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?
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I just said that we are superstitious and that we'd have them over after we brought the baby home from the hospital.
For our first daughter someone still threw a shower, but it worked for our second
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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 : )
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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!
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@Jojogirl - I am, besides that I am really superstitious. Though I'm not pregnant yet I wonder about this often.
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@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!
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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.
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