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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.

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!

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!

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.

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.