to use the parent/child parking spaces whilst being heavily pregnant??

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was jst wondering wot ppl think of this??

my boyfriend has parked in these spaces a couple of times for me if the only other available one is 10 miles away from the door!

I feel bad when he does this but it must admit its great not have to walk any further than i have to in peeing rain with my dodgy back and preganacy waddle!!

he says "you are a parent with a child....you jst cant see it yet!!(well not all of it!!)

am i being a pregnant lazy sod ??

my friend had such bad SPD and other problems towards the end of her pregnancy that she was entitled to a blue badge.. she didn't take it though.

Here in Wales they'relooking at pink badges and spaces for the last trimester.

I am personally annoyed.

Ican't get a blue badge with my two asdkids,as its not considered a physical disability: yet a pregnant wopman with no other problems should get special parking?

Seems far mroesensible to me to widen the ops for pregnant women and other people with a need to get a standard badge- if you ahve SPD or similar you have a real need. I've had SPD with 2/4of my opg's,and the difference is immense.

TBVH I can't get het up about P&T spaces,I think a pg woman has as big a need as many others; I park in them with asd ds3 (6.5) for different reasons,and if someone wanted me to park elsewhere that would be their problem,I have a genuine need.
I'dkep them, even double the amount,but label them priority aprking and attendants would ask regualrly why you think you're a priority: pregnancy (advanced), children,disability overflow, old age,
temporary mobility probs (crutches etc)..... all OK

YANBU at all i would do the same thing, but i dont drive, you are pregnant with child after all and heavily pregnant too.

sorry, i just have to add - when I was heavily pregnant I was not a picture of health, nor capable of walking. I could barely make it up the stairs, let alone the 5 min walk to the local shop. Didn't leave the house for the last 6 weeks.

So I'm changing my mind... OP, unless you have severe SPD or another problem that stops your legs working, then YABU.

esp if your OH drove you there.

Being heavily pregnant does not mean you lose the use of your legs!!

it did in my case!

oh doesn't everyone get very worked up about P&T spaces.

becky7000 wow you have been busy! congrats on DC4! I thought I had my hands full with DC-4 months, 18months and 2 and a half!

I agree with jaynieB its the actual extra door opening space thats the important feature for me and not the close location to the store. So I dont think i'd object to a heavily pregnant woman using a space...or should that logic be aplied to 'large' people too.........or is that a can of worms best left unopened?

why is it more difficult with a baby?

I always found getting around much easier when the bay was out. and toddlers are a menace to themselves in any part of a car park including p&t.

I find toddlers ahrder aswell

Recently I realised why I shouldn't bother trying topark in normalspaces and it acme in the form of a twat in a red Corsa who had parked right up the door we usefor ds4's car seat. They ahd clearly done it as the other side was awall so they oculd get their baby out easily- er thansk then!

I have 4; that meant there were car seats in ever available space in the back rows. I couldn't pull back or anything (ds3 and ds1 have SN and ds3 in aprticular would be a massivverisk to himself if I let go of him), so I had 6totake out the seats for two in ordertoaccessthe toddlerseat after straping ds3 in; ds1is also asd and not exactly a bright bunny in traffic (mre of the quick shove for ds2 variety). Its rare I go out with all and not DH- can't remember why I did that day tbh, think I had an urgent bank run- and it really narked me off.

I think if youre larger you generally know your own size though- not that I wedged myself between car and house wallparking and had to wait ages for dh to comehome, oh no[nlush]

Do you not understand the p&c labelling? Do you only understand txt spk?

spcs wot r 4 moms n bubbas

Did that help?

YABU. You are heavily pregnant, not ill or disabled. Unless you have severe SPD or similar, I can't see the need at all. It's good for you to get a bit of exercise when you are pregnant anyway!

"YABU - you say your oh parked there. Options are 1) oh dros you near door and then goes to park as normal 2) oh does the shopping while you stay at home 3) oh does the shopping while you wait in car 4) you sho online 5) you walk from another space like every other pregnant person does - including pregnant people who also have LOs if your oh is parking in the spaces!"

couldn't have put it better myself...

I hate it when people act like they are the only person in the world who has ever been pregnant and deserves special treatment!

You think its hard being pregnant? thats the easy bit, the hard work is still to come

yanbu
I never actually used it when pregnant but really really wished I could as my bump was so big I actually did get stuck a few times where I could not get back in because someone parked so close to my door...
I did have spd as well but there are other spaces close to the entrance as well so the distance was not a major issue.
I get really hacked off by people who use the spaces and have no children with them in the car. In our area specifically people with big cars like range rovers etc use these spaces as they do not fit in other spaces. The other day it was a guy in a smart car !!!!

it would be good if supermarkets would accomodate these cars with bigger spaces as there are more and more of them.

I personally would go nuts if i caught you!

You are pregnant NOT disabled, If your other half was with you EASY he drops YOU AT THE DOOR then parks, DOESNT use a space YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO!

Hope that was clear enough for you!

Im sick to farkin death with people without children babys and so on using the spaces,
i have a 3door car as its all i can afford and i have a 1 and 2yr old that i have to climb in holding BOTH so they dont bugger off and then wrestle them into 5point harnesses. The amount of times i cannot get a space and ive had to ask a stranger to park it for me once ive removed the kids as i cant in the space is unreal!!

I personally took GREAT pleasure telling customer services of the three cars surrounding me that were childless and smiled as they got there tickets!! bastards

So what have you got in your tummy if it isn't a baby. Of course you should be able to park there. I think Asda sometime have expectant mum spaces.

Well I think the things are bloody stupid so I don't mind if anyone parks in them so YANBU.

Never understood why people are so desperate to save the extra 100m or so if they are not disabled.

Though I personally use this to my advantage and park as far away from the shop as I can, this effectively means that I am in the shop around 10 mins before all the numpties who circle the first few rows looking for a "good" space.

I can see the extra space being handy getting kid's into/out of car but I am not sure they actually need to be right near the doors. And yes I have crossed carparks whilst herding multiple toddlers.

i wouldnt care if the spaces were right at the back its the SPACE i need!

Maybe they should put them at the back and then the people who need them would get them!

i think its ok if you are very heavily pregnant with big bump as it can be hard to get out of the car, but not ok if you don't have much of a bump and can't be bothered for the walk.

HOWEVER with an OH in the car no excuse for using them as you can get out before he parks in the narrow space.

i remember when i was very pregnant with DD went to the supermarket and couldn't get out of car in any of the spaces!

what annoys me is when people use these spaces and they have older children (eg more than 7 or 8) because by that point the kids can walk and get themselves out of the car.

By Heqet Wed 30-Dec-09 17:14:02
Well, if your boyfriend is driving then he can drop you off at the door and park in a proper space, then bring the car round to you when you're done. Or circle the car park if you are only popping in for one or 2 bits, so you don't need to park in a m&t space then, do you?

If you are out alone, heavily pregnant and really too uncomfortable to walk across a car park, then you probably are too uncomfortable to be doing a huge shop, so will only be in the space a few minutes, won't you? So I don't see how anyone would mind that either.

Thanks Heqet for saving me the effort!!

& to all who say 'we never used to have then and we managed blah blah blah' that's true, but cars are getting bigger and parking spaces are getting smaller - making the whole exercise much more difficult.