I'm curious. When I made up the list, we have 75 people! We definitely need to cut that back because I hear it's going to cost $20 pp at the venue my sister are planning.
We've told them that we don't mind cutting costs by having it at a fire hall. Whatever is cheaper is fine by us.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I think there were about 50 or so - but not everyone is able to come so that cuts it down a bit right there. Maybe 12-15 of those invited couldn't make it.
cherry / 237 posts
I'm having multiple showers since we have family in two different states plus my work will throw me one as well. I'm not sure how many people will show up at the work shower since the whole company is invited but for my family and friends it will be 35 at one and 38 at another on the invite list so right at 73 for me. Of course like PP said not everyone will come.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@fancyfunction: @pinkarmadillo: Yeah, I'm thinking that 25-30% of the invitees won't make it. Plus, some are out of state and probably won't be able to make the trip.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
25ish? We did not bother inviting out of state people that we know won't come.
persimmon / 1364 posts
61. I was very surprised that almost everyone came. I think we had 4 people decline.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
I think around 50? But a lot were from out of town and we knew wouldn't come. We had just under 30 if I remember right.
persimmon / 1313 posts
25 for my first shower. It was my host's first time doing any type of party so I wanted to make sure she was comfortable so we agreed it was a good number. My second shower was about the same, family only.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I think there were just under 30 guests at my shower w friends and family. There were 40 guests at mil's shower she threw for her and fil side of the family/friend
pomegranate / 3521 posts
50 invites sent out and 60 people came (everyone said yes and some wanted to bring more people)
I'm having a smaller one this Saturday with about 28 people.
eggplant / 11287 posts
I had 18 people on the list and 15 people came.
I have never heard of such huge baby showers! It was just my sisters, close female family members, and close girlfriends for me.
For my second shower, technically my "sprinkle" for baby #2, it turned out to be bigger than my shower for #1! My mom and sisters threw it, and they invited all the out of town female cousins/aunts so it was more like a big family get together (20ish). Really fun!
pomegranate / 3401 posts
We invited about 50 and 37 came....but it was a co-ed, family style Baby-Q....so like 10 of the 37 were kids!
grapefruit / 4442 posts
We had about 50 and about 40 showed up. Most of the guests were my MIL's guests
pomegranate / 3791 posts
Maybe about 20, and we didn't invite anyone we knew wouldn't be able to come. I was trying to keep costs as low as possible for the host.
nectarine / 2600 posts
I think it was around 20. Sucks being so far from "home."
ETA: If we decide to travel to the US in the fall, we'll prob. have a sip n see.
nectarine / 2288 posts
We have almost 60 on the invite list. But it's coed and family and friends so we'll see how it shakes out
pear / 1955 posts
We had right around 40 on the guest list, and 35 came. I wasn't expecting that many!
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I can't remember - around 70-80? We had 50 people and I was really surprised that so many made it.
pear / 1788 posts
We invited about 25, but lots are out of town. 11 adults expected and 4 kiddos for 15. Small but sweet (and we are shamelessly hoping for the out of towners to send gifts! 
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wonderful pea / 17279 posts
For those with such large showers (40+) how many items did you have on your registry?
pineapple / 12053 posts
Around 60 for my big family shower. I have another small one with about 15 invitees.
persimmon / 1396 posts
My first was probably 30 ladies, for this baby we have about 39 people, but that's spouses and children. We are keeping this one super small and casual.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I had a pretty conservative registry - I tried to only register for things we needed and I thought we would use. We still didn't get everything though we were able to complete it with gift cards and exchanges! We had a girl and knew the gender so a lot of folks just got us clothes or other girly items.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
We invited about 70 and I think 64 came. My dad has 5 siblings and MIL has 6, so we have lots of aunts and cousins to invite.
@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I want to say between target and babies r us, we had maybe 100ish gifts. I made sure we had a wide range for prices. I mainly put on there what we really wanted/needed. I assumed most people were going to go off registry(since that's what usually happens for baby showers), so I wanted to make sure that those that did follow it had choices, and it was things we actually needed. We were very surprised that we only had about 5 things total that weren't purchased off them.
pomegranate / 3105 posts
my list and hubby's list was about 45, that didn't include my family, just DH's family and our friends. My guess is there will be about 80 invited, no kids. I'd love to have all the kids there but my sister made it clear no kids lol
Coed, BBQ, relaxed end of summer party
pomegranate / 3921 posts
Two showers, two lists of 30-ish people. But, there was some overlap (immediate family) so not sure the exact number.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
Like 20 per shower, had two smaller ones. I don't love baby showers- I don't know why but having so much attention in my belly kind of freaked me out a little- so I'm kind of glad to be on #2 and not feeling the need to have one. 
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