https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-697288 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:19:35 +0000 teamjse 697288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just be honest, my friends waited 6 months into my pregnancy before I have them the green light to throw me one. I have always been known to hate attention so they understood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-697062 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:30:55 +0000 JoJoGirl 697062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: my mom is warming up to the idea of a shower even though it makes her nervous. Having it at 36 weeks is part of how I'm helping manage :) I've told friends why we won't share names ahead of time and would be totally comfortable doing the same with a shower! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-696907 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:44:32 +0000 babycanuck 696907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jojogirl - I am, besides that I am really superstitious. Though I'm not pregnant yet I wonder about this often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-696616 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:03:11 +0000 JoJoGirl 696616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you Jewish? I am and debated having a shower since we typically don't do them. I eventually decided to have one (late) but if I hadn't, would've told my friends the truth. They would've understood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-696474 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:33:01 +0000 travelgirl1 696474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just said that I felt funny having one because in England we don't really do them (I live in Canada now, where they do) and I felt funny asking people for gifts. I just wasn't comfortable with it. My friends understood but I think they were disappointed because they wanted me to register so they knew what to get the baby : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-696421 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:56:55 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 696421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just said that we are superstitious and that we'd have them over after we brought the baby home from the hospital.</p> <p>For our first daughter someone still threw a shower, but it worked for our second :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-tell-people-you-dont-want-a-baby-shower#post-696413 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:51:47 +0000 babycanuck 696413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Typically in my culture we don't do baby showers, but would invite people after the birth to a meet and greet of some sort. It's great that people within the culture know this, but how do you tell people that don't that you don't want a shower and not offend them? How do you tell people at work that you don't want them to do anything? </p>