Mine didn't.
My boss let me off 3 weeks before my due date and paid for my time off. 
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I wasn't working. But when I did work we threw baby showers for everyone else, so if I stayed I'm sure I would have gotten one.
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I don't want one, but one of my friends already insisted that I "will get a shower!" I think it's sweet that they want to offer, I just don't do well with the whole receiving gifts thing...
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Yep! There were two others coworkers expecting babies so we had a huge joint party.
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@mrsjyw: Yeah. I feel bad getting gifts like that too!
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My company got us our glider and ottoman and had cupcakes for me and everyone else. It was very nice of them:) Another coworker gave me a sweet gift, too.
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We usually do at my office. I have a friend at work who is preggers and for her I'm actually going to host a co-ed "sip and see" in my home for her and her husband after baby comes and invite our co-workers.
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@chopsuey119: dang, I'd take that over a shower! Not. Gonna. Happen....
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My company won't but my husband's company threw him a surprise shower yesterday! It was fantastic, lunch, cake, brownies, gifts and gift cards! His co-workers love him. It's awesome.
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I would be stunned. At this point I would be shocked to even get a congrats card when she arrives. I don't exactly have the best coworkers or company.
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I didn't want the whole office baby shower thing so we did a departmental outing (there's just 6 of us). They took me to Shake .
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I didn't want an office shower (for wedding OR baby) and asked them not to when the subject was brought up. We invited the ladies I work with to come to my one shower and most of them did come, which was nice.
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We had a happy hour that I organized! (and yes I had a drink pregnant) but they did give us a gift!
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No, they were so cheap. Plus I got laid off. No, I am not bitter.
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@Andrea: I feel the need sometimes just to reach through my computer and give you a big fat hug!! Stupid work. I'd be bitter too.
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@mediagirl: aww, you are soooooooo sweet. I should get over it, though, as it was over 2 years ago now. Hehehehe!
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They better, since I just shelled out for two bridal showers just this week!
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@Andrea: same here! Are we the same person? Lol
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@Andrea: it's okay to be bitter about it. I still feel bitter about my situation. And I think I have a bit of PTSD about it.
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They keep telling me that they want to plan one, but Sawyer is 2 weeks old, and I still haven't heard anything about choosing a date ...
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@chopsuey119: That sounds awesome! I would SO prefer that to a shower. I feel so awkward at work showers!
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@belleoftheballe: yes, that should be against the law!!!
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Yes! I was on bedrest and out of the office for almost 7 weeks and on my first afternoon in on Tuesday the ladies had a shower for me. My secretary organize a luncheon, got cupcakes, decorated a conference room and they gifted us some toys, lots of books and a gift card. Oh and my secretary gave me a VS nightgown for *after*. It was really sweet!
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I work with mostly guys so I didn't get a shower but they sent flowers after LO was born.
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I don't do well with the receiving gifts thing either! It's just awkward for everyone to be staring as I sit and open gifts. That said I work at two different hospitals and both threw me a shower. It was very sweet of them
doubly awkward for me but I'm very grateful for awesome coworkers.
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Nope, I was in ny, they were in va. Many didn't even know I was pregnant for most of my pregnancy.
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Yes! I had two work showers, one for each baby, two different working places... With my first, I was an RN at the hospital, and working with about 75+ healthcare professionals and staff on my unit and neighboring units, so I took home sooooo much stuff. My second shower was smaller because the office was smaller in employees, but i still took home a lot. Both times we had to send for messengers to pick up my gifts and deliver them home for me!
I didn't want either shower though because I really, really hate being the center of attention. But I was definitely so thankful for all the work put into the showers and all the gifts!
DH's firm... No showers, but they sent us a huge balloon/stuffed animal delivery and a Tiffany silver spoon after DD1 was born. DD2... Nothing!
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That would have been nice!!! But I got a shower so I won't complain. Haha.
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No, but they did give me a generous gift card to a toy store though.
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Nope but several of my co-workers came to the shower thrown by my friends.
My company used to throw showers for employees but then the policy changed for a couple reasons. We had two employees pregnant at the same time, one a first time mom and the other a second time mom. Even though the second time mom had received an office shower for her first, another employee insisted we had to throw her a shower because the other woman was getting a shower; it was just plain awkward because even the woman who was pregnant didn't feel a second shower was necessary. Then there was the year when 3 of us were getting married and HR felt it would be too much to ask of the employees. So, they changed policy so that no one gets a work shower for wedding or baby.
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No, but they will be invited to one of my baby showers, we have all worked together for 5+ years and are pretty close. We have very few females in my department as well so a baby shower probably wouldn't work too well.
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No, but my department usually pitches in to get a gift or giftcard for the occasion.
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They did and gifted us as well!
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Probably not because I mostly work from home and only go into the office 2-3x/month. And we only have about 5-6 people working there when I come in (it's a sales office, so they're mostly at home/on the road, too).
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