Yup he was in it on the friday- graduated to a silver jumpsuit with yellow starfish on the crown jewels on the saturday. There was a gorilla suit at some point too.

DP kept asking me what the secret MN handshake entailed. Probably did see one or two of you, and I'm big enough in the right place to be noticeable. But I'm getting bump fixated at the moment, and would look up from a lovely round belly to see a beard and bald head, every now and then...

Think I did see your DH, Thandeka, but then there were a good few men in wedding dresses. Seem to remember seeing a redhead on the Friday though, and being surprised at how well the frock was coping in the mud - sound familiar?

Hi all,
Yeah every pregnant woman I saw I was eying up suspiciously to see if they were a mumsnetter! (what would be the clues- not carrying a fruitshoot or greggs sausage roll?- hmm!)

I am not showing so you wouldn't have known me although the ginger man in a wedding dress and bowler hat was my DH if you saw him! . I had a reet panic at Glasto as all my symptoms WENT I mean nada nothing all gone- I felt great- cue conviction another MMC. anyhow got back on monday morning and promptly started throwing up again and feeling utterly grim so maybe Glasto is the ultimate morning sickness cure! Won't be happy til scan on tues though.

Wow how many pg women were there at Glastonbury?????

I saw loads, don't know if any of them were you lot but was glad I wasn't alone.

I had to laugh when the woman trying to sell me hash truffles snapped bumps with me.

Hope you all had fun.

I have given up on the idea of working any more festivals. It was all a bit too much to be honest but had a great time.

Ninja

Had a fantastic time at Glastonbury. Loved Pendulum, Blur, Ebony Bones and Noisettes and so much more. Went so quickly. But there did seem to be so so so many more people there than last year. Still felt fine the whole time and managed to avoid the long drop toilets all weekend. Had some fab food too. Greenpeace cakes were the best.

NCTBabe Glad you were given the all clear before the weekend. Funny how people that have never been to glastonbury react with such horror about a pregnant woman going! Sorry didn't get to meet you but I did have a look round the tent and spoke to a nice guy and a mum of a gorgeous 6 month old boy so feel very reassured about taking the baba next year. Looking forward to it already.

The woman did not have her baby at glastonbury in the end just started labour, or thats what the glastonbury newspaper said anyway. It reported that she wanted to give birth in a tipi but the medics on site were not happy with this. Well thats what I read anyway.

We have just put up our cot someone gave us and had a trpi to John Lewis to order a mattress so quite a productive day really considering we only left glastonbury this am and we live 5 hours away. Oh and I squezed in sainsburys too.

The quo were good so were bat for lashes.

so I heard on the BBC that there was a baby born at Glastonbury - first in 12 years apparantly. So was it Mumsnetter?

Hello all!

I left straight after Blur, and after finally finding the car, got home at 3am. Crawled straight into bed without a shower (bleugh!) but I was so tired I couldn't help it! Had a fab time though and was glad I went, although I do wish I had spent more time in the Greenfields, but then I think that every year...also wish I had taken DS, but I think we will all go as a family next year, including the baby, and steer clear of the main areas, which were just ridiculously busy.

I started going in 1997, and maybe I am imagining it, but there seems to be so many more people?! Or perhaps it is just the sunshine!

Loved seeing Dodgy up at the Avalon stage, and DH fulfilled his dream of seeing The Quo! So all good. Hope everyone else had a fab time!

Well I'm just home from glasto 09. Waiting on water heating up so though I'd let you know how I got along. I'm 22 +6 weeks and have to says I had a wonderful glastonbury. Loved Blur last night, no problems with camping but then I'm a regular camper and love my tent. What were other peoples fav moments how did you all get along. I know may not get replys for a while as some may be stuck in car park still. We were luck and only had a 5 min que.

Look forward to seeing how people got along.

Traffic is terrible round and about- just to warn you all. Complete gridlock.

Dh and family is on site and I will pop in friday I think. We are lucky that DH's best mate lives in Pilton so we have villagers car passes- makes it a bit easier.

Have fun getting down there everyone.
xxx

I'm off tomorrow morning 8am. Hope to catch some of you there.
Good luck all x

Am getting the train down tonight.
Morning sickness has eased a bit so I may venture into Glasto a bit on Thursday/friday. My plan is to scuttle in and scuttle out again if its too much for me.

Fingers crossed for everybody.

i would still go maybe your last festival for sometime, as for the vomiting thing....people will be drunk and vomiting evrywhere anyway so i don't think anyone would notice bar you....toilets would gross me out though....HAVE FUN

Thank you all for your thoughts.
Saw the doctor who was happy all was OK as the bleeding/spotting has now stopped. She recommended total rest for at least three days and was horrified that I was going to Glasto. As with you Issy42 I explained that Glasto = more rest and relaxation than at home but she wasn't convinced. I am going to defy her and go but there is a midwife in the Kidz Field and I know some of the medical team up at the Farm and they are great so don't feel guilty as you will probably have better access to supportive medical staff at Glasto than at home!!
Ninjacat I had a call later today from the doctor who took my swab and I have some kind of bacterial infection that causes discharge spotting and some bleeding. I need antibiotics but mind even more at rest and even more determined to attend Glasto! I will try and get over to the Park to say "Hi" so will look forward to seeing you. I am also on Shift in the NCT tent 4-7 on Friday and Sunday if that helps!
Dall I'll see you on Saturday!
Thanks to you all again!

Hi all,

Have been without t'internet for over a week (arrgghhh!!!) so trying to catch up. Glad your scan was OK thandeka, sorry to hear you're too ill to venture to Glastonbury though.

Hope to catch up with some of you there - will try and look you up NCTbabe and ninjacat when you are working.

Hey Issy42. I'm really glad they gave you some postive news at the hospital today but can't believe they were so rude with it. Don't let their ignorance turn into your guilt.

Those that have been know there is no where more relaxing than a summers day at Glastonbury. You can do as much or as little as you like. I hope you have a fantastic time.

Hope everything went well for you today NCTBabe.

My scan confirmed all OK, but the staff were not very nice. Within seconds of telling me everything was OK, started aggressively talking about why I shouldn't have an NT scan, then told me I shouldn't go to Glasto at all because I needed rest and relaxation (when I asked if I was OK to carry a rucksack). They wouldn't hear me out about Glasto = rest and relaxation, so in the end I just didn't bother asking them any of the other questions I had. So now I'm going to Glasto feeling guilty for defying medical advice, even though I know it will be far more relaxing for me than cancelling my leave and going back to work or moping about at home alone. The important thing is that the baby's OK and just have to try to forget everything else.

NCTBabe Hope everything has gone well for you today. Look forward to see you Saturday to pick some tips for next year.

Dall

NCTBabe I was diagnosed with an ectropian. For me it caused a pink discharge and bright red blood when I wiped but is not any thing to worry about.
I'm not suggesting that you have the same but ask your doctor to have a look at your cervix just incase.

I'm working until 4pm most days but feel free to come and say hello to the pregnant lady working in the express thali cafe in the park. I'll be on my way to 20weeks so pretty obviously pregnant

If everyone is still up for a MN meetup at Glasto why not come up to the NCT Baby Feed and Change tent. We do tea and coffee and you can see the facilities for yourself so you know what to bring and what not to bring next year when you come to Glasto with your babies. I am on shift between 12-4 on Saturday, so that would be an ideal time - we are at the top of the Kidz Field in Little Kidz.
I help run and organise the tent and am currently 13+5weeks. I have been spotting since Wednesday after I went to the docs for a vaginal swab. Later that day I had pale pink spotting when I wiped which was there again on Thursday and Friday, through intermittently. I was seen in EPAC on Friday and all was fine with the baby and there was no concerns. However, Friday evening the bleeding increased and is now bright red. It is still only there when I wipe but on calling the maternity ward back they said I had to wait until Monday to talk to anyone as only 13weeks. Half the time I think all must be fine as the scan showed me so and I'm in no pain but the rest of the time I am very worried and upset.
Amongst all this trying hard to get all the stuff sorted for myself, DH, DD and DS and the NCT tent, ready to head in later today to put up our camping tents and to get the Feed and Change Tent kit in on Wednesday along side me and the kids.
All my crew is very supportive but being a bit of a control freak by nature I find it hard to sit back and shut up!
Will be heading to docs first thing on Monday, if I can get an appointment to see what they think.
In the meantime I will just watch everyone else do the work and play with DS who is 15 months.
All being well will hope to see you next Saturday.

