Life’s hectic, what with all the work prep for maternity leave and home prep for your new baby. To save time for yourself—and for your working-mom shower guests—set up an online gift registry and choose the just-right carriage, changing table, stroller and crib for you. Here, a few of the best baby shower registries and their particular perks.

Buybuybaby.com offers a wide assortment of prices and choices. Once your shower is over, you get 10 percent off any items remaining on your list (other sites offer this as well). Moms-to-be receive free registry announcement cards, and you’ll get additional savings when friends sign up, too.

Diapers.com features free overnight shipping, exchanges and returns and gives a $50 cash-back credit for every $500 in purchases. The site has more than 25,000 products and a “ship it later” feature. Find the same product online elsewhere for less? Diapers.com will match the price.

Giggle.com prides itself on having tough criteria for products. Every item goes through a rigorous selection process by parents. Not sure what to list? Try a “jumpstart checklist” in the online registry resource box that suggests staple items and products by age. If you’re expecting twins, you get 10 percent off when buying duplicate items.

C-section news
If you think you must deliver your second child by C-section because you did so with your first, think again. More women have the option of vaginal birth after C-section than realize it, says Mark Landon, MD, chair of the ob-gyn department at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

“Physicians need to offer women objective data and discussion concerning the risks and benefits of vaginal birth versus C-section,” says Dr. Landon, noting that the national C-section rate has been increasing for more than a decade. About one mother in three now gives birth by cesarean section, a record level for the United States.

Since recovery time from a C-section is typically longer and more painful than recovery from vaginal birth—a concern for working moms on leave—women should discuss the possibility of vaginal birth after a C-section with their ob-gyn, says Dr. Landon. He suggests seeking a second opinion if your doctor won’t explore this option with you.