Baby showers are a popular way of celebrating the impending arrival of a new baby. Many baby showers are thrown in the last trimester of your pregnancy and expectant mothers are showered with items they might need for their soon to be born baby. However, baby showers for the expectant mother are actually a relatively modern invention made possible by modern medicine. Originally, baby showers were not given for expectant mothers. In fact, very little was done for the impending arrival of the new infant. The standard was to wait until after the baby was born and had been around … Continue reading →