Hey - thought I would bump this as it's so close.
Issy42 - thank you for asking after me, I am fine now. Second scan confirmed the bad news but we're moving on and being positive.

Looks like the weather may be good. We're aiming to get there early on the Wednesday to bag a good spot!

Hi Issy42. Fingers crossed for you. Good luck for monday.

My scan was okay- saw heartbeat but am a little worried about it being a tad too small for my dates (5.6mm at 7weeks when should possibly be around 1cm) and am sure of my dates. Hmmmm.

I am signed off work for another two weeks and my plan now is to go down and stay with M-i-L in Ashcott during Glasto and if I feel up to it venture in for the odd day maybe a night but i am throwing up every morning and feel constantly nauseous throughout the day so am really suffering so not sure how much fun I will have! My friends funeral is on the Thursday of Glasto so DH and friends are leaving Glasto to go and come back on the Thursday but we decided I wouldn't as me vomiting in the funeral probably wouldn't be the best (plus is in Swindon and am not a good traveller at the min just travelling to Somerset may kill me although lovely Step F-I-L may have offered to come and pick me up! I will say goodbye to my friend in my own way sometime on the Thursday.

Hope everyone else is well and looking forward to it.

Hi everyone. Just popping in after a long break from the pregnancy threads. So sorry to hear about all the worries and sadness on the thread.
Thandeka - is your scan today? How did it go? Sorry to hear about your friend.
BeanieB - any more news?
Sersi - so glad you're both OK.
JemL - sorry to hear about your friend. We're a chilled out Glastonbury group and camp in Pennards, if you want to join us look for the cat in the hat flag (assuming the person remembers it this year - she forgot last year). Last forecast I saw was for sun every day and 19-20 degrees.
Dall - Glad you've decided to brave it.

I too have started spotting this morning, not heavily but same as start of first mc and enough to worry me about possibility of mc at Glastonbury so am having scan on Monday to make sure everything's OK. Keeping my fingers crossed things don't get worse over the weekend.

A lot of people we know aren't going this year - and the ones who are, I don't really want to camp with! I know it sounds mean, but I will be having a very different Glasto this year, and they won't! So I think we will just have to take our chances. Sadly, a very special family friend died last night and I am waiting to hear when the funeral is - DH may have to go up on his own and grab our spot anyway.

Am seriously hoping the monsoon predictions turn out to be unfounded!

Thankdeka it sounds like you have quite a lot of stress and sadness in your life at the moment - sorry to hear about your friend. With the perspective of life and death something like a weekend away (even if it is Glasto) seems like a minor thing.

JemL - do you have any friends going on the Weds that can take your tent / keep a spot for you? It's only a recent thing this needing to go on a Weds but seems to get busier every year. We used to trundle along on a Friday morning and camp around dragons area - although where we used to camp sort of became Lost Vagueness. I can't keep track, it changes every year and am usually wandering around in a non too coherant state. Maybe with my enforced sobriety this year I may finally work out the lay of the land!

Sersi that is brilliant news - hurrah!

We still don't know if we are going because very sadly a good friend of ours died last night and we don't know yet when the funeral is so there is lots going on at the minute.

Sersi - that is great news, you must be so relieved.

I'm getting there on Thursday - the first time ever as I normally go on Wednesday, so am hoping I will be able to camp in Kidney Mead - it is popular due to being central, but the proximity of the toilets does out some people off! However, might not be able to get my favourite spot this year and am a bit daunted by the thought of trailing our stuff round looking for somewhere to camp (not that I will actually be carrying that much, but still!)

Have also ordered a shewee and, please forgive me for coming across like a mad anti germ freak, but I also have a box of disposable gloves (a la petrol station) incase I do need to brave the loos. Am well aware I will look like a nutter, but at least will be in the right place for that!

Getting excited now!

Hi all,

Thanks for the well wishes.
It seems that I am one of the lucky ones and the bleeding and pains were not sinister. The baby is the right size / shape / in right amount of fluid for age. I am so relieved and enormously grateful - I am very aware it has not been good news for everyone recently.
beanieb I must say I did think of you and am so sorry things did not go so well in your case. You sound very pragmatic and I hope Glastonbury proves to be a fun diversion for you.

thanks again

we must remember to organise this meet up - do you think maybe the weds or thurs before things get too busy?

Beanieb and Sersi I am so sorry you are having threatened mc. I have had two mc's in the past. Currently 15 weeks and have been convinced since I found out that would have the same this time. Thandeka hope everything is going OK with you.

I have been debating about whether to go to Glasto this year - mainly due to the toilets. But reading all the postive posts I'm really excited and determined to go. Have just ordered my sheewee.

Hope you all keep well and are able to have a great festival.

beanieb am so sorry to hear your news. I was so happy when you started this thread as I was really interested to hear about other pg ladies going to glasto. Hoping all now goes as well as it can - I had an mmc, and took the pill option, although didn't have to have the pessary in the end as I passed so much blood so quickly - it seemed scary but is completely normal. I never saw any clots, etc either.

Hoping for a speedy recovery and an enjoyable festival for you.

sersi - hope your scan goes well, how good that you were able to deal with someone sympathetic - fingers crossed, thinking of you.

sersi so sorry to hear you are going through this too.

Hopefully the bleeding isn't serious. May women do manage to progress with their pregnancies despite bleeding so Ihave my fingers crossed for you.

thanks thankdeka , really hoping to make Glasto - suppose it depends what happens. I phoned my local EPU today because I just felt worried about my GP's advice. He basically said get total bed rest for 48 hours and if I don't think I've miscarried then to phone him on Friday and he'd arrange a scan for next week. Seemed a bit cold, not to mention victorian (bed rest - he'll have me confined next). EPU said I needed GP's referrel but the lovely lovely sister phoned me back and said to go for a scan tomorrow morning - so fingers crossed. My bleeding has nearly stopped & changed colour(?) although I still have pains.

You have a while to wait for your scan - the waiting around is awful. I too am working on a lets just see how I am on the day and make a decision then.

Oh Sersi- crumbs am so sorry to hear that
Thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed. Do you think you will still make it to glasto? xxx

My decision on whether or not to go is being made until after scan next Thursday and midwifes appt next friday (Latter appt. only if scan is good news)- we have insurance and am sure doc will write me a note with threatened miscarriage as a reason not to go. Not sure what to do about DH though if I don't go though- if its all bad news I will need him with me, if its good news but I decide not to take the risk I can probably manage on my own and let him go but perhaps I may feel okay about going (although currently feel like death warmed up so maybe it wont be a fun experience anyhow!) Relatives/friends also going to Glasto currently don't know am pregnant again- my absence will cause questions but attendance looking like death will also cause questions. Can't win- just have to wait and see.....

haven't been on mumsnet for a little while.

sorry to hear about what has happened beanieb. I too am currently bleeding with cramps and have been told I may miscarry in the next couple of days. I just have to wait and see, doctor will arrange scan for early next week if I haven't miscarried by Friday. I am still hopeful but also trying to steel myself for the worst. Hope you recover quickly (physically) and are well enough for Glasto and your wedding.

Thandeka have found your posts informative - thanks for sharing. I hope all turns out well for you. Get practicing with that shee wee -- you will find the best scrape / wipe manoevre for you!! I can recommend them but they do take a bit of getting used to (well did for me anyway)

yeah oooops ladies- here have your cider, enjoy the wurzels and now lets talk haemorraging!

Sorry! Graphic again- oops!

Beanieb if you want to email me thandekatotango at hotmail dot com I don't mind chatting more about my experience if you wanted me to but am off to bed for the minute so will most likely reply tommorrow.

Back to Glasto chat though- I saw a she wee in a camping shop today for only £6 is that a bargain or average? I was tempted to buy but I do find them a little freaky to be honest- as erm say you do it standing up in great outdoors (brave soul) how then do you wipe/ stop drips? I mean I guess if you are in a cubicle you can still do all that but would still be worried about wee dribbles while standing up- or do you somehow scrape the she wee "up and outwards" from your fanjo to minimise dribbles. Thandeka can see she is going to have to buy one of these marvellous pieces of engineering just to figure it out even if she doesn't go! Thandeka is also very scared about being known at glasto (if she goes) as "the one who smells of wee".

no - not too graphic. Don't want to scare the other ladies in this thread though!

I need clear facts TBH as I have been left without any info and don't suppose I'll get any until Friday.

Oooops I forgot about the pills. That sounds like the best option.
Remember you can take paracetamol and ibuprofen together or at alternate 2 hourly intervals as they act on different pathways. Have lots and lots of maxi pads too.

