Baby showers?

For those of you who have had baby showers I would love to know at what stage of your pregnancy did you have it?

I didnt have a baby shower with DD as was overseas until 34 weeks and it was too hard to organise and by the time I was pregnant with DS I didnt feel the need to have one either.

I am hoping to organise a shower for one of my best girlfriends who is due in mid October. Problem is from mid August-early October I am overseas, so if I do it early August would that be too far in advance of the birth? She would be around 29 weeks at that stage?

i think that would be good timing, she will still be mobile enough etc to enjoy it.... and it will get everyone exciting nice and early!! i think lots of ppl have a bit later (like 32 wks) but she will be so appreciative of you arranging!! what a lovely friend you are.

Ang- i was 27weeks when i had my baby shower for Nixon.
My sister was organising it for me and 6weeks further along in her pg, so she needed to fly to Melb and was 33weeks at the time.
i rekon 29weeks should be fine

I agree, 29 weeks is great timing :)

A funny little baby shower story...my SIL had hers down for the 18th February, when she was 37 weeks. On the Friday she was kept in hospital with possible PE on the 18th she was induced due to her PE.

So she never got to have hers....your timing of 29 weeks sounds perfect. Here is a little poem you could put on the invite or thankyou notes.

Jac

PS Here is a nice poem for baby showers

With Tiny Hands
With tiny hands and tiny feet
I hope that very soon we'll meet.
I hope that you will stay a while
And make my mummy (and daddy) smile.
And although I can't be there today
There's something that I'd like to say,
Thank you for your gifts and wishes
And please help mummy with the dishes.
Love from Baby

I had my baby shower 3 weeks ago when I was almost 30 weeks. I think its a great time... you look pregnant, but not like a WHALE!! lol

and At least then I could still walk around properly!

Enjoy!! I think the earlier you have it, the more organised you can be afterwards.

:)

Thanks for the answers girls... I like the comments about her being not too big and able to move and enjoy it - hadnt thought of it that way!

Now I just have to start organising it...

I had my first one at 32 weeks and the second at 34 weeks.
The 34 week one I was a bit uncomfortable and anti-social by then so I think I would prefer it a bit earlier too :lol:

I had mine at just before 38 weeks. I was lazy and couldnt be bothered to organise it any earlier.

I think 29 weeks is a good time for it though.

While we are on the topic, I was wondering what the etiquette was for organising your own ? I have a friend who's sister in law in also pregnant and I am 99% sure my friend will Join the 2 baby showers as she is big into sharing occasions. (we share b'day's every year even when I dont want to)

the point is I don't want to share the shower with the sis in law, a few reasons but I just don't want to. can I arrange my own shower? or is that wrong etiquette.

Can't I just say my mother and I are organising it ?

She also wants to "share" a photo day at a friends photographic studio and I dont want to do that either as the sis in law is like a size 8 and pregnant and I am a 18 and I don't want to bare all infront of a skinny minny.

sigh... silly things I know.. but still

delicate dove, have you already told your friend that she can organise your baby shower? if not, when and if she asks you can just say that your mum is organising it for you (even if you do most of the organisation she doesn't need to know). if you've already told her that she can organise it, then maybe you can be proactive in setting the date and venue, and if she says anything about "joining" in with the SIL, then just say that you'd prefer not to. you only want your close friends there, and not all of her SIL's friends as well...
on the photography front, i don't blame you! i wouldn't want anyone to be watching me either! having photos taken is already an awkard experience without being watched by a supermodel!!

Hosting baby showers:
I am hosting my own baby shower as my sister inlaw just had a baby and the other sister inlaw is due 4 months after me, so no-one really took notice to ask if i wanted one. My mums helping me out though.And not to sound selfish, but as I have been unrecognised really through the whole pregnancy as now 1 sister inlaw has all the talk about her new baby, the other sister inlaw gets the talk about her 1st trimester in pregnancy, well I wanted my baby to have some time of her own attention. It ever frustrates me that the 1st sister inlaw HAS TO bring her bubs with her, even though she can go out drinking and leave him with other ppl. but a day time baby shower she cant. *shrug* So why not host your own shower and get the attention for yourself for once! it will be the last time you can cause it will be bubs for the rest of your life now :)

How far along:
Mine shower is june 10th, so i will be 36 weeks. I can tell i will get stressed and tired specially cause some how its become a 30+ amount of ppl (my mum got carried away). I wanted it earlier but with my sister inlaw having her baby, then mothers day 2 w/e's ago, my b'day last w/e, a 21st this w/e and my brothers engagement party next w/e it was the only date to suit.

Also I find that even though this is my 1st every1 worries you will pop it out before the shower. And Im starting to feel the pain now of her posterior postition, so earlier would have been better.

I am having mine this weekend, at 35weeks. I dont feel like a big whale, but, thats just me i suppose. I expected to feel whale like at this stage.
I was originally going to arrange it myself, but, my SIL's decided that they wanted to do it, and so i figured, what the heck.
I had no dramas in arranging my own baby shower. I figured that way, i would get exactly what i wanted in terms of food, games, decorations etc. But, the down side was that i would have to pay for it all. I say, go ahead, arrange one yourself, and tell peoples that its your mum's doing if it makes things less awkard for you.