Will you be seeing your family if lockdown is relaxed?

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If lockdown is relaxed on Monday, will you see your family from other households again? I had a baby last month and none of my family have met him and I’m in two minds whether to stay isolating or to let them meet him if the rules change.

My baby is 8 weeks today and I will be seeing my parents and sibling when this is over. I understand your hesitation but if you wait until it’s totally ‘safe’ you’ll be waiting until they release the vaccine xx

Yes, I know its a risk, but I feel I cant isolate forever as its just putting off catching it which is what, in the end, will happen with whatever outcome that will be.

Yes, my sister is shielding and my parents are over 70 BUT we all live in the same tiny village. None of us have been in a shop for weeks (supermarket deliveries are possible here). We’ve not met anyone, not had contact with anyone... we aren’t a significant risk to one another. We won’t be sending kids back to school or doing anything different if lockdown eases on Monday apart from seeing one another!

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Not necessarily ‘of course’. 🤔🙄

Yes I won't be able to be over there fast enough

Absolutely. My nephews birthday is next week and I'm hoping to be able to drop his present round.

I probably won’t jump back into seeing everyone straight away as I’m pregnant and my DCs are young and if just rather be careful.. but my DCs really need to see their grandparents when they can, neither of them really recognise them or will engage with them anymore! So we’ll be seeing them! They’re all below 60 and healthy so no extra risk!

No. My family live three hours' train journey away and they're in their mid sixties, not sure they'd be OK with it.

I don't know, I want to see my mum and dad very much but they are 2 hours away. Dad has some underlying conditions, they aren't shielding but definitely not worth taking any risks. I don't know how it could be possible. I know as soon as DD goes back to nursery I won't be able to see them we will be too high risk as effectively mixing with a full class of families. I don't have family or any close friends near, they're the only ones I really want in my "bubble", getting to look like a long time of loneliness ahead though.

Yes, I don’t intend hugging my parents. Still want to adhere to social distancing but I would love to visit and just have a nice chat in the garden.

So surely your parents who are 10 mins away have seen the baby but social distanced?

No. My mum lives an hour and a half away and I wouldn't put her at risk.

I think we would see DPs family and our friends. But my family lives a 4hr drive away so I doubt that would even be possible with a slight lift on restrictions as much as I’d love to see them!

I doubt it really. They’re in Scotland (I’m not) and will presumably still be locked down, based on what Sturgeon’s been saying. Plus it’s a long drive.

DH might want to take the DSC to visit his mum at some point when overnight visits become possible (it’s a 2.5 hour drive there). But DS and I will stay here (as there’s not enough room at his mum’s for us and I don’t want to go). His dad is abroad so we won’t be seeing him for ages.

Nope. I'm going to be cautious for as long as I can be i.e.until school opens and I return to work. Even then I will keep away from parents as they are shielding. It's been a few weeks, we can cope and video call regularly.

No because none of them live nearby.

I would like to see my godmother who is in a hospice

Yes, just my mum and dad who live 10mins away. Both under 65, dad is wfh and mum doesn't work. In our house DH is wfh and I'm on mat leave.

Want to make the most of seeing them this summer as I'm not planning on seeing them over the winter once DS has started primary (unless there's treatments or a vaccine).

Tbh I'm 90% sure me and the DSs have already had it (I spent a week in bed with a cough, sore throat, fever and shortness of breath at the end of March)

My family all live abroad, so we can't. If they lived locally, definitely!

I hope so but they are a couple of hours away. None of us have been going out, though, even to the supermarket so I think the risk is as low as it's possible to be!

@kingkuta No they haven’t. They don’t want to see him until they can hold him because they find it too sad and me and my partner don’t want to take the risk as my dad is still working.

No, not yet.

The gov aren't relaxing the lockdown because it's safe now - they're doing it to kick start the economy. I'll remain cautious.

I’ve been seeing mine all the time as it’s was clear the whole thing was a joke from the start. It’s all unravelling now and proves the lockdown was not needed or required.

I will be, but I'll be maintaining social distance and washing my hands, same as I do now.

I'll be straight round there as long as my family are equally happy to take the risk. If they would rather we didn't, we won't.