Question for parents of newborns -

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Anonymous wrote:Send your friend a nice robe. Prepared foods are so easy to get now. No one wants frozen food.

+1. Nobody wants a freezer meal.

I wish the custom was to send people who are 38 weeks pregnant freezer meals instead of newborn people. Once the baby is out I am FREE. But that last month of third tri is an agonizing slog.

38 weeks pregnant, still working, and totally losing it here...yeah. With you. (It's not my first so i don't want to hear any "just wait until the baby's here" - at least then no one will be expecting me to metro to work and back every day.)

That said, wow y'all are ingrates. I'm always appreciative of ANY help people offer unprompted, even if it's not my first choice of a meal I didn't prepare myself.

Agreed!

Im the first pp who suggested meals for the 38 weekers and totally agree. I'm 34 weeks at the end of a long miserable pregnancy. I've been sick basically the whole time. I have to make dinner, clean the kitchen and do bedtime for a kid every night. I have two and I actually have a super involved and helpful husband and I treat anyone who brings over so much as an apple or a tray of mac and cheese as a savior.

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Uber Eats or Instacart gift card. Then they can get whatever they want and you don’t have to worry about preferences, dietary restrictions, etc.!

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I loved the bagels, cream cheese, and fresh orange juice a friend delivered. Another friend brought croissants, deli chicken salad, and butter lettuce. Both were so very well received.

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My in-laws did a mini Costco run for us. It was the bees knees. So helpful!

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Ask her what she likes. I don't mean to sound ungrateful but my husband and I are picky and received several meals that weren't our style at all and ended up in the trash.

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Agreed with the pp who said bagels - a friend brought a couple dozen and nice spreads and we loved that and had extra to put in the freezer for later. I don't know if Prime Now does gift cards, but you could also do Instacart.

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Anonymous wrote:If you were my friend, I'd like you to ask me what I'd like/need at this time, and then do that thing. Not ask a bunch of internet people who don't know me what they think I'd like.

And if OP was my friend and asked me what I'd like/need, I'd say nothing, because I'm not comfortable asking for things. I'm very glad my friends made me meals and brought them over unprompted because I would never ask them to do so but they were very helpful.

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I've gotten second hand meals from a few postpartum friends over the past couple of years. They run out of freezer space or get too much fresh food at once and can't eat it before it goes bad. Maybe we're all just super nice and generous (kidding!), but I'm sure these friends would have preferred a gift card that can be used the first week back from maternity leave more than another bagged salad and casserole. Uber Eats, Instacart, etc. during the last month of pregnancy would be perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Send your friend a nice robe. Prepared foods are so easy to get now. No one wants frozen food.

+1. Nobody wants a freezer meal.

I wish the custom was to send people who are 38 weeks pregnant freezer meals instead of newborn people. Once the baby is out I am FREE. But that last month of third tri is an agonizing slog.

38 weeks pregnant, still working, and totally losing it here...yeah. With you. (It's not my first so i don't want to hear any "just wait until the baby's here" - at least then no one will be expecting me to metro to work and back every day.)

That said, wow y'all are ingrates. I'm always appreciative of ANY help people offer unprompted, even if it's not my first choice of a meal I didn't prepare myself.

Agreed!

This. Jesus, you people are rude.

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I'm not sure a freezer meal would have been helpful for me, but I really loved the friends who came with food and ate with us. It was nice to be social after a few days/weeks of being a shut in, and to have a nice meal that was more complicated than we were doing at the time (by complicated I mean main, bread, salad and something sweet). And our friends go to meet the baby!

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One day some friends called us, asked if we were home, and what we wanted for dinner- Thai, Mexican, etc. They sent uber eats to us in 20 min. Very much appreciated!

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Maybe we can release the phrase freezer meal from original post? I’m guessing they meant something that’s prepared and can be served right away or stored for down the road.

OP what about seeing if they have a meal train? Even if you’re not close enough to participate in that that will give you an idea of what kinds of food they enjoy.

And I echo the sentiments of the gift cards or sending delivery. The above example of checking in and then sending something right away was brilliant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My in-laws did a mini Costco run for us. It was the bees knees. So helpful!

Costco delivers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Send your friend a nice robe. Prepared foods are so easy to get now. No one wants frozen food.

+1. Nobody wants a freezer meal.

I wish the custom was to send people who are 38 weeks pregnant freezer meals instead of newborn people. Once the baby is out I am FREE. But that last month of third tri is an agonizing slog.

38 weeks pregnant, still working, and totally losing it here...yeah. With you. (It's not my first so i don't want to hear any "just wait until the baby's here" - at least then no one will be expecting me to metro to work and back every day.)

That said, wow y'all are ingrates. I'm always appreciative of ANY help people offer unprompted, even if it's not my first choice of a meal I didn't prepare myself.

Agreed!

This. Jesus, you people are rude.

It’s not 1978. Freezer meals are not a thing. I can get anything I need to my house in 24 hours. Why stockpile food? It’s actually rude to send people crap that is completely useless.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Send your friend a nice robe. Prepared foods are so easy to get now. No one wants frozen food.

+1. Nobody wants a freezer meal.

I wish the custom was to send people who are 38 weeks pregnant freezer meals instead of newborn people. Once the baby is out I am FREE. But that last month of third tri is an agonizing slog.

38 weeks pregnant, still working, and totally losing it here...yeah. With you. (It's not my first so i don't want to hear any "just wait until the baby's here" - at least then no one will be expecting me to metro to work and back every day.)

That said, wow y'all are ingrates. I'm always appreciative of ANY help people offer unprompted, even if it's not my first choice of a meal I didn't prepare myself.

Agreed!

This. Jesus, you people are rude.

It’s not 1978. Freezer meals are not a thing. I can get anything I need to my house in 24 hours. Why stockpile food? It’s actually rude to send people crap that is completely useless.

I don't think PP was prompting you to prove her point.