I was going to say the same thing! I can understand if he had a serious illness that was life threatening but it was probably just a bad cold. You don't need to look after him 24/7!!!

#12 and #18, if you had a significant other who was sick and you had been invited to a baby shower you should decline going, even if you already said that you would attend. Because most likely you're carrying germs from the sick person, and it's much more dangerous for a pregnant woman to have a cold or flu. We know that OP was carrying germs because she got sick right after, and while she may not have been sick the day of the shower you're typically contagious even before you show signs of being ill. You're friend should understand your intentions, and appreciate you caring about the health of her and her unborn infant.

I'm going to have to agree with you on that. I've heard being sick and pregnant is just miserable.

I agree with what you're saying. In all honesty I hadn't thought of it like that but to be honest I think OP probably didn't even think like that. She probably just wanted to take care of her boyfriend.

#14 and risk spreading germs to the pregnant friend and her unborn infant. Special or not, as my above comment stated, it's dangerous to a pregnant mother to catch a simple cold or the flu. Pregnant mothers tend to not be able to take medicines for things such as colds, and antibodies can be a gamble too. It was better for OP to stay away.

But she got sick because she skipped the baby shower to be with him. Had she gone, she might not have gotten sick at all.

#66 doubtful, she would have still gotten sick and exposed her pregnant friend to the germs. Illness, in my experience, typically spread 24-72 hours after exposure to the germ. If I've been around my nieces and nephews and they are snotty I can tell, it's almost 48 hours on the dot after first exposure. OP was already exposed to her boyfriends illness, and it was reproducing in her system even before she started feeling bad.