If you really need things that you truly can't afford, have people drop their "gifts" at the house and work on your thank-you cards in bed.

or if you guys cant wait and need the stuff now, just have your husband go to the shower. it stinks you would miss it. but at least you will get everything you need. or ask your dr. if one day you could leave the hospital for a couple hours to go to the shower

YOU SHOULD HAVE YOU BABY SHOWER AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR BABY. NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE ON BED REST. YOU STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO GO UNTIL YOU HAVE YOUR BABY. SOME TIME IN LIFE THING HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE LEAST EXPECTING. GOOD LUCK!!!!! HAVE A HEALTH BABY GIRL.