Thumbs up thumbs down?

Jlynn · #1 June 19th, 2008, 09:53 AM

Thumbs up thumbs down?
Shopping for baby stuff before you are pregnant. Explain if you want to

*becky* · #2 June 19th, 2008, 09:56 AM

Thumbs down...for me personally I was always afraid it would be some sort of jinx. (I'm weird that way!!) The only thing I bought prior to getting my BFP with Bailey, was a onesie that said "I Love My Daddy" - that's how I told DH that we were expecting. Other than that, I waited until my 2nd trimester to buy anything.

Hopingfor1soon · #3 June 19th, 2008, 10:01 AM

I personally say thumbs down, not because I dont want, but because for one DH would kill me (he thinks its bad luck) and two if for some reason I didnt get pregnant soon looking at all the baby stuff I have would just make me more sad and depressed...

Jlynn · #4 June 19th, 2008, 10:01 AM

I can understand that.

I say thumbs up. My mom and i go to baby shopping all the time. She already has stuff for my little bean

So do I!!! I have So much stuff.

~April04~ · #5 June 19th, 2008, 10:05 AM

thumbs up.. I like to go and look around and research a lot... but I haven't bought that much

Jlynn · #6 June 19th, 2008, 10:09 AM

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thumbs up.. I like to go and look around and research a lot... but I haven't bought that much[/b]

I go alot for the research too. There is so much to pick from. It's hard to know what is best. My mom helps me with alot of that stuff

My husband likes anything thats blue so he isn't much help

caseyb · #7 June 19th, 2008, 11:12 AM

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and two if for some reason I didnt get pregnant soon looking at all the baby stuff I have would just make me more sad and depressed...[/b]

Ditto. When I got preggo a few months ago, right away I ordered my son a shirt online that said "Big Borther to be" but by the time it got to my house I had had my misacrriage, and it was pretty rough to have to put that away for a while. I won't buy anything again until I'm in my second trimester.

*becky* · #8 June 19th, 2008, 11:48 AM

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Ditto. When I got preggo a few months ago, right away I ordered my son a shirt online that said "Big Borther to be" but by the time it got to my house I had had my misacrriage, and it was pretty rough to have to put that away for a while. I won't buy anything again until I'm in my second trimester.[/b]

I did this too...when we started TTC #2, I made Bailey a t-shirt through my cafepress store that said "Big Sis 2008"
It broke my heart when I had my m/c and then again when we passed the 2008 due date timeframe.

I do a lot of "window shopping" online...its amazing how much new stuff has come out since I bought stuff for Bailey in 2005/2006

Lo_and_Behold · #9 June 19th, 2008, 12:20 PM

Thumbs down. I'm superstitious too & I think I'll jinx myself if I buy anything. I just have 3 onesies (2 from a SS exchange & 1 I kept for myself b/c it was too cute). They're in one of my dresser drawers in a bag on the bottom of the drawer so I don't see them. But sometimes I forget & come across it when I'm looking for something. It just makes me sad that they've been sitting tucked away in a drawer for so many months.

ShannonMVT · #10 June 19th, 2008, 08:38 PM

Thumbs up. I do like to *at least* look, and if I see something really cute on clearance, I will buy it. I just have a handful of onesies that I have bought. And then all the baby stuff my brother and SIL gave me.

But I want to be able to buy all the "big stuff" when I am pregnant and know the gender.

I'm glad that I bought a few onesies for Thomas while I was pregnant. Even though it hurts that I didn't get to use them on him, I keep them in his memory box. I'm glad I have some things that belong to just him. I can look at them and smile because I remember how happy I was the day that I bought them. Next time I get pregnant, I may buy a few little things in the first trimester, I just won't go hog wild. If I lose the baby, it's going to hurt no matter what.

Chatterbox · #11 June 19th, 2008, 08:53 PM

I kinda go both ways on this. I haven't ever bought baby stuff before until this last week. I bought a cloth diaper - it's in excellent used condition, and then a brand new small wet bag that someone was getting rid of. I wanted to see a cloth diaper in person and I don't know anyone who does it. So, I'm totally in love with the little cloth diaper. The wet bag was just because I had a meltdown and I loved it and DH said he wouldn't look at me crazy like he did when I ordered the diaper. I think he was just trying to be sympathetic...lol. For whatever reason, I won't let myself buy anything else though. I do want to wait until we are pg before I buy anything else, including more diapers.

dng · #12 June 19th, 2008, 09:03 PM

I did it once, but it makes me very sad. I don't think I can do it again, maybe not even until I am inot the second trimester just to make sure.

Emm17 · #13 June 20th, 2008, 10:54 AM

Thumbs down.

I just dont see the point.

wishingxxx · #14 June 20th, 2008, 11:10 AM

Thumbs down....................I am very superstitious and i beleive its bad luck,and trust me,i need ALL the luck i can get at the moment.

Christine-MA · #15 June 20th, 2008, 11:50 AM

Thumbs down. (Although I'd like to!) I'll have 9 months after my BFP (or less), no need to start now. Baby fever is bad enough

snsgirl336 · #16 June 20th, 2008, 02:45 PM

Thumbs up.... I love to look and research and see what's new so I can be ready for when I get my BFP. Plus, we threw superstition out the window when my brother and SIL gave us everything from when their boys wre babies. It's in a storage unit. We figure that it's smart shopping if we see something we really really love at a great price (or free from your family LOL). That way we don't have to fork out a ton of money over the course of 9 months while we are pregnant.

samspain · #17 June 23rd, 2008, 02:22 AM

I do a lot of looking online and when we are out, but I won�t buy anything until we get a bfp.
I already have a few things that people have given us, but I don�t think that counts.
We have painted the spare room blue, and we are going to buy a wardrobe and some drawers, but we would have had to have bought furniture wether we were ttc or no, so that doesn�t really count either!!
I love to look at the baby clothes and prams/cots in the shops etc

I don�t think its bad to shop beforehand, but I don�t want to get my hopes up.

jeanbean · #18 June 23rd, 2008, 04:28 AM

Thumbs down for me, just because I haven't bought anything yet, and I figure why start now. I'd be afraid I would want to shop baby stuff all the time....I'd definately get addicted.

MamaAnna · #19 June 23rd, 2008, 10:45 AM

Thumbs down. I have a chemical imbalance that makes it extremely easy for me to slip into a depression and while TTC'ing I've found I have to hide everything baby related. If I see any of it in our home (crib, bottles, onesies, etc.) I spend several days depressed at the very least. Mentally I just can't handle it.