Comments on: 7w6d – ulp

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:54:20 +0000

I did not buy a thing (or allow presents) until 28 weeks (although I did line up in my mind what I wanted to get). Granted, I had a rough and perilous pregnancy and just didn’t want to have to pick up those particular kinds of pieces had something tragic happened.

As for a gift for your RE, I knew that mine liked wine but since we’re not wine drinkers I didn’t want to misstep there. I opted for a bottle of Cristal (which he’d never had and enjoyed with his wife when they celebrated their anniversary).

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:20:11 +0000

Hey Sprog – we were on a strict shopping diet of books and puppets till last week. I bought clothes, and lots of them. At 22 weeks. I still have no other baby gear. Am starting to get nervous. Let me know what looks interesting to you. I have spent so long ignoring baby stuff I have no idea what to get for the Bubble.
Oh – and once he gets here I figure I’ll send something to the RE. Maybe something for the office to share?

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:09:54 +0000

I second the Baby Bargains rec! It is my bible. I may have been living under a rock, but I just discovered Amazon’s Universal registry and it rocks my socks in a major way! Not only can you register for all things on Amazon, but you get a nifty little “Add to registry” button in your tool bar that allows you to add things from any website in the world. How cool is that???
I still want to send my RE something, but am at a loss…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:17:38 +0000

S – hope you are making it through the day. As for buying stuff – I cannot even imagine. Wow. If my old RE would have gotten me knocked up successfully, I was going to buy her a pen from Tiffany’s. Now – not sure what I will get Dr. 100% but if he called this right, there is not enough in the world that I could get him for giving me hope again.

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:34:54 +0000

I had a hard time buying stuff, too, and even registering for anything. I put it off until about 19 weeks, but then was forced to by the deadline to mail the baby shower invitations. It just felt like I was tempting fate too much. But then I was put on restricted activity at 20 weeks and now I can’t do anything. That makes me wish I’d started sooner and I also feel like I didn’t enjoy being pregnant as much as I could have. This will be our one and only pregnancy (triplets are enough for us) and I feel like I let a lot of it just slip by because I was afraid.

Please don’t let that happen to you. In between the nausea and napping, please enjoy this pregnancy as much as you possibly can.

By: Stillhopeful

Stillhopeful — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:56:18 +0000

How funny – I just wrote about baby gear today…. I’m almost 17 weeks, and still haven’t bought anything beside books and maternity clothes. I have been window shopping, internet browsing, and reading like crazy. You should really check out the book Baby Bargains. I’m loving it – great information, incredibly helpful. I think I’m going to hold off on buying anything as long as I can – we’re going to register at BRU, and they give you a 10% completion coupon for anything left on your registry. So I’ll hold back to get the 10%. I might just get a few things on Red Envelope, though… they have the cutest keepsake type things for babies…

By: K

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:10:33 +0000

Well, if it was me, I would try to resist the urge to start buying a bunch of stuff until maybe 20 weeks or so. I know, it seems like forever, but it will fly by. Of course, there’s no harm in window shopping and certainly making lists! As far as the RE gift, I would wait until after the baby is born. Maybe send a nice card with a picture? I’m sure they get lots of those, but a gift might be unnecessary. I don’t know…just my opinion…I’m sure whatever you decide will be just perfect.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:50:37 +0000

I had panic attacks when I went into baby stores. I wasn’t able to buy anything baby related until about 12 weeks. Even then, I think I only bought one thing beterrn 12 and 18 weeks… it does get better though.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:13 +0000

we love our RE and I think getting a gift is nice, although it seems like most people bring something when they bring the baby to visit it seems. RE ettiquette? Who knows!

I still get terrified with buying things, but as my husband says, we dont know what tomorrow ever holds, so we should do today what we feel we should do. Try not to worry about what might go wrong. It’s hard, and I say that from a lot of “wrong” experiences. But the only way to fully enjoy your baby is to focus on the joy and the happiness of that great soon-to-be’s.