Hey ladies. OK so my friend graciously offered to host my baby shower March 16th. I am due April 16th. I thought this might be too close to my due date? WDYT? I have been really STRESSED about baby gear like, what to get what i should wait for yadayada. She cant do it in feb at all and i just feel like March 16th is too close to the due date especially since i hear baby can come two weeks early if its your first. i dont know. Thoughts? TIA!
Re: is this ok?
I don't think it's a big deal. I would make sure that you have any "must have" items (like the car seat and crib) beforehand. It really doesn't take more than an afternoon to run to BRU and make exchanges and pick up any items left from your registry that you need. If you go home and unpack after your shower and do your shopping the following weekend, you should be ready in plenty of time for baby.
FWIW, first time moms usually deliver late, not early.
This, word for word.
OP, I think I read somewhere the average FTM delivers @ 41 weeks.
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Babies don't need everything all set up and have a ton of gear at first. They need a carseat, some diapers, a couple of outfits, food, and a place to sleep. It's a 30 minute trip to Babies R Us. You're overthinking this...big time.
Incidentally, I had my shower on September 24, my daughter was born October 27, and it felt like it had been a lifetime since the shower when she was born.
I agree with this completely. My friends didn't buy a crib for their son until he was nearly 6 months old, he went from a bassinet to their bed because she was EBFing and found it easiest to have him right there. It's a luxury to have every little thing you want all set up by the baby's birth, it's not necessary.
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I agree. I had showers at 36, 37, and at 38 weeks and my DD came 1 day early. Everything was set-up and washed.
Most likely, if someone is going to get you something big like the crib it will most likely be your mom or MIL or possibly sisters going in-together. If they know you are stressed about this hopefully they would let you KNOW what they are getting you and give it to you early so it could already be done. Not like they would bring a crib, changing table, dresser, glider, etc. to the shower anyway. I know my family and friends and know they don't get really big things (the biggest was my breast pump) so we bought the crib and other furniture. You could buy what is absolutely necessary and if you get it for your shower then return what you bought. Most places give you a long time for exchanges/returns.
I never did understand why there's always a rush to have a shower.
Of course, I didn't expect anybody to buy anything I needed or or particularly wanted. I did that myself. I got a bunch of nice extras.