To not overly understand the idea of a ‘babymoon’

I’m going away - I’ll be 24/25 weeks - but not because I want a babymoon….i just am in desperate need of a holiday and would have had one anyway with or without baby on board.

I didn’t class it as a Babymoon but DP and I had a couple of nights in a nice hotel a few weeks before my due date as we knew it was the kind of thing we wouldn’t have the chance to do for a while, nice meals, walks, swimming in the pool and a lie in!

Re holiday at 4-6 months, that’s a great time to go. They can get a bit tricker travel wise as they get bigger and more mobile. We went to Sani when my LO was 6 months and it was fantastic

With my first pregnancy I was very nervous and wouldn’t have wanted to travel anywhere really. 2nd pregnancy I was much more relaxed and went on a sports holiday and loved it (gentle tennis, cycling, Pilates and swimming) and I enjoyed all the normal things I love about holidays, the food, sunshine and relaxing vibe. But just do what you’re happy and comfortable with. I’m curious you say food, there isn’t that much you can’t eat in pregnancy/ doesn’t rein you in that much.

I went to Dubai for a few nights when I was 32 weeks with my second - it was certainly more relaxing than running around after a toddler.

babies do change EVERYTHING. So a last holiday just you two Is never a bad idea ( any excuse for a holiday and I’m there tbh!)

It’s just one of those things, if you’ve had the opportunity for plenty of holidays together pre kids then you probably don’t feel you need it. It won’t be a huge thing for you and more stress if causing money worries too. For some they want to take this last opportunity (and sometimes first
opportunity) for a long time to do a kid free holiday together

It wasn't termed a babymoon but DH and I did go for a week away in the UK before first baby arrived, and a weekend before second. Just nice to have a last holiday together before the whirlwind of parenting descended. I would never have gone abroad beyond 23 weeks due to concerns about NICU availablity if I went into early labour.

I didn’t want to go abroad but I did want to have a couple of nights away with DH before our first baby as I knew we wouldn’t have that kind of time for a long time afterwards. Same for before we had a second DC.

I went to Jamaica whilst I was pregnant with my first. It was lovely and relaxing. Really helped with the pregnancy fatigue.

I remember going on holiday to France when I was pregnant. You can basically have nothing that you would go to France to eat or drink.

No, the latest insta trend is unnecessarily spending £1000000000s on a just-conceived moon

A few nights away in the UK still counts.

We had a weekend at a country spa hotel just to relax and have some last child free time

Some words and expressions should be consigned to history. This is one.

I've heard of the term, but assumed it referred to going away with a newborn, which I couldn't understand. 😂

It's just a holiday then, strange. I do think it makes sense to go out for a few meals, go to the cinema, go to a hotel before the baby arrives. You are right that the money of a big holiday will be far better spent to make easier after the baby arrives.

I didn’t think of it as a “baby moon”, but we did go on a city break holiday just before I got too far along to fly and had a lovely time just relaxing and enjoying each other’s company - two kids later it still makes me smile to think of it. Yes drinking was off the table but I still ate plenty of nice food and explored a lovely place, and it’s a type of holiday we can’t do again for a while. If it’s not your thing then obviously don’t do it - but I loved it, am glad I did it (and it didn’t cost much so wouldn’t have made a difference to maternity leave or first baby holiday plans).

No because no one had come up with the concept to try and part you from you money (see also baby shower, gender reveal party, baby naming ceremony - yes all same family!)

It is nice to look back on that last holiday when you could go out for dinner, have lie-ins, had no nap schedule or bedtimes and actually liked each other. We didn't go abroad as I was too anxious to fly, but we did have a lovely holiday in Norfolk.

But if you have parents who'll go on holiday with you and look after your baby so you can go out, it's perhaps less necessary.

(We've had one trip away for one night without our child in the six years since, so lie-ins are a dim and distant lovely memory.)

I had planned to but didn't get round to it (though I'd never have referred to it as a "babymoon" because that is a bit cringe.)

We were planning a weekend at centre parks, I really wish we had done it because our holidays now are totally different and far more expensive. It was really our last opportunity for a quiet weekend away just the two of us. Ah well.

Yes we did. We went away for a week when I was about 26 weeks pregnant (and feeling very fit and healthy) to the Canaries for winter sun.

We stayed in a lovely adults only hotel, swam, relaxed, read books, napped, had sex, ate nice meals, drank non-alcoholic cocktails and gorgeous fresh fruit juices, and appreciated that it would be the last holiday of that type for a long, long time.

Granted we'd probably have had a winter sun holiday whether I was pregnant or not, but it was nice knowing that it was the last one just us, and making the most of it.

We had a holiday when I was six months pregnant. It was more relaxing than any holiday we had in the years post babies. It was in Italy, so no fear of dodgy water or bad healthcare. Just lots of lovely food and scenery. Yes no wine, but everything else was fine.

We went on holiday while I was pregnant. It was lovely. Didn't call it a babymoon though!

Never heard of a baby moon. Just go on holiday if you want. I don’t drink anyway, so not drinking wouldn’t bother me. I don’t see why it has to cost a lot.

It's just a last holiday before the baby comes. We went for a weekend away at a lovely hotel a couple of hours away. You don't have to go abroad or anything - but it took us five years to get another night away just the two of us so I'm glad we did it!

Taking time out to relax and spend some time together before the baby comes is a good idea.