I'm never sure if knowing about the process or effects makes the experience better or worse. I remember being profoundly shocked at my MC as the doc had simply said you will have period pain, bleed and pass some clots - and erm that sounds like a walk in the park compared to what it was (but thankfully once it started it was over very quickly and then I just had period like bleeding for 12 days after). I don't want to scare you though so I should probably shut up (and remember everyones experience is different). Although one thing you may want to think about though is whether you want to send what is "passed" to be investigated for any cause (I think you can do this privately there is a link somewhere on mumsnet- as NHS probably won't do it until 3rd or more MC) or some ladies suggest burying what is passed and planting something to remember your loss (which I really like the idea of). I didn't really have time to think about it and I did sort of want to do the latter of the options but unfortunately it came out so quickly it ended up in the toilet bowl so I didn't have an option in the end but I wish I had thought about that properly before and I know if this one doesn't work out I will do one of option 1 or 2 and won't be flushing it again.

I'm so sorry that is so graphic and upsetting to read- I felt I had to post it though- two reasons- one I found it cathartic, two- I wish I had a me telling me stuff like this before I went through it- so I hope it may help in a way.

xxx

I've decided to go for the medical route, but not the operation. infact the only option they seem to be suggesting is the medication (pills) which I am hoping I can take next week. I think if it wasn't for the fact that I have Glastonbury and my wedding coming up (in July) then I would have waited to miscarry naturally but am hoping taking the pills over the weekend will mean it's mostly over by 24th June. Obviously I have no way of knowing and if I feel emotionally or physically unwell I just won't go.

I don't mind you asking BTW. Though I do have questions myself about the pills as I haven't been told anything yet about the time scales or after effects

Weeping wailing and wallowing is also allowed and expected. In fact there is a minimum level of snot and tears you have to shed in order to get through it. Without doing that you will get all bunged up with snot and won't grieve properly. (as usual Thandeka is talking nonsense but hey ho).

This is a very sensitive question and don't feel you have to answer- tell me to sod off if you want/need. But if it is final on Friday have you thought about the options in terms of medically managed or allowing it to happen naturally? Just thinking about you being able to enjoy Glasto properly- as allowing it to happen naturally may take a while and having gone through it myself at 10 weeks (but emby died at 7weeks but egg sac carried on growing so it was fairly big ) I can honestly say it was the most horrific experience I have ever gone through and I sort of wish I had had a procedure (not an option in my case) but the flipside of that is- medically managed can possibly impact on how easy you find it to get pregnant again subsequently compared to natural MC. I don't have the exact facts on that one so obviously better to talk to your doctor to make the best decision for you. Anyhow they were just some musings of mine to try and help on an information front especially so you can try and prepare to enjoy Glasto as best you can. The Miscarriage association website is also a very helpful website if you wanted to have a look.
Anyhow I will shhhh now and hope I haven't spoken out of turn (if I have store up all that snot and do a splat attack on me- k?)
xxx

Ach, if you had seen me on Friday and saturday you wouldn't have been impressed I did a fair bit of weeping and wailing and wallowing.

It is hard, obviously, specially not wanting to clutch at straws and having to prepare myself for bad news on friday but I have to deal with it really. Am fairly certain my dates are right.

Beanieb and Thandeka - so sorry to hear this. Will be thinking of you both.

x

Beanieb let us know how friday goes as the fat lady hasn't sung just yet- could you be behind in your dates or anything? Am very impressed with how you are dealing with it though- stay strong- and look after each other and most importantly have a fantabulous time at Glasto.
x

Yeah - as far as I am aware I was just over 7 and a half weeks when I had the scan.

Sending you all my very best wishes thandeka, hopefully your scan will put your mind at rest.

I am ok honestly, and still going to Glastonbury. There was a point I thought I wouldn't make it but I WILL be there with bells on because I would just hate to miss it. Mw and my OH are thinking positively and moving forward.

Oh beanieb that is awful- presumably you are far enough along to expect a heartbeat? I will keep everything crossed for you and I am currently in similar boat....

...My complications were had to go to A&E on sunday with suspected ectopic- on drip and everything- scan showed sac in right place (phew!) and possible fetal pole but not HB (but at 5weeks 3days too early for that anyhow so kind of okay). Had repeat bloods done today and they have doubled so thats good and have a scan week on thursday when I will be 7 weeks to see if HB has started. I feel terrible and vomited today which didn't happen with MMC pregnancy so am quietly hopeful but very aware the scan will be the definitive answer so no decisions being made on attendance at glasto until after that scan.

Thinking of you.
xxx

beanieb so sorry to hear your news

Thandeka, so sorry to hear all might not be well.

I started this thread under an alter (Pushmepullme) but have since been told there is no heartbeat and am having a scan on friday to confirm it . I will be at Glastonbury still so if there is a meet I might still pop along and see how you are all copping.

Sending you best wishes Thandeka

Ps hope you're all ok Thandeka x

Hi all! Thanks for the tips issy!
Tickets arrived last week and am getting really excited now!
Only thing i'm worried about is that sickness has been really bad in last week so, ginger biscuits helping though so will be taking a stock of those!! X

Hope all is ok Thandeka. Thinking of you

Ooops ignore previous post- looks like I may not be going now- having some complications. Will see how it goes....

Anybody want a lift down to glasto from London on either the wed or thur morning (early) and a train ticket back again?

DH and I are finalising travel plans and i hate driving on my own so am happy to share the space in my car if you are a nice non axe murderer non smelly mumsnetter.

hey there...... I have been to glasto twice pregnant, the first time, at around 20 wks (in 99) and last year I was 35 wks pregnant - and that was a challenge! but i managed - and had a whale of a time!
my biggest recommendation is comfy crappers up at the greenfields..... the lads in there are great and they let me just go straight to the fron t of the queue everytime (which was a relief) loads of antibac gel...... and the breakfasts from manic organic....... wholesome and filling - sets you up for the day.
my biggest challenge this year is that we have decided to take all three of our girls to glasto this year - so although i have been going to glasto since 94 I have never had to be in charge of a child there - let alone three of them - one being ten mths old..... any suggestions for a stress free time would be greatfully recieved......as i am really excited but terrified at the same time!

I will be 18 weeks when i go, and am also worried! but, as some others have said, there are lots of places to sit and relax away from crowds if you don't feel super perky. but you will have to face the loos, which are 100% disgusting and foul. very much worth paying for the special loos (think some in healing fields) but of course they are more of a pain to get to. that is the only bit i would worry about. good luck!

mini cheddars always a must.

I have told DH he will be doing 2 trips as all I will be carrying is my "pregnancy survival kit" which will consist of:

mini cheddars
ready salted hula hoops
UHT raspberry and cranberry juice
Maynards wine gums
apples
dried fruit
mini battenburg cakes
ginger biscuits
picked onions (decanted from the glass jar of course)
chewing gum / mints - for awful taste in mouth
book (don't usually take one but can see myself chilling out at tent on own)
glasses (so can read book)
lots of antibac hand gel
shepee

Picked up tickets from the post office today. I feel dreadful and am only 5 weeks so if when I get to 8 weeks (glasto) I will be grim grim grim.

Yup ladies I will be the one with the green face munching on a pack of mini cheddars holding her nose and trying to to vom everywhere.

Back stage passes are really good for taking short cuts, getting a shower and phone charging. Backstage pyramid is all Media darlings who don't have a clue how to camp and it's always dirty and no fires and the bar is really expensive. Backstage cabaret is the best for camping.

i've had friends who got backstage passes and said backstage is over-rated, the real party/fun is out front

i can't wait now.....we're tagging a few days holiday on the front of this and going down the weekend before to Avebury and spending some time on the coast too.

DH's best mate lives in Pilton so they have Village tickets (the free ones) and always start camping on the Tues I think (will check) oh and my 13 year old SiL is going out with Michael Eavis' Great Nephew so is probably going to get backstage passes- but not sure uncle tom cobbley will be able to join her- Bah!

Tort's FAQ's are an annual read for me! Even though i've been doing festivals for 15 years....i still get a little excited reading them.

Hope all you pregnant ladies are feeling well?

I am very excited about seeing Dodgy, though the other stuff i really want to see mostly clashes.

If you want to know who's on where and when so you can cry into your cup of tea as you realise like me all the stuff you like most is on at the same time there is a clashfinder here

great news about your scan issy42 - did you get some piccies?

queenrollo remember reading Tort's FAQ's a couple of years back, brilliant. Well worth a read even if you've been a few times.

lots of info written by a friend of mine who is a veteran of festivals/Glastonbury. There's also a great map linked on there too.

wrong not wring

Minshu - the infamous spacing out the tents to save space for others move. Worked for our group last year, we squeezed an extra 3 in somehow.

