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Nope, I did it :), I did feel like I was tempting fate a bit, but sometimes a deal came along that was too good to pass up. It was my guilty pleasure.

I bought quite a few things before getting pregnant! I'm not superstitious.

i know it's frowned upon by many, but i've totally done it! i would be more hesitant to buy during the first weeks of a pregnancy because then there is an association between the item and buying it for that baby, but beforehand there isn't that connection.

my rules are generally that it has to be at least 2/3 off, gender neutral, doesn't expire (carseats and some other items are only good so long so you want to hold off to get the most out of them) and something i LOVE & know i'd buy at some point. i also have some maternity items that i've gotten for free or almost free, because eventually i'll need them & why spend extra $$ paying full price then if i can get them slowly for nothing now!?? i mean guess i just don't think a white tee shirt is going to be worth more or be that much improved between now & when i get KU. target coupons are great for this! sometimes they'll have a $5 or $10 off a liz lange item coupon and if you can find something on clearance, it's often free! woohoo! i am the ultimate cheapskate though =D maybe if you planned on having a baby shower or getting lots of hand me downs, it wouldn't be as big of a deal, but we don't plan on either & need to save as much as possible, plus we've been trying for a long time & it helps me pass the time.

I bought a few things right before we started TTC and I also made a few baby things( I knit). I pretty much stopped making or buying things after a couple month into the TTC journey feeling a little weird about it. Now that it has been over a year definitely not and I have used most of the things I have made as gifts for all of my friends babies. I think that if it makes you feel good why not. TTC can be stressful so if it feels good and brings you hope nothing wrong with that.

To each her own, but I wouldn't do it. Considering how long its taken, it would've made me extra sad this whole time if I told myself it was OK to buy things.

I bought a crib before we were even TTC so no judgement here! (For the record it was in great condition at a garage sale for $25... how could I pass that up???)

I haven't, but I think I would under certain circumstances - for example, on vacation in another country if I saw something I loved that I could only get there. I've had a baby niece for as long as I've been TTC (she's 15 months now) so any time I see something I love, usually clothes, I end up buying it for her instead. Hopefully I'll have a girl and I'll get it all back in hand me downs, haha!

I don't think it's weird, I find myself browsing the Target baby clearance all the time. I've found some great deals on stuff that we will eventually need. I will say that I've limited myself to buying only things that are at least 70% off and gender neutral and I was trying to keep things small, so they could fit in a storage tub. But I did buy a glider/ottomon combo that was originally almost $200 and I ended up getting it for around $60. But I guess I don't really think it's any different than taking somebody's baby hand me downs before I'm actually pregnant.