Anyone else not know where you will be living on due date?

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DH and I got married last August and I sold my house and moved in with him (only 16 miles away, but across the border into a different county). The plan is to buy another house between the 2 of us and then sell / let his place.

When I moved in with DH I kept my old GP as I have a good relationship with them. I explained to GP that we were planning on moving back into my original town quite soon they were fine about keeping me on the books.

This was all going fine, until our TTC efforts succeeded rather quicker than we expected! Now, because of the GP surgery at which I am registered I find myself under the care of a midwife in a different town and PCT to the one in which I am living...

Our baby is due in August and DH and I are house hunting as fast as we can so that we can get settled into the new place in plenty of time before the baby is born... it is getting rather unsettling though, not knowing where we will be living and not being able to make birth plans / choices. Ideally I would like a home birth...

Anyone else find themselves in a similar situation?

It's not really as much of a problem as it seems. (Oh, and congratulations ).

With my first two I chose to register at a hospital outside my area. Most of my appts were at the hospital at first, but the later, fortnightly checkups were often at the GP surgery, either with a GP or the local midwife. Dcs 1 and 2 were born at the hospital.

We mOved house early in my pregnancy with dc3. I chose to remain with the hospital where I had booked (where dcs 1 and 2 were born) for all my care until after the anomaly scan at 20w. Of course I was also registered with a local GP surgery.

I transferred my care to my local hospital at about 26w. The community midwife wS very upportive of my desire to have a home birth, even though I was coming into their system so late.

Two things I would recommend:

1. If you have started having tests at one hospital, stay with them until the tests are complete.

2. When you eventually transfer, ask for you file and walk your notes across to the new hospital yourself.

When we found out I was (unexpectedly!) pregnant with DC1 we lived in another country. My work contract had come to an end, DH had just resigned from his job and we had given notice on our apartment.

During the pregnancy, we both had to find jobs, move country and buy a house! Luckily we found jobs quite quickly where we wanted and then we rented a room from a friend to start with while we looked for a house. In the end we had to move twice and my antenatal care was in 2 countries and by 3 teams of midwives. I didn't feel that it impacted my care at all, although I did stick with the same hospital after we moved back home which I think helped with continuity.

It's a lot to think about it, but try not stress about it :) I know how unsettling it can feel, but I'm sure it will all work out wherever you are living.

Me! Although our plans are no where near as complex as yours or the above posters.
We are just moving house, locally but still we haven't found a house and I'm starting to have nightmares of camping at my parents house because we can't find anywhere, resenting DP- he's very particular and having contractions in their lounge- just the thought of it makes my morning sickness feel like it could return.

Me too! My DH is in the forces and we are due a posting "at some point this year". This could be an hour away or Northern Ireland or Germany or anywhere else they feel like sending him! And it could be in July or at any point after that! (I am due in September)
Spoken to other wives who have had this experience and whilst not ideal, it can be overcome!
Maybe think about alternatives to a home birth - know I wouldn't find it so relaxing if we were still surrounded by boxes and chaos!
Good luck!

I moved at 24 weeks in first pregnancy and am doing it again at 18 weeks this time. Wasn't a problem - just involved a few more appointments with hospital/MW until they get you on their system.

Do you have a birthing centre anywhere near. This could give you a good alternative to a home birth without the panic of finding a home!

Me too! We are moving cities in order for Dp to start new job in Aug, I'm due in Sept. Hoping to have bought somewhere to move in to in Aug but if not will probably move in with my mum... I'm worried about getting my homebirth & settling DD1 beforehand...

In the same situation! We're moving when I'll be 34 weeks, 2 hours away. We're renting so haven't found a property yet, but I'm trying to not stress too much, its still a month or so away :) Its weird though because my instinct to nest is going crazy, but we currently just live in a tiny one bedroom flat so theres no point buying any of the big stuff yet. So just patiently waiting til we move, then I'll be ordering everything online and get started on furnishing the nursery! Fingers crossed baby doesn't come early...

Not too worried about finding new GP/registering at local hospital. I know other people that moved like this at the last minute and they had no issues.

My flat comes with my job so as soon as I start maternity leave I have to move out so whoever covers for me can have my flat. So no idea where we'll be living at all! Not looking forward to moving house at 8.5 months pregnant

Planning on moving between now and the birth - no idea to where but likely to be the otherside of London. Will stay with the same hospital etc but feel my NCT may now be a bit of a waste (purely done to meet fellow mums-to-be)

Also there is a distinct possibility we could be moving continents (Oz) soon after birth - would be VERY interested to hear people's views on this (having been in that or a similar situation!) Really keen to make the move but obv no idea how that will change the more PG/hormonal I get and once I actually give birth!

Me too! rebuilding our house after a massive fire and it's looking really unclear whether they'll finish in time for me to bring the baby home to our house. We're in rented accommodation (which we hate - well you would, when it's not where you really wish you were!) and my worst case scenario is that I bring our lovely first child back to a grotty bungalow...

I utterly, utterly sympathise! It makes it hard to nest/plan/get really excited as you visualise how it's going to be...

Me too! DP was working in Glasgow when we found out I was pregnant (admittedly a 'happy accident'!!) He's swiftly found a new job a bit closer to home, but not close enough unfortunately. We're hoping to move somewhere half way between our two jobs.

We've got an estate agent coming round in five minutes time to value our current flat and are hoping to be sold and moved by the time I give birth. My midwife has told me not to worry; transferring to another hospital is quite common apparently.

At the moment I'm not finding it too stressful, but I'm sure it's going to feel a bit unsettling if we're not sorted soon.