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Cheer up, it must not feel so good I hope your ok you can't rely on family and friends unfortunately. On to baby number 3 I don't ask for anything on anyone but everyone on my boyfriend side his family have asked if we need anything most I've asked for is nappies and wipes. But don't rely on anyone.

I am having reservations about making and sending my own because of fear of the same thing you are experiencing. It’s sad when you show up for everyone and no one does for you. Let’s just hope they are procrastinators and are gonna wait last minute

Just because they didn’t buy from the registry doesn’t mean that they don’t support you. A lot of gifts are redundant and you can get them anywhere, so maybe they got similar things instead.

People didn’t start buying off my Amazon registry until like 2 weeks before the baby shower. And a lot of the big gifts they didn’t order off the registry

Have you considered doing a virtual baby shower? Just a thought. It actually worked out really well for me when I was pregnant during the pandemic. Also, both of my baby showers, no one bought anything until the week of the shower 😅

I felt the same 😔 my husbands family stepped up which was so nice but I still felt very alone. I agree with the others, maybe give it some time. We had our shower 2 weeks before he was born and some of the gifts after that even.

I feel like most people look at the registry for ideas and buy similar elsewhere. Please post or send me a link to your registry 😊🥰

I’m so sorry this has happened. Do you think you could possibly do a zoom or Skype baby shower. Maybe that would get others to help you out.

Yeah we just had a baby shower, twin girls and my first pregnancy as well. Half of the gifts we got were from the registries were bought less than a week before shower and the rest, ppl bought them elsewhere. It was incredibly annoying looking at the registries every day with no action but that’s on me lol

Have a virtual baby shower! I did the same thing with my elopement and people ended up getting us nothing or cash! When it’s a party they’ll bring a gift. You can send them a little party favor bag and do a virtual shower!

I had a baby shower and only had 15 items purchased everyone brought there own things . I ended up returning majority of the things and buying things I needed . Don’t be upset.

Yeah same. I've so far had only 7 things which I'm thankful for but I'm gonna be a single mom so I'm stressed I won't have what I need

Man, that sucks. People did that for my wedding, too, and they didn't include receipts, either, and they were stuff that I couldn't use, like Teflon frying pans, when I have pet birds. I'm really worried that it will happen with the baby registry, especially with the big stuff, like the stroller, car seat, and crib mattress. Those things really do need to be what I picked out.

I also live very far from friends and family I feel your pain I never has that nor anyone that bothers now x

Oh Daisy. I'm sorry you are dealing with this. People are all talk including our families. What I've learned throughout my pregnancy is the ones that want to be apart will make time. It's okay to let it hurt you for now, but don't let it linger. Your family now is your baby and your husband. Everyone else is just extra and optional. Please post your Registry so we can all contribute.

Most of my family didn't make it to my baby shower because it was just not convenient for them. It hurt but you know what? It's their lose. Don't become bitter because of others. Instead, live and learn and move on.

I didn’t get a babyshower at all. (Complicated story but basically I have a low support system). A lot of friends and coworkers though did end up getting me small gifts towards the end of my pregnancy. Nothing was from my registry. I think a lot of people like to go off book. One friend was convinced my daughter would be a boy and that the doctor was wrong, so she got me a huge bit of boy clothes. One person even got me a beautiful customized wall art with the name she thought I should’ve named my child instead of what I actually named her 😂

I think most people tend to buy gifts last minute before the baby shower. Like 85% of people bought a gift the week of lol
I felt like I wasn't gonna get anything and then suddenly almost everything was bought 😛