Whats best and why?

Question

From experience which do you think its better?

Or

Do you just want to have it cause thats what you want?

Answer

My comment will probably come across as shallow, but in my mind a baby shower is better because you get gifts and stuff you'll actually need for baby saving you money, after the baby is here you've already purchased all of your necessities so any gifts you get at a welcoming would be more random/useless type stuff.

Answer

I say a baby shower because I don't want all the germs around my newborn.  Also, after baby gets here,  that my special bonding time. And my time to get me and baby on a schedule.

Answer

I'm doing a welcoming for these reasons:
 1) this is our third and I had showers for my other two. I had a boy the first time and 4 yrs later I had a girl. I already know what I need and plan to buy it ourselves. 
2) it's a SURPRISE GENDER. So, we won't know until baby is born. I feel that if family and friends want to give the baby gifts then they can once they know if it's a boy or a girl.

But I think FTM should experience being showered with gifts and having family and friends help celebrate the new baby ( if mommy wants to). Having a baby shower helped so much and it's so exciting to go home and set everything up

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