To think pregnant ladies should be able to use parent and child spaces?

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As I get bigger and bigger everyday, I am finding it harder to get out of normal parking spaces without knocking the door and potentially scratching someone's car.

So, would you be miffed if you saw a pregnant lady (with no outside the womb children) using a parent and child space ?

(I understand you could park somewhere where a space is free next to you, but you don't know if someone is going to park there while you're gone...)

Personally, I think all car parking spaces should be bigger anyway. So many people drive massive cars nowadays that they struggle to get in the lines anyway.

I actually think a better solution to that would be people driving smaller cars that fit in parking spaces.

In my opinion (now don't kill me) but none of us would be here today if it weren't for our mothers being pregnant

By your logic, we should be extra-nice to men who've recently had sex. None of us would be here if our fathers hadn't done that!

OP, I couldn't give a damn where you park, but you need to stop thinking you're doing the world a favour by having a child. I know women like that who lord it over childless women and it's really unpleasant to watch. It would actually be best for the planet if we kept the number of new lives being brought into the world to an absolute minimum.

Of course you can use P and C spaces. No one reasonable would object. Just don’t be sanctimonious about being pregnant.

i have a fairl small car (polo) couldnt get in my car today after done my shopping in tesco everyone was parked over their line and the spaces arent that big which i think is the main problem

Honestly, if you're with child then you are a bloody parent with a child! End of. Can't believe this is up for debate. We need the extra space to get in and out and there can be mobility issues later in pregnancy. It's really simple and fair.

I'd like to see the shop who actually prevented you from using the space, OP, or any twat who objected. Just do it.

Child spaces have no legal protection as far as I know so technically anyone can use them.

It would actually be best for the planet if we kept the number of new lives being brought into the world to an absolute minimum

And if no-one had kids we'd die out. We are mammals. Many of us reproduce. It might actually be better for the planet if we continue to grow exponentially, run out of resources and kill ourselves off.

Equally if everyone reproduced the planet would not be able to sustain the resulting population.

No, indeed, which is what I said. But humans would die out, or at least be greatly reduced in numbers. The planet itself would survive.

I actually think a better solution to that would be people driving smaller cars that fit in parking spaces

Me too. The larger cars are just a status symbol. If the economy does crash post Brexit I suppose one upside will be people may move to driving cheaper, smaller, non-gas-guzzlers.

I used them when pregnant, it was actually a midwife who said to us at the ante-natal class that we absolutely should use them.

Yea to smaller cars. To those people who think you need a land rover discovery for the school run and to pick up a few things from Chiswick's Waitrose; you don't.

Obese people if they are having ongoing problems getting in and out due to size I guess could get a disability badge??

you seriously think it's that simple to get a blue badge?

I actually think a better solution to that would be people driving smaller cars that fit in parking spaces

I have no objection to pregnant ladies using the P&C spots but I do actually agree with this. I wish people would just buy smaller cars. The DC's school car park is a bloody nightmare - fortunately I can walk - but the few times I've had to drive (enormous prop for school play in the back) I couldn't believe the size of all the cars. Except for one woman in a smart car and me they were all unbelievably massive.

Our car isn't massive, it's a small SUV which comfortably fits a family of four in it. Some spaces are ridiculously small in poorly designed car parks and I found the same when I was parking in a little hatchback.

And regarding blue badge, it's always been in my experience (family and friends) that anything that qualifies them to have difficulty moving about does generally receive these passes, ie a family friend of ours had chronic knee problems and had a badge to park in disabled - I'm sorry if that's not been the case for yourselves

Certainly not the experience of anyone I know or the group's I am a member of.

I don't care.

I care if people misuse disabled parking spaces, but the parent and child ones are only a courtesy anyway so have at it.

When I was hugely pregnant with my last child I found I could not manage in general toilet cubicles due to needing extra space, to get into a position I could clean myself effectively, so I used disabled toilets, and felt entirely justified in doing so. If your pregnancy means you need extra space, use the extra space.

I think if they were at the back of the car park they wouldn't be abused and I need them for the extra space to get car seats/children in and out, not because of their proximity to the shop

This.

Our local Tesco has a big main car park and then another smaller one further back from the shop, with the click and collect booth etc. There are a few p&c spaces in the main one and loads in the further away one. I think this works perfectly. I can always get a spot in the further one and there's still a paved walkway with zebra crossings to the shop.

I do also wish people would be a bit more compassionate towards each other in general. Using a P&C space with a perfectly healthy 10 year old is ridiculous whether or not you technically have the right to. Likewise if someone doesn't have a child but has a genuine need for that space I'm more than happy for them to use it.

As I understand it P&C spaces are for pregnant women too - the symbol for them at my local shopping centre shows a pregnant woman.

And as for The larger cars are just a status symbol . Great generalisation there. I drive an estate because I have to regularly fit a toddler, three adults (one disabled) and two 40kg dogs in crates in it. It really doesn't make me feel big, clever or special in any way and simply can't be done in a Corsa, for example.

In fairness the OP's question was relating to size, so the obese comments arent that off.
If you're having genuine physical difficulty like SPD I see no issues but if if you can walk, do! Just be considerate.

As someone who has two children, one of which has ASD and is a flight risk but not "enough" to have a blue badge, it's a bit of a pain not to find a space. It's bad enough people park in them with their invisable children in the first place.

I am amazed at the number of people on this thread who think that getting a Blue Badge is a given if you've got a bit of pain or aren't too mobile. In most places you'll only get one if you also get PIP...and I think we all know how dreadfully difficult that is.

Anyway, this thread has convinced me to park in P&C places at every available opportunity as I have a rotten bad back. (Of course if I'm with my DH we can park in the disabled spaces as he has a blue badge. Shame they are so often full.)

Sharp I don't think people saying bigger cars are just status symbols mean a reneult Mégane estate type thing, more this type of thing, which actually only seats the same number of people as a normal hatchback and is usually leased for the school run and supermarket shop for a family of three or four:
BMW suw rangerover

Although the two 40kg dogs could be a status symbol of course