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As an expectant mother, who should you include on your invite list for a baby shower being thrown for you?

I am having my first baby (very excited!!) in May and my sister-in-law (she is also a close friend of mine) has asked to throw me a shower and a family friend has also asked to throw me a seperate shower (one of the showers is being held in the city I used to live in and the other is being held in the city I currently live in) -- both have asked me for an invitation list and I am wondering what is the proper etiquette on who to invite? For example... -- My fiance is the baby of 13 so he has A LOT of relatives, he is close with most of them but since I don't see them often I am not very close with a majority of them, so I am wondering who I should invite from his family? Keep in mind, there are no family conflicts and I know his family would get along great with my family so it isnt about that at all. -- Should I invite my fiance's friend's wives? While I am not best friends with any of them, when we hang out with them I have a great time and we stay in touch through facebook. I should note that for one of the showers, we have decided to let husband's/boyfriend's come because my brother is going to take all of them (including my fiance) out while the girls have the shower so if I do invite his friend's wives, I would also be inviting his friends. -- As for my own friends...I know a large network of people but I am horrible about keeping in touch with all of them, I am wondering which friends I should invite? Should I just invite friends I see on a regular basis or also extend the invite to friends I don't see that often? I guess the bottom line is I don't want people to think I am inviting them so I can get more gifts because that is definitely not it but at the same time I don't want anyone to feel left out, afterall I am excited to be having my first baby and want to share it with everyone -- the more, the merrier! I would appreciate any help!! Thanks :)

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1. I would keep it at family and close friends that you talk to on a regular basis. For my baby shower, I invited family, my circle of friends I had at the time and my group of best friends from high school.