Shower after birth

moniquitta

My MIL bless her soul, asked DH yesterday when we would like our shower out at DH's home town. I love her to death and she is so sweet, but very late and slow to organizing things.  The situation is that December is out for traveling for us because of OB appts, birthing classes, x-mas shopping and the holidays.  I also have issues requesting time off from work.  Jan, well, the weather is so unpredictable in the midwest that I really  dont want to set up a date and be "required" to drive if a blizzard should hit (not to mention SW Michigan gets horrible lake effect snow almost all the time then).  I will also be 32+ weeks then and I dont even know if my OB would allow be to travel then.  Well, I"m due in Feb so definately not traveling then. So that leaves us w/ a shower after birth.  Is this ok?  I've never been to one like this. It probably would not be until the baby is a month or 2 old since I dont want to commit to anything before the month time is up.

AngelsAmid

I was at one of my shower's after I was born.  I think it'd be fun cause you can meet the baby and pass them around like a hot potato

MrsRoehl_2008

I think a post-birth shower could be good.  You can revamp your registry to reflect what you actually use/need; everyone gets to see the baby; after a month or two you may feel back to normal; and best of all, you can have some of the champagne punch.

GeminiKMP-C

lmao at angels' hot potato comment!

I say it's totally fine... maybe you could make it more of a "welcoming party" or a "welcoming shower".  If you use the word "shower" people won't be as confused as to what the party is, but you're acknowledging that you know it's a little different than the "traditional" shower.  go for it!

moniquitta

BTW, it's kind of funny because it seems like DH is really trying to set a trend.  For some reason his mom's shower was supposed to be about 3 weeks before she was due w/ DH (probably her organizational skills).  DH decided to show up early and was born the weekend that she was supposed to have the shower.... so the shower was moved to after he was born.  Now it seems like we will have one like this for our baby.

 BTW, we will have a shower here in my hometown early Jan so we will get some stuff for the baby then.

BrookeAnn

One of my MIL's (I have 2) is having a shower after the baby gets here. it's acutally set for March 21st. She said the whole reason for a baby shower is for people to see the baby. This way they will know the sex and have a better idea of what we will need.  This will be great for clothes!  Most of her family is out of town anyway so hopefully the weather will cooperate by then. 

emdaly

What a great idea! You'd have a chance to have everyone meet the baby at once.  I'd say go for it!

hula_lula

I love the idea of a shower after the birth. A meet the baby party kind of thing.

vls80

I had one after DD was born. My friends had planned it for before, but I got put on strict bedrest at 32 weeks. So, instead of having it at my house w/ me laying on the couch in my PJ's, they just rescheduled it for about a month after she was born. It was great b/c everyone got to see her at once, hold her etc. It worked out perfectly.

bear2115

This is what my MIL wanted to do too.  She wanted me to come 3 hours to her house 2 or 3 weeks after she was born though.  I said no way was I bringing my 2 week old 3 hours in cold and flu season so that we could "pass her around" to everyone.  Are you kidding me?  We compromised and we will do it more like 6-8 weeks after she's born.  Hopefully I will feel better by then and the weather should be better hopefully.

marinabride

I am on bed rest so I will be having my big shower after the birth. I think it will be about a month afterwards. At first I was sad not to have it before but it will be fun to have everyone see him. I think we will call it a welcoming shower.

tmp-196789375008866

The shower my MIL is throwing will be after baby is born - most likely the second or third weekend in Feb, which will be about 4-6 weeks after baby, depending on when s/he wants to come out. Granted, they live in Mt. Prospect, so there wouldn't be as much travelling involved, but I think the idea is a great one in general. Like pp's all mentioned, this way the family gets to meet the baby and you can change around your registry a little if you need to : )