Thandeka - is dh working at Glastonbury then? You can't arrive until Wednesday morning otherwise according to the website.

Great you've got your tickets Sersi.

I have some good news today. Had my first scan and everything is fine. So relieved. Know things can still go wring but feeling much better to at least know things are OK so far.

tickets have arrived

I'm driving down to stay with Family in street now on wednesday/thursday and plan to arrive on site Thursday afternoon with SiL and her son (we are in a caravan already set up so have no worries about pitches- DH is going down Tuseday morn to ensure he gets a good pitch!). Gave up on the train idea in the end. Plan on driving back to London on the Tuesday morning so if you know of anyone who needs a lift back there may be space....

Am soooo excited!

Thanks, Issy. DP is a regular and is confident that our friends will be able to keep us enough space to pitch up with them. We'll be aiming to get there early on the Thursday.

Minshu - arriving on the Thursday means you'll struggle to get a good pitch for the tent and might end up too near the toilets, far away from the stages or in one of the prone to flooding bits. Invest in an aerobed - seriously it's like sleeping on a normal mattress.

It's my first time, too! Tickets and shewee have arrived, but haven't tried the latter yet. Hmm - must buy a new tent, too...

A meet up will be good. I'll be relatively easy to identify, as I expect my tummy to stand out a bit (will be 27 weeks by then)

We're aiming to go on the Thursday, as we thought 5 days on an airbed might be pushing it a bit.

Hi all,

Getting very excited too - still haven't got my tickets though.

Good advice about the prodigy - I was really looking forward to seeing them, and usually I do a lot of dance acts and jumping around but may give it a miss this year.

Looking forward to some of the more chilled looking moments - Badly Drawn Boy at Avalon stage should be a nice one to sit and have a lovely cuppa.

DH has come round but is still going down day before me and sleeping in tent with me in caravan with the in laws. Is fine though- him and glasto cannot be parted.

In laws won't know am PG as we told em too soon last time and I miscarried so trying to keep it a secret this time and be on "antibiotics" and not drinking. I just brought my train tickets down for the wednesday night and now am gutted to discover its Y9 parents eve (am teacher) that night so am going to have to cancel the train tickets and travel down on thursday instead (unless I can persuade my 3 Y9 classes to let me phone their parents instead ).

Luckily DH's best mate's parents live in Pilton and his DP is going to be staying in their house and going in daily so worst case scenario I will stay with her and his parents (have stayed before and they came to our wedding so it shoul be fine) me and best mates DP are quite used to being Glasto widows when our two get together!

Am a bit worried about carting all my stuff down there (and travelling by myself- normally such a strong independent woman- ha!) but will have to see if DH can carry the odd bit with him on the tuesday.

MrsMc82 is my first glasto too! We should make a mumsnet flag and stick it somewhere for people to meet under at a certain time or summat!

MrsMc82 - I went for the first time last year. Some of this won't apply to you as you're in a caravan but here are my tips on what to pack ... I took loads of wet wipes - normal ones, face ones, intimate ones - and loads of loo roll - you need a lot to make the loo useable unless you have perfected the shewee (haven't tried mine yet). Most of the sinks have soap but doesn't hurt to have some antibac gel just in case. Cereal bars are a god send and last year I also took two homemade banana & chocolate loaves which made good snacks, though cake is aggravating my nausea at the mo, so not sure that'll work this year. The ground is quite uneven, so you need reasonably sturdy shoes. I took sandals, wellies and walking boots last year, which served me well. A torch. There are lots of places to buy bottled water - it did cost £1.50 a 2-litre bottle but would rather pay that than lug it from the carpark like last year and it is cold. I took fruit last year too but there were places selling fruit there, so may not take so much this time as mine got quite battered getting from car park to tent, which reminds me ... having a trolley to carry stuff is really useful but make sure you have one with big wheels - the one I bought last year was useless and kept flipping over. Also you're more prone to sunburn when pregnant so make sure you have good suncream. I use Ultrasun 28 which you can get in John Lewis and online and it's great because you put it on once and lasts all day. Take some glowsticks in various colours, can help someone find you in a crowd. And a light chair to carry round with you so you can sit down. Oh and for anyone getting an airbed, I bought an aerobed last year, expensive but worth it.

A good place to stand to see bands is alongside the disabled viewing platform. It usually has a big screen on the back so you can watch the screen if can't see stage well, not too crowded there, but if the crowd does get a bit wild then you can ask security to let you in the disabled bit. My ex used to steward at Glastonbury and he thinks if you say you're pg they'll let you in.

Apart from that be prepared for any plans you had prior to going not to happen because you tend to just go where the mood takes you when you're there.

Looking forward to meeting up. Since a lot of us will be pre-bump we'll have to come up with someway of identifying ourselves

Thanks pushmepullme

Just me and DH going together and he's a glastonbury virgin too.. we said that we'd maybe pick one (or 2 max) bands a day that we'd def like to see and then just bumble around and see what we come across for the rest of it... was really loving the idea of just soaking in the atmosphere even before i found out I was pg so don't feel like its going to ruin my experience of the festival or any thing like that (apart from the cider consumption like you say !! )

Our little caravan has a toilet (of sorts ) which I think'll be a godsend - esp cosidering I'm getting up to go to the loo about 4 times a night at the mo as it is!!! Also has a shower but not holding out any hope for the quality of it so I reckon wet wipes will def be needed in great volume...

Clohes wise I thinkI'll just take leggings and dresses that I can layer with tshirts + cardies + waterproof depending on the weather and at least leggings'll be way easier to dry off than jeans etc if it is a wet one. Have got comfy flat shoes to wear if its dry some (fake) uggs if its cold and wellies if wet...

And def going to take some food for bfast especially as I'm waking up STARVING atm - think supplies of cereal fruit and alpen bars will need to be taken too !

hmmm maybe I am a bit more organised that I thought....

Just need tickets to arrive now!!! Will have a look on the tracker to see whats going on!

xx

Oooh MrsMc82 your first Glastonbury!! You lucky thing. Hopefully you will be blown away by it.

I only got my tickets last week and I know people who are still waiting so don't panic. Have you used the online tracker to see if they are still waiting to be dispatched?

My tip is take lots of wet wipes, I think most people would say that, and don't forget your toilet roll! Also don't spend loads of time racing from one stage to another to see bands. There's so much going on that you just can't see it all. Make sure you go up to see the stone circle/scared space and to the green fields and Cabaret areas because they are really good fun.

You might want to take something with you to pee into in the tent. Getting up in the middle of the night and trying to find a toilet isn't good fun. Also make friends with your neighbours and just join in with the random stuff that happens. Take spare socks incase it's a muddy one and when you get there do a tour of as much of the site as you can to get your barings.

Are you going with other Virgins or will there be people who know their way around?

So excited for you

ps love the idea of a meet up too x

Hi again everyone, this thread's grown loads since i last posted! Glad to know there's plenty of pg mums netters going to glastonbury!

This is my first pregnancy and my first glastonbury too (in fact my first festival)!

am pretty excited about it all (glastonbury and being pg that is!!) i'll be 10 weeks when we're there and am sooooooooooo pleased i convinced dh to get a hired caravan for a relative bit of luxury!

Anyone got any must-have tips for a me as glastonbury newbie?? I'm not very organised for it at all as yet - mind is fairly consumed by baby thoughts at mo so what to pack has been last thing on my mind tbh!

Also haven't got tickets though.... I'm taking it i shouldn't be worried just yet? XX

Hi all, I hadn't realised we had more replies in this thread

Thandeka I think your OH is being a bit selfish but on the other hand I have been kind of preparing myself to give my OH the freedom to go off and do his own thing and luckily I will have friends and family with me so we can spend time doing more chilled stuff. Do you get on with your in-laws and will they know you are pregnant?

To be honest I don't really ever go that wild at Glastonbury so being pregnant shouldn't mean much change for me, apart from not being able to drink loads of the Cider.

JemL I mentioned people taking babies to Glastonbury to my SIL-to-be and she let out a very loud 'OH NO!'. I haven't told her I am pregnant yet but if I do manage to take my baby next year he or she will be 5 months old so I am bound hear some disapproval!

For food I am just going to eat what's there but make sure it's well cooked if it's meat. Am planning on taking apples and other fruit and my own water because I am a bit of a wuss about the water from the taps.

