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monica9 (1489.8 days ago)
ask your mother if she can throw the shower. if she needs help, offer to help her. it can be at someones house, you can make the food and buy some soda. you can definitely throw one yourself. thats not tacky but dont ask your friends unless you wanted them to each make something to eat.

aprilqueen (1490.1 days ago)
heres my story my friend told me make sure not to let anyone throw me a shower cause she wanted to so i rented the place she wanted to do it at then when i told her she said she didn`t have any money so i me and my mom pretty much ended up throwing my own shower it went great though it was just messed up the way she did me....

Proverbs31mama (1490.4 days ago)
Ya im in agreement that your mom should do it. But i also think expected babyshowers are overrated. This is my third pregnancy and I was never given a babyshower. Still made my mothering experience fine hehe. Im sure babyshowers are fun though! Ask your mom about it and if she wont do it then throw one for yourself.

BreeLouise (1490.6 days ago)
My mum and i are throwing my baby shower. im helping organise it becaouse i want to. i love throwing parties and come on its 2008!

veroki (1490.6 days ago)
im sorry i have to disagree with the people who are telling you to approach your friends, i think its in really bad taste to ask friends to carry the financial burden of throwing you a shower when you yourself admit it will mostly be family attending. i would never dream of asking my very best friend to do such a thing, it should totally be someone in your family (mother, mother-in-law, sister,etc) and for some reason if you feel like your family would be bothered to do it(its their job so they shouldnt) then you need to throw one for yourself, the women who are telling you its tacky to do this must be rich and can buy everything they need, most of us need help and thats what a baby showers are for.

RobinG (1490.8 days ago)
Your mom and MIL should be hosting it ~ I would casually say to your mom with a giggle `I`m looking at my calandeer to plan a few things ~ I assume it is going to be a surprise but can you give me a hint on when my baby shower is so I am sure to be around?` Where I live it is always done for pregnacy and always by family unless the family has passed or has concerns. Your mom should get the hint that you are expecting one or say with a big smile ~ `Mom when are you hosting my shower? I surely cant host it myself, lol` :) If she says she isnt say you`ll just add her name so it doesnt look funny and you`ll host it then at her house, lol. ((()))

absoluties (1490.8 days ago)
Tell one friend that the other asked you to throw the party, but that you didn`t want to make the decision before checking with her, just in case!!! Tell this to all 3 of them separately, and see what happens. You`re the pregnant one after all, no one will ever blame you of this ever gets out ;)

MzNaNa (1490.8 days ago)
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THROWING YOUR OWN BABY SHOWER 2 OF MY FRIENDS DID IT AND ONE OF MY COUSINS AND ALL THREE TURNED OUT TO BE EXACTLY HOW THEY WANTED IT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME HELP ON IT.. I MEAN IT S 2008, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING!

naomijane (1490.9 days ago)
Well if you look on the Forum & Info section there is a section on Baby showers I dont have a mom and Im to young to have a friend do it so Im having my grandma throw mine =] But I would definitely check out the info on this site it really helped me since I just e-mailed the info to my grams Hope everything works out for ya =]

Lou-Li-Ro (1490.9 days ago)
We don`t have baby showers in Ireland -- is it one of those things you just have to do over there where you are? Here, we get passed on things from family members who have recently had kids, like today I got about 5 big boxes from my aunty of secondhand clothes (saves me a BUNCH of money) and a play-pen, a papoose, a baby-back-carrier-thingy, a steriliser, etc... and I will also be getting cots passed on to us as well... That`s really what we do here, but I had never heard of `baby showers` until I joined this site. Is it just like a party or something? It seems a big huge deal is made of these things...

christy (1490.9 days ago)
I know my mom and mother in law and allllll the sisters are going to be doing mine together. My best friend offered but she lives so far from the rest of my family. I`ll be traveling to NC (around 5 hours) the way it is. I`m sure there will even be a fight with my mom and mother in law as to who hosts it but that`s not my problem! It`s the first grandbaby for my in laws side so I`m sure she`ll wanna but my mom will probably win! :) All the extended family on both sides live within 30 minutes from each other there so it will be worth the drive I`m sure. I would ask your mom and tell her you`ll help with the invitations and even get the cake/snacks etc.

jjones0461 (1490.9 days ago)
I just want to add that I would put on the invitations that my mom was hosting, but I would just do all of the work so my mom wouldn`t have to.

JenJen (1490.9 days ago)
I didn`t have any friends either with my first baby and my mom threw my baby shower. I asked her too. It isn`t tacky because I mean everybody needs help during this special time. I bet your mom would be more than happy to throw you a shower. Just ask her when she isn`t overwhelmingly busy one day and say hey, would you mind hosting my baby shower. You could tell her she can do it at your house if you live away from her, or ask a friend if your she would mind helping your mom host your baby shower. That way you are not directly asking a friend and they will be more opt for doing it since they will have help.

sherriJH (1490.9 days ago)
maybe they don`t have a place to have the shower. maybe offer your home if they will host it for you, they should want to do this for you. if that doesn`t work, maybe one of your friends could talk to your Mom about doing it with her at her house...someone needs to do it, but it is kinda tacky to host it yourself.



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