I never had one. I had the offer from my mum and a friend but all of my close mates were scattered around the country side and pretty much everyone I would have wanted to invite was 1-2 hours (at least) drive away and I felt a bit selfish asking them to do that travel "just for me" IYKWIM? I ended up seeing most of them separately for different reasons during the final trimester anyway so there was excitement and celebration, but just not in one event.

At the time I didn't overly regret it but in hindsight I do a little as it would have been nice to have those memories of having all my close friend together to celebrate DS. Plus he will probably be my only (not by choice) so I have a bit of regret about a lot of stuff to do with having children generally and my history. I do what Kelly mentioned though and focus on the positives and on what I do have.