Issy42 I am very excited about the Fleet Foxes, but apart from that I have no plans for which bands I'll see. Would like to see Neil Young and Nick Cave and a few smaller bands but will probably bumble along and see whatever happens to be on at the time.

Love the idea of a meet up!

Have had first had experience of the pregnant-at-glast-disapproval, my stepdad thinks I am highly irresposible :-)My answer is that no-one would think it odd if I went camping for a weekend while pregnant!

I will be steering clear of the prodigy also - I've seen them a few times, once when pregnant with DS and it is generally quite lairy!

I was planning on taking my own food - normally we take a few pot noodles etc and buy food the rest of the time but I have serious food poisoning paranoia - what is everyone else doing?

Thandeka that is quite selfish of your dh - I hope he can be made to see sense.

A meet up does sound cool.

Not sure of my shifts but think they are going to be afternoons with dp doing evenings. I might swap with him though because he's much more of a muso than me. I just like lazing in the sun and chilling out.

Thandeka - at your dh - he's being very selfish. I still think you should go, as there is so much there, you will have fun with or without dh in tow. I go with my ex, who's still a good friend, and he behaved similarly with me when I booked the ticket and could possibly have been very pregnant if my IUIs had worked, but has come round now and is being really sweet. Hopefully when your dh realises you're not going to give in to his selfish behaviour and stay away, he'll be the same.

Unfortunately can't offer any help with travel as I'm going down on Tuesday as well, but there are lots of National Express coaches that go and shuttles run from the train station. Just need to get your bags to the in-laws so they can take them in the caravan for you.

What bands are people looking forward to seeing? I used to be well up on new bands, but due to changes in radio timings I now listen to a request show in the morning instead of the new stuff, so am out of touch.

Well spoke to DH this morning about Glasto and he doesn't seem to happy about me going now. Any money because he wants to enjoy Glasto and not have a whiny nauseous wife wanting to go to sleep at 10pm in tow! But then he has decided he is camping and I am in a caravan with the in-laws so he will probably hardly see me!

I think will wait for another couple of weeks before making my decision (but do need to sort out transport down there soon!). Like I said we have insurance so if I don't go its not the end of the world. Annoyingly I would have to travel down to Glasto on my own as blimming DH is going down on the Tues and I can't travel down til the wednesday afternoon coz of work.

Hi Thandeka - I think we've been on threads together previously too. Sorry about your mmc but great news that you're pg again . I saw your thread about throwing tests in the bin but haven't caught up with your latest news. Ninja's right if an mc is going to happen, it's going to happen no matter what you do and Glastonbury is such a relaxing, chilled out place I'm sure it will be good for our little beans.

Sunday line-up looks particularly good, just hoping I can get from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bat for Lashes over to Tom Jones (I'm Welsh - it has to be done) and not be too tired to last out until Nick Cave .

One tip I've had is to beware of The Prodigy. My colleague's daughter saw them at V (I think) and loved them, but some blokes starting hitting the women in the crowd during Smack my b*tch up - playfully but still a bit harder than maybe they realised! Not good if bump accidently gets caught in it.

Time has flown so quickly since getting tickets, can't believe 4 weeks today will be heading down. Hope time continues to go as quickly and stops doing the pregnancy slow down thing .

I'm a sad dork and went through this thread looking for all the Mnetters going and came up with this list:

Pushmepullme
Ninjacat
JemL
Sersi
Myst97
Issy42
DitaVoncheese
Ifatfirstyoudontsuceed
minshu
MrsMc82
Ravgirl
Thandeka

A meet up for a herbal.......



....tea would be lovely. Particularly as following MMC I have no intention of telling anyone in RL so would be nice to chat to others in same boat. (Of course the fact we would be meeting in RL doesn't nec. count!).

Fingers crossed its a sticky one for me til at least after Glasto!

Can't stop laughing
Think that should be my profile picture.
Still I'll be easy to spot at glastonbury.
still

Right so do you look like this but pregnant!?

Thandeka Congratulations on your pg.

I think we were on the same anti natal thread. I'm really sorry to hear about your mmc.

From what I understand of mc there's not much you can do to cause one and if it's going to happen it will but I can understand your worry.

I will be working in the Thali Cafe so feel free to come and put your feet up any time.

i'm not pregnant, but would be interested in popping along to an MN Glasto meet if you're having one......

Looked at the line-up yesterday and typically it looks like all the stuff i really want to see is going to clash!

Hello I just wanted to sneak in and join this thread since starting one the same would be silly!

This will be my first ever glasto- DH is from Street, Somerset and has been going since he was a nipper. I was going to be 5 months pregnant at glasto but unfortunately had an MMC at 10 weeks about 38 days ago. Now it looks quite possible am pregnant again (but very early days). I will be about 8 weeks when I go and am now completely shitting it about Glasto- we did get insurance but you are only covered with severe pregnancy symptoms that won't allow you to go- just being scared won't count. (I vaguely blame going to Thailand for my last MMC and swore I would be at home in a bubble if I ever got pregnant again so am really unsure I should go- am really scared I will miscarry again). On the plus side though I am staying in a caravan thanks to FiL (Although bloody DH is refusing to stay with me and is camping as it will ruin the experience).

I won't be drinking and DH and all his mates will be and I can't face the questions but also it is something you have to do once. Nargh! If I do go- an Mumsnet meet would be awesome- the pregnant glasto troopers- who lounge about on the chillout fields drinking fresh lemonade.

Just thought I'd pop on to say that line up is being announced at 10pm tomorrow. Exciting .

My pg brain has already set in, accidentally ordered 2 shewees and one emergency-pee-in-the-night bag instead of the other way around. Doh! Luckily the bags come in pairs, which amazon didn't state, so have two anyway.

How is everyone?

Pushme - I meant don't tell them that you're PG! People frequently choose not to reveal all until they are past the magic 12 week stage anyway, as I'm sure you know.

I am VERY envious. I really want to go to Latitude this year, but I'll be 6 months and can't bear the thought of watching all my friends drinking and having fun whilst I go to bed at 10 pm and waddle around like a fat lump. I just won't be able to keep up.

At 10 weeks? Definitely go. The loos will be minging but I didn't hit the constantly needing a wee stage until long after. In fact at 26 weeks, I'm still finding that if I'm around people drinking beer, they need the loo more than I do!

Might be worth taking some hand-sterilizer gel / antibacterial wipes just to be on the safe side, and suitable snacks to keep you refuelled if there's nothing to hand you feel like eating. I was very lucky with morning sickness but did find that I'd feel nauseous if I got hungry, and also didn't fancy anything fatty, meaty or fishy.

Lol - everyone knows I go to Glastonbury! it's ok though I'll just tell them I'm going (barring crippling morning sickness) and that's that!

pushme, if you think people are going to expect you to cancel Glasto then just don't tell them. I went skiing at 10 weeks (obv took it VERY easy)and deliberately didn't tell anyone as I knew people would try and talk me out of it.

My mum was appalled when she found out I'd been skiing, knowing I was PG.

Hi, I'll be 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby at Glastonbury this year. Like you pushmepullme I was terrified of ms as I have a real vomiting phobia but I'm 9+4 weeks at the moment, have just flown back from New Zealand today and have had no actual ms whatsoever, just a bit of quesiness which gets better when I eat something. I was terrified of the flights (30+ hours travelling) but I wore the travel bands just in case and they seemed to help.

I'm also a Glasto veteran - 17th year for me this year and reckon it's a fine place to be, just chill out and avoid the busy areas, so no dance tent this year! Good luck

A MN meetup would be a great idea, maybe us pregnant ladies could meet up by the portaloos with our sheewees

Really like the idea of meeting up the year after and so on. I expect next year, if all goes well, I will be in the family camping bit and it would nice to be with other people in a similar situation.

Thank you for all the encouragement, I suspect when/if I do tell everyone in real life about my bump there will be a few people saying 'well of course you will be cancelling Glastonbury, won't you?'

Hope you all have a great time - sounds like an MN meet up would be a good idea - if those of you with bumps now meet up you'll know others to meet up with next year with your young babies.

I've never been to Glastonbury but really enjoyed an open air music festival although no camping over 3 days when I was 11 weeks pregnant with ds1, we took him to a small part of the one the following year as well.

It's funny how being st work when 10 weeks pg is really hardgoing, but when one does something fun such as a festival or (in my case) skiing, one feels great!

Ooh I am so jealous.

