by Cecile Cinco
There are many ways to help pregnant friends or relatives. You can be there for moral support, help-around-the-house support, emotional support and material/financial support.
One idea is by holding a baby shower party! You can then invite your common friends to join the party. Of course it is best to use baby shower invitations for the enhancement of the party.
What can you give? If she’s rich and can buy anything, make your gift more personal like embroidered towels or booties, scrapbooks for her to fill with those captured moments, babysitting gift card (you do the babysitting yourself when she needs it). Let your imagination flow.
If she is not financially loose, this is easier. You can give all the needs of the baby and mother. Cloth and disposable diapers, clothes, flannels, toys, crib, petroleum jelly…just go to the department store and you’ll find lots.
It may not be normal but if you ask the mother what she would like to have, then you will have an idea what to buy. If you can talk among yourselves (the gifters), and tell each other what you plan to buy, then you will prevent having more than enough or none at all. Besides, the shower is for the baby, not for among yourselves. 
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