This might be long... sorry in advance.
So my SIL is pregnant with her first baby, a boy, after struggling with infertility for several years. It's the first grandchild on my DH's side and everyone (as you can imagine) is thrilled. The only problem is that her Dr's office might not let her travel *at all*. She lives 3 hrs away from me and almost 4 from where the shower would be in her hometown. This is what she told me today:
"Hey just talked to my dr office. She said that since I have my issues that they would have to decide the week of if I could travel at all. Even that early. She said that I may be able to but it doesn't look good at this point. I mean, there is a chance he would allow it but we wouldn't know until the week of. I feel like that's cutting it close. I thought the placenta previa was completely gone but she said that it was still partially there and that if I travel I could bleed and it gets risky."
She is due in October, so we were planning on having it in August. But then with all this stuff, we bumped it up to the beginning of July.
Y'all, I'm at a loss. I have no idea what to do. The options I've thought of are:
1) A sip 'n see after the baby is born (but SIL wouldn't get the things she needs before the baby)
2) Have a shower where SIL lives, but I don't think many family members would come.
3) Have a shower anyway in SIL's hometown, but that would be awkward if she can't come...?
4) Wait until the week of when we were planning on throwing the shower and see if SIL can travel. Scary thought for me being the planner I am! EEK.
Ugh, I'm SO BUMMED. Please help me figure this out. I really wanted this to be special for her.
So we had to ditch a lot of the planning 2 days before the shower and we just had a nice little gathering at our house. We had to text everyone the changes. I personally would wait and see what the dr says. But if you are not comfortable with that then I would move the shower to where she lives. It is all about her and the baby it wouldnt really make sense to have it with out her. And people will come if they can, my family and some friends made the 3 hour treck to our house just for the day.
She's lucky to have you as a SIL!
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