I am 18 weeks with severe sickness, but would probably still at least attempt it given the chance

I want to go with the kids, but each year we plan something comes along and spends the glastonbury fund

Just figured out I'll be 19wks at Glasto not 16wks. It's suddenly dawning on me that I've agreed to work 8 festivals this summer and at the last one I will be 31wks! What madness have I ageed to?
Just to make thing even easier DS (12yrs) fractured his thumb yesterday and will be in plastercast during Glastonbury.

Really looking forward to it now. Thanks for the congrats and for starting this thread Pushme - it's reassured me. I think we must be similar as my EDD is 18th Jan and I'm 37.

Congrats to all the other pg ladies too.

Have indulged in the luxury of booking a hotel just outside Weston-Super-Mare for the night before, so will only have a 12.5 mile journey instead of 4 hours. Hopefully means good parking spot for all those car trips. Was hoping to get there really early and be parked at the top of the hill near Gate D, but noticed on map that came with tickets that that field is now a family camper van/caravan field, so even further to walk and it's a steep hill. Bugger! I'm sure I'll manage. Person I'm travelling with (a male friend) is a bit weird about me going pg, but as I'm paying for the hotel, so we can be there early, hopefully he won't mind several trips to the car. Seems to be coming round now, I've told him it's one trip with tent & bed, one for rucksack and one for everything else. Plan is to tell his sister I'm pg when we offload the first trip and hope she comes with us to get the second, so we won't need to do three. She came to meet us last year, so I'm sure she will.

Now off to buy a shewee - are you allowed Vicks when pg?

pushmepullme definitely advise having a practice with the sheepee. I now find mine indespensible - v useful on long days out in the countryside with the family, when there aren't any public conveniences - much easier than squatting behind a tree

Dita, the wellies were given to me by my sister as her little girls are way too old/big for them now. You used to be able to get them in Woolies

There are some on ebay though. I think that the ones I have will be too big for DD but she's unlikely to be walking by then anyway!

Congratulations to everyone with BFP who are going to brave the festival - make the most of it if you don't have kids already as it will be different next time!

hi all. So glad to hear there are other people in the same position.

sersi*
*mrsMc82*
*Issy42

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PREGNANCIES!

we all seem to be at the same stage so if all goes to plan perhaps I'll see you in one of the pregnancy threads later?

MrsMc82 is it your first baby as well as your first festival? You will love Glastonbury - here's hoping for a sunny one!

Isst42 so jealous that your tickets have arrived, no sign of mine yet!

minshu My Shepee arrived today. I'll have a little practice with it later

Thanks to everyone for your advice

Go, and have fun. I went to Tewkesbury re-enactors event at about 26 wks, and was a water-carrier on the battlefield - and also fell over late one night and frightened myself a bit as I landed on bump, but a bout of furious kicking reassured me, and that 'bump' is now a lovely 4-year-old.

OMG - i'm going too! Just found out today that am pg, am only just 4 weeks so doesn't feel real but if it is really real i reckon that'll make me about 9/10 weeks when i'm at glastonbury too. Is my first ever festival and am cheating a bit as hiring a caravan and am so excited about going but kind of thinking am i mad too! Glad i found this thread (only just ventured over from the ttc board!) has made me feel loads better about glastonbury!! XX

As long as you hang out in the Green Fields and like wilbur says, have a comfy bed, you'll be fine. There is a First Aid centre that end of the festival and lots of places to chill out.

Have a lovely time - and you'll be able to tell baby that s/he went to Glasto 2009 when s/he gets to be a teenager - v. cool!

I went to see Fat Boy Slim when I was 12 weeks preg with ds1, great night, the only thing was that I got really tired quite early on and only just made it to the end of his set, plus my super pregnant sense of smell made the armpit/fag fug a bit much. I would say, as long as you've got somewhere comfy - extra pillow and sleeping bag for the tent - to crash out when you're feeling pregnancy-weary, you should be fine. Hopefully you dp/dh will be willing to have a mellow Glastonbury - looking up at the stars cuddled under a blanket rather than sweating like a pig in the mosh pit. Maybe start hinting that to him now, so you don't end up having a weepy row in the middle of a muddy field. [Remembers weepy row with dh in middle of muddy field...]

And some Vicks.

Seriously, the loos ming.

Just found this thread - fabulous. I'll be 27 weeks by then, and it will be my first time there. Some great advice - off to buy a shewee...

oooo issy42 - I love it when the tickets arrive. looks like they are coming earlier this year (got a bit panicky last year when they hadn't arrived 2 days before I went).

Pushme - Congratulations! My tickets arrived this morning . I also camp at Pennards, quite close to healing fields entrance. Will be making 2 or 3 trips from car. It's not that far and just not worth the risk of carrying too much.

All being well I will also be 10 weeks and am hoping will be over the worst of the ms by then. Already have mild nausea but I had IVF and I hear it's a side-effect of the progesterone pessaries - thankfully I stop taking them 2 days before Glasto.

Ear defenders ordered - Peltor seem to be the only company that makes them for kids (pink, blue or green), available on Amazon and eBay.

jenny where did you get your wellies from? Only little ones I could find were Mothercare but have to admit I don't love them. We have this poncho from Boots - poor DD is getting dressed as a boy again but I love it and the tractor seemed appropriate We're taking a 3-wheeler buggy too though lots of slings as well. I wouldn't have minded lifting too much last year, except for my tendency to overpack but DH was being a little PFBish and wouldn't let me do anything (very frustrating!). The nice loos and showers off-site were a bonus though.

Hijack, sorry!

not-lifting policy is a great idea. I had a huge rucksack of stuff last year and it was exhausting - have told DH he has to make 2 trips this year and he has agreed. he's just thrilled that I will be able to drive him home whilst he sleeps on the Monday morning. (usually he drives and I catch some z's)

Just come back to this thread... Dita - great idea about the ear defenders! I've got wellies but need a raincoat. Mind you, we are taking a 3-wheeler buggy that someone was throwing away even though it was hardly used, so I'm hoping that will save us as DD can sleep in there and the basket can carry our stuff (and booze )

of the not-lifting policy. Last year I had a rucksack and a trolley to pull, even with my 28 week bump! Not sure I'd be able to do it again now as I'm so unfit.

I did Reading last year (all three days) when 16 weeks pg and the only trouble I had was DD jigging about madly to the strains of Metallica. Truely her fathers' daughter.

Hiya,

Just to add my best friend went to Glastonbury last year when she was about 8-10 weeks pregnant with twins. she loved it, despite the morning sickness and has talked us into going this year, so I'll see ya there!

I'm 11 weeks pregnant and I barely have the energy to go to the supermarket, not to mention the nausea etc. That said I know plenty of women who are fine in their first trimester so who knows. Just don't be surprised if the morning sickness monster takes over in the next few weeks and you no longer want to go. No point in pushing yourself.

I would go, I've just camped over easter at 12ishwks and over BH weekend at 17wks and my morning sickness was miles better! Something about all that fresh air. You'll just have to make allowances for yourself, if your tired, go to bed and you'll have a great time. The only things you might consider is access to food, if I'm hungry I have to eat NOW or I'm sick. So worth always carrying something with you. Also at easter I couldn't get through the night without getting up to pee so worth taking something to wee in in the night, I have friends who take incontinence pads that they but in a plastic bag over a bucket, then they just dispose of the bag the next morning.
Nappy bags are useful for attacks of morning sickness, and babywipes, antibac, sweets to suck oh and antacids incase indigestion strikes.

As for camping with a 5mo, I'd recommend it, dd has been camping since 4mo and the only challenges were temp regulation. If you camp alot its worth getting a baby sleeping bag, we had a vango baby nitestar. It made a massive difference, before that we had her in a grobag and lots of layers and she was still cold. We also have a little life travel cot which is sealed so you don't have to play hunt the baby when they wriggly!

Have a great time.

I think it's a beautiful thing to be able to tell your little one about the crazy things you did whilst they were in mummy's tummy.

Glastonbury really is a very special place on whatever level you're looking. I have everything crossed that the weather is beautiful for you all x x x x

You may feel like crap, but then again you may not and have an awesome time. I would go if I were you, just remember a bucket for morning sickness, there's nothing like vomit in your tent to get everyone in the holiday mood.

I live in Glastonbury and am planning to take my DD for the day to support DH as he is playing there as well.

I went to Disneyland Paris at 37 weeks with my DD1 and husband

Good plan Dita! May have to steal....although surely it won't be too loong until they can find out for themselves...

MumofaPickle we are planning to tell our DCs that Glastonbury is every other year and leave them with grandparents and have alternate childfree ones ...

