Baby shower after the baby is born?

[Arimeh]

I think its a great idea!! I didn't feel too bad 2-3 weeks after my first c-section so I'm sure you will be fine Its not like its a huge party that goes for hours and hours, so I'm sure you will feel up to it

[Rowellen]

I did that thinking it would be a good idea but in reality, it was way too soon. DS was really fussy that day and I was BF and hadn't quite got the hang of it. I didn't feel comfortable feeding in front of everyone when it was still so new and DS was being fussy. He ended up going to sleep after feeding for an hour so no-one really saw him. But everyone else seemed to enjoy it. lol! We did an afternoon tea type thing and set an end time. We said no presents but no-one listened.

I think it probably would have been better to wait another 2 or 3 weeks.

[Nai]

I think that's usually called a "Head wetting" rather than a baby shower. We had one when DD1 was 4 weeks old. We invited a few of our closest friends and had it at our favourite brewery. We stayed for a couple of hours and then went home after a drink and something to eat. Everyone got to meet DD1 and have a cuddle. It was lovely and I didn't have to do anything other than turn up.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

I love Nai's idea of going somewhere so all you have to do is turn up

I had some relatives from interstate who were in town and wanted to come visit when DD was 2 weeks old. They spent lunch and almost the whole afternoon at our place. I was exhausted and it was a bit overwhelming to be honest. So probably it was a bit early for me. I couldn't have done it if my mum and dad weren't there to do all of the cooking/cleaning up/entertaining

[Calluna]

This is what I wanted to do, it would have been great except that MIL decided she'd take it upon herself to organise for everyone to come to our house the day after we got home from hossy! Everyone wanted to come at different times and apparently that was ok too. So we had people drifting in and out all day on our first day home NEVER again!

Anyway, my point is make sure you'll be ready for visitors and be sure everyone knows the start time and sticks to it!