https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:14:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-545909 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:38:59 +0000 MrsRcCar 545909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't buy anything until almost 17 weeks. It was hard not to but worth it. After we found out that we were having a boy I went and bought some things. I did major shopping after my showers. We put money away from each check until we went shopping that way the money was there with out buying anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-545894 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:23:05 +0000 avivoca 545894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not buying anything yet, mainly because we told our families not to buy anything until after our first ultrasound. But I will buy things for me, like a baby book, clothing, skin are, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-545871 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:05:18 +0000 marionberry 545871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jennimac: @Betsyboop: Thanks! These are the types of things we've been getting so far. I'm wondering if we should pick up some of the "more expensive items" since our family would be less likely to buy us lots of those in a shower. However I do pick up little things if they're super on sale.</p> <p>@jerricabenton: This is a very good idea! I happened to pick up some medela breastfeeding items because our hospital had them on sale. But there are many more that I still need just for me.</p> <p>For any of you that didn't buy until 12 weeks for fear of mc, what did you buy once you got there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540981 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:37:43 +0000 JerricaBenton 540981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only bought stuff for myself, maternity skincare, comfy bras - stuff like that, until we knew the gender. Early purchases that might be good are cloth diapers, if you're going that route. You can stretch out the expense and they are less likely to be gifted to you. I would just take the time to research the kind of gear you want. That took a lot of time and you don't want to feel rushed at the end. Also most people go fairly gender neutral with that stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540975 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:35:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 540975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I was too nervous too. We've bought a couple of novelty onesies and that's about it. But we are also focusing on moving so its harder to know what we need. And I expect to get a lot of basics at our shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540965 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:32:17 +0000 betsyboop 540965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a few things here and there as we saw them on sale. We bought our stroller, onesies and a few newborn clothing items, our white noise machine, crib and infant car seat. I don't regret buying any of those things but it did make things difficult for people who wanted to buy things for us as we had already acquired a bunch of stuff. So we ended up getting a lot of clothing, which I think is somewhat unavoidable anyway. I say go for it!</p> <p>ETA: We didn't really buy stuff until after I was out of the first trimester but that was more because I was too busy with other stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540960 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:26 +0000 JoJoGirl 540960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was too nervous to buy anything til after 12 weeks. But that was probably unnecessary :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540959 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:07 +0000 singingbee 540959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought things like bath tubs and swings. We have two houses so I bought them at a consignment sale. I also got a great pnp. Some will say they didn't buy anything because they didn't want to jinx anything, but I know I didn't lose my daughter because I bought things too early. So that's my thoughts on the matter. There was a point that I did put some things in another room, but honestly, for me that wasn't the hard part about losing our daughter. I know they will be used and our future kids will love them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540957 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:29:15 +0000 lovehoneybee 540957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really buy much early, actually. I waited until after my shower to see what I still needed (a lot of stuff like the Boppy and bottles and even our crib and glider were gifted). The only thing I bought early on was cloth diapers because I wasn't sure they would be gifted (we got a lot of initial skepticism about them) and I caught a good sale on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-pregnancy-shopping#post-540919 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:16:13 +0000 marionberry 540919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 7 weeks pregnant and there are things we will wait to buy until we know if it's a boy or girl (basically anything that should look girly or boyish). But I'd like to start collecting items that aren't affected by gender now, to spread out the expenses. Thinking of such examples as a boppy, bottles, etc.</p> <p>So I want to know, what items did you buy early on in pregnancy? And did you ever regret buying items early? </p>