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Camping when 7 months pregnant... your tips please!

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MorningHasBroken · 19/01/2012 14:24

We're planning to go camping this Easter when I'll be 7 months pg. If we don't go then, the DSCs won't have a holiday this year as I don't fancy camping with a shiny new baby in the summer (actually, I think it could be okay but a mite unfair on other campers!), so it's Easter or never. Now, this is my first pregnancy so I doin't know what to expect in terms of how uncomfortable/irritable/tired I'll be at that stage. Would you advise us to take any particular luxuries or extra bits you would normally do without? We're fairly seasoned campers but just don't know how having a massive belly could affect things?

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rogersmellyonthetelly · 04/02/2012 17:29

Top tip, don't try to pee in the bushes, your balance will be shot due to being front heavy and you will end up on the floor with nettles in your lady garden. Take a bucket to pee in the tent, lots of gaviscon, comfy air bed, duvet lots of pillows and most important your hand held notes and hospital bag. Work out your nearest Maternity unit and for politeness I would inform your midwife.

SilentBoob · 04/02/2012 17:36

I am 8 1/2 months pregnant and just got back from camping :)

It was great - I got out of all the hard work and just did the fun bits.

We weren't on a campsite though and it was ergonomically challenging to do a squatting poo.

humpdebump · 02/04/2012 14:19

I did it at 8 months, it was fine. The things that bugged me most were -
Lots of bending down, picking stuff up - as camping is v ground based I really noticed how everything is on the floor so I would advise to try to keep whatever you can at waist level - get a long table to put food and other stuff on. Really this would be my top tip. I didn't suffer with pregnancy back pain until I went camping!

Even with a 10cm self inflating mat my hips hurt from lying on my side at night. A lilo on top might have been better/squashier. Take LOTS of pillows.

Heart burn (if you get it) was made loads worse by all the bending down and eating extremely calorific food nutritious camping cooking so don't forget GAVISCON, it was my best friend.

My legs got cramps more - perhaps cos they were colder? Wrap up.

Strict instructions to other DC's to pick toys up, I was often nearly tripping over them as I got fed up of bending over picking things up - leave a big bucket out for them to chuck them all in.

Depending on age of other DC's - if they need help tying laces/straps etc just give them wellies they can put on and off themselves. They are in and out tent all day and you really don't want to be bending over doing shoes every 10 mins.

Bucket with lid to wee in.

Decent moon chair that is yours and only yours to sit in.

Oh and can I say that camping with a newborn is easy, very easy if they are not criers, obviously if they have colic or similar its different, but don't write it off if you really want to go - see how your baby is. We took DS camping at 6 weeks, he was very portable, slept lots, only cried occasionally and was just an extension of me really. It was fun.

StarlightDicKenzie · 02/04/2012 18:09

I'm about to go camping at 7.5 months pregnant and again the week before due date. It's better when pg for me because it is the only time when camping I don't spend the whole night shivering.

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