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Want a BUMP at my Shower...
shipsshoessealingwax
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Ok so this is waayyy early (I'm only 5wks) but as my EDD is in very early Feb I had some questions/concerns about planning my future shower.
With the holidays eating up much of my later months (& all of the expenses that go along with them) I was trying to find dates that might work, but it's been hard. I want people to have time off from work if needed, & don't want to add more stress to the holidays with a shower in the middle, so I was thinking a week after the New Year... but slight premies are common for women in my family & I don't want to go into labor at my shower!!
On the flip side, I am about 40lbs overweight & am terrified if I do it before the holidays begin (month 6 or so) I'll just look fat & not preggo :-(. I gained quite a bit over the past year due to a back injury limiting my exercise, & am very self conscious about my body now. I just want a cute, perfect, firm little bump to show off at my shower!!
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Re: Want a BUMP at my Shower...
You should probably discuss with your host to see what dates/time of year work for you both.
You can't completely avoid the holidays with a Feb due date. People can be broke afterwards or strictly budgeting beforehand. It's sweet of you to consider your family.
Would you consider a meet the baby party late in February/early March?
Georgia 3/15/2012 Matilda 6/12/2014 TWINS!! Babies 3&4 EDD 11/22/2016
Call my crazy, but isn't it too soon to worry about this?
It is. Just please don't do "save the date" cards just cause you picked a date 6 months in advance! I'd aim for a January shower or early December depending on which end of Feb you're due in.
I was thinking this too. Especially if you're carrying the 40lbs around the stomach area, the perfect little bump may still have some padding on it.
And before anyone jumps my a$$, with my second baby, whom I got pregnant with 4 months after my first died, I was still carrying weight around my middle that I hadn't lost from the previous pregnancy, and my bump didn't get "cute" until about 2 weeks before I delivered. There was still flab on top of it. Hard underneath, yes, and no one could really tell but me, but it wasn't the fairy tale bump in bare stomach maternity photos.
Oh and it's way too early to stress out over a shower. You've already told people you're pregnant? You've known for like a week and a half...
This was my first thought.
Well, first off ditto to PPs about eye rolls
But, I was due Feb 25 and had two showers (I lived in AZ and had lots of friends/ family there and moved back to TX in Dec), one was the week after Thanksgiving, and then I had another one in TX on like Jan 16. It was fine.
All of this. You are barely pregnant, many women don't even know they are pregnant at this point. You are putting the cart way before the horse. Instead of worrying about a baby shower and the perfect "bump" (umm... superficial much?), you should be worrying about taking care of yourself and having a healthy pregnancy. You have a long way to go in your first trimester.
With my first, she was due Feb. 19. I had her the 26th. My shower was in the middle of January. It was fine.
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This. I wouldn't usually post for something like this but at 5 weeks pregnant... I was just so excited to FINALLY be pregnant, but simultaneously scared to death that I would never hear a heartbeat or feel our baby move. The last thing on my mind was a shower (or a bump) and I wasn't even dreaming of telling a single soul outside of immediate family. I know it's tempting to planplanplan but try to take things one day at a time. I hope you have a happy & healthy pregnancy and get your cute bump, along with a great shower ... but at this time there are so very many more important things to consider.
It doesn't even appear that the father of the baby knows he's going to be a dad.
But let's totes plan for the shower! YIPPEE!!!!!!!
And she doesn't even have her first prenatal appointment for 2 more weeks, according to her bio.
Talk about f'ed up priorities.
A friend of mine was due February 7th and she has her shower in November before the holidays started. It worked out well for both her friends and family because everyone was able to make it. Mine was Saturday, 3 months before my DD. It was the perfect time I think. Enough time to get the things we still need and organize what we've gotten. Plus it'll be nice to have all the thank you's out way ahead of baby coming.
Talk to the hostess and see what works for her!