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Baby Shower question?
This is my first baby, but he/she happened to come at horrible timing!
My husband just got a job that is moving us to London in April. My due date isn't until the end of August.
My mother, mother-in-law, and one of my really good friends want to get together and throw a fairly large shower for me around the beginning of March. I will be about 12-14 weeks (depending on the final date they choose)
I feel this is really early since most don't have showers until 28-37 weeks, but if I don't let them plan this shower, I won't get a shower at all and my friend really wants me to have one, (hence why she hooked up with my mom on in law)
The other reason it needs to be done so early is because we have to get our stuff shipped over to London, including anything new for the baby.
Is it bad etiquette to let them plan a shower so early in my pregnancy based on the circumstances?
I'm not concerned about buying this based on gender. I'm not going to find out anyway, so even if I was staying in the US, the problem of "not knowing what to get because of sex" would still be there.
I created a registry, since my friends and family were doing this and there are plenty of gender neutral things to go for. And of course diapers make a great gift! So gifts aren't the problem.
I just want to make sure my friends and family aren't thinking I'm gift grabbing.
5 Answers
- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
No,you should go ahead and have the shower because its expensive to try and buy everything on your own. I know people will say "what is something happens or goes wrong with the baby",but you have to think positive and you can always use the stuff in the future: )
- ?Lv 59 years ago
Usually people wait until momma is ready to burst and it makes for good games and pictures. Other than that the only problem I can see is that you will not know the gender of the baby, so that could be difficult for some of the gifts. Other that that as long as you are out of the first trimester, after the rate of miscarriage drops, I don't think it matters.
- ?Lv 49 years ago
I think that is totally understandable. Your friends and family know that you're going to have to move to London and know why they need to throw you a shower so early. You're going to get all gender neutral things because you won't know the sex of the baby yet but it will still be fun :--)
- 9 years ago
Let them do it, even tho there is a risk of miscarriage, keep those thoughts out of your mind and have faith that everything will be alright. About the gifts, they can give you stuff that is yellow, white and neutral colors that either a boy and a girl would wear.
Hope your baby shower goes great... :)
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- ?Lv 49 years ago
i understand the reason for it, its really your choice, but they really wont know what to get you because they dont know if its a boy or a girl, and even gettting basic stuff at this time just would not be good because your still very early in the pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage is still high. But its up to you.
- 9 years ago
If you present it to your party planners the same way you did here, your family/friends will completly understand. maybe they can purchase items online that you will be able to pick up when you get to your new home.
