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What size home did you live in when you had your first baby?

218 replies

CheesePls · 04/06/2023 13:23

Just that!

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YouveGotAFastCar · 04/06/2023 14:15

3 bed house; but we moved into it at 36 weeks pregnant. 1 bed flat before that. 2020.

LouReidPark · 04/06/2023 14:16

2 bed rented flat.

orangeclubsarebest · 04/06/2023 14:16

I lived in a huge 5 bed Victorian semi with my dad, his girlfriend and my sibling/step siblings. Couldn't wait to get out and was much happier in my tiny 2 bed maisonette!

BlackeyedSusan · 04/06/2023 14:16

Two bed flat. Still here with two teens.

BlackeyedSusan · 04/06/2023 14:17

Lockdown was hell with two autistic teens and no outside space to access when isolating for two weeks at a time.

Emmamoo89 · 04/06/2023 14:18

Pregnant with second and moving to a 2 bed house

BasketOfOats · 04/06/2023 14:18

Owned 3 bed detached in 2003.

CheesePls · 04/06/2023 14:19

YouveGotAFastCar · 04/06/2023 14:15

3 bed house; but we moved into it at 36 weeks pregnant. 1 bed flat before that. 2020.

Was it stressful moving whilst pregnant?

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yikesanotherbooboo · 04/06/2023 14:19

2 bed flat in 1991( rented).

WhatTheHeckyPeck · 04/06/2023 14:20

2 bed HA. Wish I was still there TBH.

Fairyflaps · 04/06/2023 14:22

1 bed rented flat where we lived until ds was 18 months. But in terms of square foot, it was much bigger than most 2 bed 'starter homes'.

shams05 · 04/06/2023 14:22

We lived with my husband's parents until Ds was 1 in 2004, then moved into a rented 2 up 2 down property, stayed there until 2011 when we bought our house, by which time we had 3 children. 8 years later we built a dormer and don't plan on moving from here.

CheesePls · 04/06/2023 14:23

WhatTheHeckyPeck · 04/06/2023 14:20

2 bed HA. Wish I was still there TBH.

Why did you move?

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RosaSkye · 04/06/2023 14:23

A two bed cottage. Happy memories of that little home, moved when pregnant with my second

Maraudingmarauders · 04/06/2023 14:24

Due my first in September and we have a 4 bed (3 doubles and a small office).

WhiteFire · 04/06/2023 14:25

3 bed detached. Bought 2002 up north, in a less desirable end of a non desirable area.

Was never really happy there though.

Lamelie · 04/06/2023 14:27

One bed basement flat in 1995- perfect as it had a separate kitchen and garden. Crawling toddling dd had the run of the place, no need for stair gates
Mansion block 2 bed with big balcony in 1998 for dd2. Again dcs had enough space to play, separate kitchen and big enough that I got foot sore sleep training. Rented 1 bed no outside space for 6 months before tiny three bed terrace.
10 years with a bedroom each but now they’ve left home there’s normally somewhere here.

SybilWrites · 04/06/2023 14:28

2 bed flat. Moved to a house when I was pregnant with my second.

Workawayxx · 04/06/2023 14:28

Small 2 bed end terrace.

shivawn · 04/06/2023 14:30

4 bed, 2 bathroom. It was actually a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom before that but we added an extension for extra space while I was pregnant.

Now I'm pregnant with my second we're planning to sell up and move in the next year for more space and a more family friendly area. Although we have enough bedrooms and bathrooms our living areas aren't very big.

gwenneh · 04/06/2023 14:33

3 bed detached, bought in 2010 about a month before DC1 arrived. It was massive but in a terrible location and we sold in 2013.

sleeplessinsouthhampton · 04/06/2023 14:35

one bed flat with first and 5 bed detached with my last

2 bed terrace and 3 bed semi in between - with another baby in each!

HappyMe6 · 04/06/2023 14:36

Two up two down terrace 1978

ActDottie · 04/06/2023 14:37

Pregnant with my first and we are in a three bed terrace - plan to do a loft conversion when baby number 2 is on the way, although that’s obviously a while off atm.

BramblyHedge · 04/06/2023 14:38

2 up 2 down 2006. Still lived there when we had our third.