Would you be ok with DP going on football trip when 34 weeks pregnant

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DP is booking to go to the Euros in Germany to see Scotland play a couple of games in June (exact dates to be confirmed). He said he will be away for around 5 days. I will be approx 32-34 weeks pregnant at that time (first pregnancy, currently early days at the minute of course).

I was fine with this and mentioned it to my mum and she said she thinks he shouldn’t go in case the baby comes early.

What would your thoughts be on your DP going away for 5 days when you’re heavily pregnant

YABU = he should go and have fun
YANBU = he should stay just in case baby comes early

It means Darling Partner

I'd want him to know how to get back home if needed in a hurry and have the means to book a flight.

Yes I would be fine with that

No problem at all, you'll be still at work so 5 days will go quickly and you can do your own thing in the evenings 😊

I don't think you can get insurance cover for "wife changed her mind about me going". Actual pregnancy complications perhaps but given you are already pregnant it's probably going to cost more than the flights

Has he got tickets yet? UEFA have already sold tickets round 1 and then won’t sell more until later (got tickets myself)

Yes, totally fine, assuming you are generally well. Go and stay with a friend or invite someone to stay with you.

I think it's fine but as it's early days I'd book everything with flexible/free cancellation unless you have family/help nearby. I'd be more worried about pregnancy related health problems like PGP where you can't do much than early labour,

I'd have been fine with this, as long as he's prepared (and will budget for this just in case!) to get the first flight back if anything looks like it may happen.
It will be very unlikely (I say unlikely not impossible before people jump on my post) that anything will happen that early out of the blue. Unless baby has to come out at that point the hospital will be doing all they can to keep it in! If something happens leading up to it that may result in an early birth then he needs to be prepared to cancel the trip last minute.
Someone I know had a premature birth completely out of the blue and her DH didn't even get there in time from work so even if he is here if there's an emergency there's no guarantee he would be there anyway.

Just wanted to give update that our baby boy was born at 35 weeks on 14th of June… the day DP was due to be watching Scotland in the euros! We found out at 28 weeks that I would need to have the baby early but due to a few complications I’d been in and out of hospital so DP cancelled the trip when I was about 26 weeks or so.

it just goes to show that anything can happen and that I wasn’t being unreasonable after all!!

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Sweet update, congrats !

I remember this! Congratulations op.

Congratulations. Enjoy the match tonight with your new Scotland fan.

Congratulations OP!!

I totally only read the first page! Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congratulations
good job he cancelled

Thank you everyone! We did get 3 weeks notice of my c section date so there was no chance of him missing it