Oh and a luxury airbed thingy completely transformed my week-end! The Wednesday night I hardly slept and my DH went down and bought the airbed on the Thurs and I have never slept so well at Glasto (have been going since about '97). Cannot believe I went all those years without one...

GO! I went when I was only 6 weeks pregnant the year before last and had a great time. It was a pretty shitty weather year so I did get tired but my DH was ok with being a bit more chilled - tbh any excuse with him. Was weird not smoking/drinking but it was also nice to have no pressure and be able to say at 10 on the Sunday "right, i'm getting hot doughnuts and listening to the Who from our tent".

We missed it last year as DS was only 6 weeks and I was but could not have done it.

Going this year though! We've decided to go without DS, will be the first time we've left him and although I going to miss him horribly, I can't bloody wait! I think we'll do the festivals with kids thing in a few years time. I've got a few more party years in me yet I reckon

Have fun and deffo update me on any MN/Glasto meet up!

Not nuts. I was WORKING as an electrician on festivals whilst PG. Had to take a day off to go for a 12 wk scan... my boss knew already but kept me on the team doing test and inspect work and driving rather than hauling heavy cables.
Take things at your own pace. take a nice comfy sleeping mat and dry tent. Watch what you eat ,vegy stuff is Less likley to make you ill if badly cooked but any food vendor can be lax in their food hygenie, wash your hands etc. Mud bathing may be foolish.
IIRC I was still camping at 16 weeks at the end of the summer and sleeping on my front no trouble at all.

IIRC my lad had done 10 outdoor events before he was even born..

Not mad!! Go for it!I'm doing the Moonwalk at 14 weeks Have fun x

I went two years ago and tbh I couldn't wait to get out of there, mud up to the knees, toilets stinking so bad I had to pee in a jar in my tent... and I was camping in artists enclosure so god knows what the rest of it was like... People were jumping the fence to get out that year!!!
Thing about Glastonbury is that if you decide you want to go home it is not that simple, it can often take many hours to get off site, then many more to get out of the area with traffic etc.
I would not go anywhere without my home comforts while pg, but I am getting too old for festivals now and I also missed dd too much.

I did a festie at 36 weeks pregnant - agreed, I did wimp out of camping but still had a great couple of days. We now take the dc's and have done since my eldest was 2 - they just love it and will not let us miss it.
Go and enjoy

I went to a (folk) festival when I was 20plus weeks, and was absolutely fine except for I got VERY arsey with some noisy bastards who were partying all night very loudly next to us.
I was very tired and hormonal and I crawled out of our tent at 3am, stark naked and snarled at them a lot. It did work!
ds1 in my stomach adored the music.
However, please be careful if you are lucky enough to have hot weather, to keep yourself hydrated.
The St John's crew had a midwife among them, and when I had a major wobble that baby had stopped moving (having inadvertandly dehydrated myself) were wonderfully reassuring and calm and lovely.

i'd be up for a MN Glasto meet - definitely!

MN Glasto meet anyone?

Like jenny above, I went at 28 weeks pg last year and will be back with 9 mo DD this year (Bought wellies and sun hat for her today - need to get ear defenders ...)

We did camp off-site I admit (though not at Camp Kerala) but that was mainly because I take too much stuff and with me not being allowed to lift stuff and DH being an eight stone weakling, didn't think we'd make it to the top of Pennards!

I second the suggestion of the shewee - brilliant for peeing-in-a-bottle-in-your-tent freedom, particularly in the middle of the night (though please empty into a loo, not on the ground!). We had an inflatable mattress which was only half-inflated (not intentionally!) which was brilliant as I lay in it like a hammock and it cushioned my bump beautifully - probably the best sleep of my whole pregnancy - though guess bump is less of an issue at 10 wks. A chair for sitting down is a good idea too. Think you're generally advised to check in with the MWs when you get there and let them know where you are, though tbh we didn't bother. And finally - hot spiced cider is only 3/5 of a unit per half pint

More tips and advice here

Enjoy!

Hello everyone,

Glad I'm not the one whose going to be pg at Glasto this year!

It's my first pg and it will also be my first time there (planning to do the full 5 days the day after the 20 scan ).

My husband thinks I am mad but has agreed to go as I have wanted to go for years but due to various reasons (evil boss, inconvenient weddings, unable to get tickets etc) have yet to manage it.

Hope you all have a top time!

hi i went to glasto when i was 12 weeks pregnant and had a great time. just chilling around the left field and other stages and drinking chamolmile tea in a teepee. i only ate veggie food as the other food tents had floated away. and we woke up in a river floating on a lilo but we loved it. i was quite sick in the mornings but survived!! ho.pe you have a great time ~(grin)

Ah Sersi you'll have a fab time

I will enjoy watching it on the TV this year.....The start of Summer always makes me excited about festivals...and music....and dancing in the sunshine...ah you lucky things!!!!!!

Am having some of these for next year

Babba ear defenders

"Camp Kerala is located on private land, three minute walk to Gate C of the Festival, with Camp Kerala vehicles on hand 24hrs a day to ferry guests to and from the backstage Winnebago."

only 3 minutes but vehicles on hand 24hrs a day ....... think I'd then feel a tad guilty going up to the greenfields!!!!

When I win the Lottery this is where i'm staying

poshness

all this Glastonbury talk is getting me excited....am now thinking sod it, will cope with everything, go with mates for the full 5 days and have a blast. Will miss the pear cider and the smokes, but will be living without them for forseeable future anyway. mayaswell have compensation of being at Glastonbury.

only sickness can stop me now......lets hope we're all on good form. will definitely have to check out how we all got on.

staylucky - seems rude not to use my ticket when you're out there missing the whole thing....although with fanatastic compensation of course.

We should have a pregnant ladies tent with bean bags, low light and soft music.....

I'm . Am not pregnant but didn't get tickets for this year. Enjoy!

Go go go go go go go go go go!!!!!

I am v Jealous, I was about to book our tickets when I fell on and my due date is far too close to the actual weekend. Also missing Wireless this year and Streets are headlining.

I went to gigs and dub nights all through my early months and I like to think he enjoyed it! Only when I hit 24 weeks and passed out from too much dancing that my DH banned me from any more.

Has anyone been to Glasto with a baby??? I really want to take the kids, next year mine will be 6 & almost 1.

Not quite Glastonbury but I went to see the Foo Fighters and Motorhead at Hyde Park when I was quite heavily pregnant (1st child and 40) - I like to think the dulcet tomes of Lemmy permeated into the womb for my DD to hear. She is very loud so they probably did....

thanks all, I am so glad no one thinks I am crazy

So it will be a different experience to the usual one, but worth it nonetheless.... I went when I was pregnant last year and had a a ball. Go for it, I say!

A friend went one year and she had terrible morning sickness before and after, but while there she felt much better! She even toyed with pitching a tent in the garden when she got home in case it was sleeping in the fresh air that had helped!

Also, I went to Glasto when 4mths pregnant and had a ball - I did bow out gracefully and let my mates go off dancing until the wee small hours each night, but I still had fun.

Go enjoy!

I'd say plan to go, cos if you don't, you'll really regret it - it'll be much easier to go while pg (unless you are one of the unlucky ones who gets bad MS) than with a baby!

Many people don't get MS at all, many more only get it mildly & even then you might feel better with the distractions of a festival than at home. Same goes for tiredness - I didn't have any problems at 10 weeks beyond a very tight waistband. So give it a try, you can always not go if you do start feeling rough in the run-up to it.

yeah - I was there that year, luckily at the top of pennards so no river but it was awful - we didn't even know how bad it was at first because we always cut across into the sacred space rather than walking down towards the other stage so it was a real shock when we finally saw all the tents under the water!!

I spend a lot of time at the smaller stages and the cabaret area so am hoping whatever the weather I can plonk myself somewhere. I don't want to be tent bound.

Maybe I should keep an open mind and decide nearer on the day depending on how badly the morning sickness gets me. I just hope I get it early and it doesn't last too long

was it '04?? think it was but had a river flowing past tent I could have white water rafted down.

hi pushmepullme - due date 15th Jan (or 14th or 16th) depending on my cycle length changing by a day or two - not sure what it is as has varied.

was just thinking - having been at all the worst glastonbury's since 90's in terms of the rain. the weather may have an impact. if it is not dry 'tis much much harder to get around and there are hardly any places to sit so you end up carting a chair with you everywhere. I usually just plonk myself on the grass wherever I find myself wanting to hang about - just not possible in some conditions.

Go! I'm going with a 6yr old and a 4 month old baby! Can't wait!

