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Family wedding overseas 4 weeks after due date

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DorotheaHomeAlone · 03/12/2013 20:36

We're very early in the pregnancy game (just 6 wks along). We wouldn't have told anyone about the baby yet except my bil announced his wedding date for next summer and it was 3 days before my due date. Given it's in France and my dh is the best man we thought we should let them know that we have plans that weekend!

They've responded by moving the date back a month but are restricted as they need it to be in the summer holiday for their friends with kids to attend. My dh has thanked them for moving it and said he'll almost certainly be able to go now but me and the baby probably won't. They seem a little put out and we're now wondering if we're being over cautious. This is our first kid so we just can't tell. It's a 10 hour journey each way. Is there any chance the baby and I will be able to go? It should be 4 weeks after the birth but obviously could be way more or less.

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Chesterado · 04/12/2013 08:04

We had hoped to attend a wedding 200 miles away in the uk four weeks after my due date with dd. She was 11 days late and even though I had a very straightforward birth and recovery we were nowhere near together enough make it.

Add in the logistics of getting a passport application (registering birth/photos/countersigs/application/delivery) in two weeks... it would be virtually impossible and v stressful trying imho!

BikeRunSki · 04/12/2013 08:15

4 weeks after DS was born I could have run round the world. No bleeding, recovered from cs well, dS goo sleeper and pretty placid baby. Not sure if I could have done when he was 2 weeks old.

When dd was 4 weeks old I could not stand up straight. Or think straight. I am not sure I'd even managed to get dressed.

Meglet · 04/12/2013 08:46

4 weeks after my emcs I was able to painfully walk to the shops, and regretted doing it when I got home. 4 weeks after my planned cs I managed 2hrs at a friends wedding 1 mile away (XP drove), I lasted 2 hrs and we came home before food as I was wiped out by then.

I really don't think it's wise going overseas, and all the travelling that it involves, so soon after birth.

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