have you been buying stuff for impending bubs?

[MLR1901]

Hi all,
We are currently TTC round 2.
Before I became pregnant with 'bubble' both DH and I were a bit weary of buying and stocking up on things, or accepting seconds from family and friends.
We thought it might 'jinx' us.

Since 'bubble', I have a new attitude toward it, and have sorted of been getting things for a nursery, minus the big stuff like cot etc.
Mainly because a) I love to decorate rooms and sometimes you find stuff that is on sale etc and b) while we still have 2 incomes and can afford to stock up!

Just wondering if any of the BB TTC ladies been doing the same?
Or am I just too eager?

[~TT40~]

We did!! we even had the cot a year before Spock was conceived =P Basically we made a list of stuff we wanted and put it out to the universe and just kept our eye out for stuff. All our stuff we got at garage sales, markets, antique shops etc.. and really cheap compared to getting it new, and we knew if we didn't get it then we would miss the chance to get it cheap. well that was our rational for having a cot before we even had a baby =P

[Amy_jellybean]

Yep we are at the moment. After 4.5 years TTC, I dont think my luck can get any worse so why not?!

I believe that you get back what you put out, so if you are positive and are working towards something then you will reap the rewards. I have spent $450 on ebay this week buying things!!! Mainly clothes, wraps and MCN's. I have found the pram, cot and changetable that I want as well

[~~Snoogans~~]

We bought all the big stuff before we even conceived Miss H!

Basically because I thought better to get all the expensive stuff while we had 2 incomes

Took us another year before we fell pregnant!

Lucky we did, because I started a new job when I was 2 weeks along, then had to resign at 5 weeks as I was chucking up all day long for 8 months!

[nothing2lose]

I don't. I don't think it jinx's you or anything, but, to me, it just raises my hopes and expectations for something that might not happen.

[LuluHB]

I didn't buy big ticket items but after my third loss I bought a gorgeous but ridiculously expensive little outfit. Did it as much as anything to give myself a kick up the bum to get over myself and keep trying. I think there was also a little part of me that thought if I've spent this crazy amount of money on one thing then the universe just HAS to give me a baby ;-)

I am very superstitious though and in the early stages of each pregnancy have never even walked into a baby store, just in case

[starz01]

We have been TTC for 16 months and we haven't actually bought anything but have had a lot of things given to us by my sister and sister in law. We already have a cot, bassinet, pram, 2 car seats (one for newborn and another for over 6 months), 2 change tables (1 wooden that would go in the baby's room and the other is a portable which could go in lounge room), brand new in box toys that my sister never opened for her 11 month old, plenty of boys clothes (we're covered if we have a boy!), a couple blankets and a portable cot.

My sister in particular bought a lot of things new when she found out she was pregnant with her last bub because there was a 5 year gap between and she didn't have anything left. She was adamant that she wanted everything that I liked and that she had to come straight to me. Most of it has hardly been used so we're very lucky to have been given the chance of taking it all.

We just need a baby to use it all on...

[chody47]

We didn't last time and wont this time either. I don't even want to jinx myself by buying maternity gear that I see on sale lol. TBH, we didn't even buy anything for bubs until after my 20 week scan, after which we went out and brought a whole heap of pink stuff