Ps - when are you due? The online caluculator things say I'm due Jan 16th. Perhaps we are completely in synch?

Hi Sersi

Maybe we can compare notes when we get back!

I am still planning on going down on the Wednesday and staying til Monday, quite possibly I am mad

Hello all,

it was me on the other thread and I decided not to sell my ticket in the end. all my mates are heading down on the wednesday for the full 5 days. I will be 11 weeks pregnant and am going to decide what to do nearer the time. If I am really suffering with sickness (had it really bad with both previous pregnancies) I will not be able to face going and will endeavour to claim back my money for ticket on the insurance I took out with seetickets. (may not be easy).

if I'm feeling OK am thinking of going down maybe on saturday morning, staying one night and watching a few sunday bands heading off sunday early evening. DH has agreed to spend that time laying off any wild partying so he can hang around with me and come to bed with me when I inevitably get tired well before everyone else. I really didn't want him to have to "have a quite glastonbury" for the whole thing, and I don't want to spend 5 days with loads of wild partying friends and going to my tent all on my own. (i know - what a wuss). not looking foward to the long journey there and back on my own though. mainly it all depends on the sickness - if I'm sick then no way.

btw - shepees are great but take your own rather than using the cardboard ones provided. I have a fantastic purple silicone one that just flicks dry and is much more "secure". I have had a cardboard one collapse on me before due to being desparate with a bladder full of lager!! not a pleasant experience

sparkleandshine - no it wasn't me - you mean this thread. I read it at the time and didn't know I was pregnant then! I did a test the day after that thread and it said 'not pregnant' but then re-tested 3 days later and got a positive

was interested in that thread though.

jennylindinha thanks for the link, I will get one. I have never used the Sheepees at Glastonbury but am sure I could get the hang of the sheewee thing.

I thin I would be more confident a bit further along and it's just the prospect of awful morning sickness which is scaring me a bit.

mwff I was hoping the tiredness would be so extreme that I would just drift off but I will get some earplugs too

ActivityApple am probably going to camp in the same place I usually do (pennards) but maybe a little further away from the stone circle because of the noise. I will be with other people (some with older children) and am not sure if I should tell them that I am pregnant.

Also have to let my OH know that he;ll be carrying my stuff as well as his!!

I had to be talked out of going to Glasto and I'll be 38 weeks!! OK I wasn't really serious and I'd have been in the backstage bit anyway, but I'm still very and I'd definitely have gone in 1st trimester.

You could try contacting the Glasto office (contact on their website) and asking if you can camp in the family field where it's quieter and loos are less horrendous?

it was the tiredness as much as the sickness that got me in the first trimester, but as long as you take earplugs you should be fine. and if you're laid back about not being too worried if you miss particular acts you'll be fine. after all it's good practice for when s/he's born, cos you're unlikely to catch a full set uninterrupted for a while then ;)

Go - you'll be fine! I went last year and was 6 months pregnant and I had a great time. My main concern was mud as it was really bad the year before and I didn't want to fall on my bump, but in the end it wasn't too bad. If you have any sickness/cravings, make sure you take your favourite snacks/sweets etc and the ceral bar idea is a good one. There's so much good healthy food to buy there though that your diet won't suffer I'm sure.

I'm taking DD this year, so things will be different again! She'll be 9 months old - eek, what madness is this?!

By the way, you may want to consider buying a shewee so you don't have to go near the loo seats. They take some practice but I found it invaluable.

Have a great time, and let's pray for sun!

pushme - was it you that was thinking of cancelling when you had a faint +ve?

I'm going - I will be 25 weeks. I'm a regular too, so am not really concerned about being at a festival - just going to take it easy and go at my own pace. Disappointingly, the Association Of Radical Midwives are not going to have a stall this year - I was hoping to have a belly cast done

I'd second the advice about taking cereal bars, or similar.

Have a great time!

No alcohol

No recreational drugs

Sleeping on a hard floor

Vomit

but the music weill be excellent

I went to Sidmouth Folk Fest while 11 weeks preg with MS. It was fine - you'll have a great time with your chilled out crowd!
What helped me was to take a box of cereal bars so that I could have one in the tent in the morning before moving, otherwise I felt terrible.

Have a fantastic time!

No, not at all, go and enjoy it. Madness was me taking 10 day old DS to V festival [shcok].

No, not at all, go and enjoy it. Madness was me taking 10 day old DS to V festival [shcok].

never pass up a chance to go to Glasto!
You may not have any or much MS. Even if you do, it is so nice to relax at Glasto it won't be any worse than MS at home.
Enjoy - am envious (am 39+1)

get a pair of travel sickness bands from boots - like wristwarmers - and just keep those on the whole time to beat the MS. you'll be fine.

I went on holiday when 10 weeks pregnant and it was okay

I was REALLY fussy with food because so much made me nauseous but I just sucked a chupa chup all day which helped

pushme - now, that IS madness

Well - I am hoping that next year I can go with my 5 month old

Fresh air will be good for your morning sickness if you do suffer. (Although not much of that in the loos.) As Ninja says though - steer clear of the mosh pit.

Go and have a brilliant time - you may not feel like going next year!

aww, i'm so jealous! i usually steward for oxfam at glastonbury, but this year i'll be 32 weeks pg and don't think i'll manage the 8 hour shifts or the camping! (even with the hot showers) hope you feel up to going and have a fab time.

I'm working at Glastonbury and I'll be 16wks. Just be careful not to get in too tight a crowd where you could get elbowed in the tummy.
If it's all too much just take to the Green Fields and get some R and R.
Take alcohol rub for your hands and recce the cleanest loos (often these are the long drop but there might be posh loos you can buy a pass to when you get there - well worth the £12)
And just in case of MS take a bucket and plenty of wet wipes.
Best of luck.

unfortunately the way glastonbury works you can't sell the tickets on anymore, or get a refund! I will make my mind up on the day we leave I think. Thanks all.

WorzelMummage I was hoping you were going to say 'and it was absolutely wonderful' ha ha!

I did Global at 11 weeks with my first baby and it was absolutly hideous but then i had raging morning sicknes and was absolutly exhausted.

I could have done it fine with my 2nd though, i felt great.

You'll probaby have o wait and see i am afraid but your definatly not mad for considering it !

I did it at around the same time. Take some vicks to put under your nose when you use the loos (I so wish I had...). Enjoy - I haven't been back since (but DS now old enough for Latitude - hurrah!)

yeah it can. but it might not.
i mean, i've felt pretty rough with all my pg's but not had actual being sick, just feeling a bit ill.
am sure you'll be able to shift the tickets if you feel totally wretched

but morning sickness can make you feel very ill? I should stop worrying until it happens I think

You may not even get morning sickness, I have heard of lucky ladys who never suffered from it. If you do, its unpleasant but shouldn't stop you enjoying it all too much. I think the biggest problem might be the toilet facilities. Early pregnancy can make you want to pee a lot and unhygenic toilets will only make morning sickness worse. See how you feel and fingers crossed for you that you are fine and have a fab time. Oh, and congrats on your pregnancy!!

no you'll be fine. you're pregnant, not ill! go and enjoy it, even if you do have morning sickness

This will be about my 14th time at Glastonbury

thanks. I am a regular so I know what to expect from the festival, I just don't know what to expect from the pregnancy Maybe I should remain open minded and not go if I feel really bad.

Have you been before?

If you're feeling OK, and think you can manage it, then go for it. Glastonbury can be as mental or as chilled as you make it.

if you do go, head for the spiritual areas when you feel a bit overwhelmed and get a head massage or something

I think you'd be crazy to consider v-fest or Reading, but Glasto is a totally differnet kind of place.

If it's horrible when you get there you can always go home

No! go it will be fun (bar the toilet facilities) Glasto has loads of places to just chill out, you don't have to cram into the throng all the time (or at all if you don't want to) plus if you feel really crap the nct have tents in the kids field, I reckon you'd get tea and sympathy in buckets there

I don't think you are nuts to consider it .

You may or may not have morning sickness and feel tired. And the fact that you are going with other people who won't be getting really drunk sounds like you will have a good time

I have just found out I am pregnant I have tickets for Glastonbury Festival. I don't want to waste my ticket (can't refund it now) and am planning to go. Am I mad?

This is my first pregnancy, I am in my late 30's. I am guessing that if I get morning sickness I will still have it at 10 weeks which could be a problem and also that I may be very tired. I have never been into the whole 'getting off my tits' thing, prefering to sit about and watch the world go by and catch a few bands and will have people with me who will be doing the same kind of thing.

Am I just nuts to consider it?