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Moving house during pregnancy

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paulied · 28/07/2012 21:30

Just having an animated conversation and just wondered about people's experiences - what is easier:

Moving house whilst 8 months pregnant
Moving house with a 1 month old baby

Would appreciate your thoughts!

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SimplySoo · 28/07/2012 21:32

I'm having to make exactly this decision, look forward to replies!

Noqontrol · 28/07/2012 21:32

Hmmm, tough one. Equal in different ways i reckon. Regardless of which id definitely get a removals firm in to do all the lifting, and possibly the packing too!!

FutureNannyOgg · 28/07/2012 21:49

I moved at 32 weeks, with a toddler. Doable because I did some stuff when he was in bed. Had a lot of help from friends though, it got rather stressy though, in the end i had to leave a lot to DH.
With a newborn I wouldnt consider it unless i had someone else to pack.

messagetoyourudy · 28/07/2012 22:09

Which one are you for/against?

I would think moving with a one month old baby is hard if it's your 1st baby, just because you feel so tired and it is such a big shift change in your life - you feel you have no time of your own.

However, in reality the baby sleeps alot of the time and you are probably alot more physically able to do stuff like cleaning, packing, lifting. Plus if the baby wakes you have your get out of jail card!

We moved when I was 8 months pregnant and I had a 20month old toddler too. Luckily I have a brilliant husband who did all the packing and lifting, and I just had to do the cleaning up after, while our CM had our DS1 for the day.

Neither are ideal but both do-able!

tumblebug · 28/07/2012 23:42

Just moved today at 36+5! Had overlap with our last house, so that has reduced the pressure a bit, although still more to move tomorrow. Dh has done most of it with help from friends and family, I have done bits of packing and unpacking, but mostly looked after toddler ds. So tired, but otherwise ok! I would have found it harder with newborn, especially as had cs last time, but if you can delegate the work you would probably manage!

fedup2012 · 28/07/2012 23:49

I did it at 6 months and that was hard enough. If you must sell, try renting as a stopgap but I wouldn't move in late pregnancy or early post natal. You need your strength and you need to feel secure.

EnglishGirlApproximately · 28/07/2012 23:51

Same as tumblebug - moved at 36 weeks, no problems. It was tiring but we took all the help we were offered and it was fine. Ended up being induced at 38 weeks and had emcs 5 days later. Ds is a needy baby and I know it would have been so much harder if we had waited.

What would you prefer?

Chunkychicken · 28/07/2012 23:52

We moved when I was 16wks ish with a 2yo.

Could NOT have done it with a newborn & toddler, but feasible when not heavily pg. We stayed with my in-laws while we did the moving & DIY which helped massively.

If I had to choose, I'd do it at 8mths pg, so I felt like I had time to get settled & get the nursery sorted (or get nesting perhaps??!!) before baby arrived. Plus you'll be really obviously pregnant and nobody will let you do/lift anything

riksti · 28/07/2012 23:54

Moved at 38 weeks. It was fine - did the packing while on maternity leave and on moving day just bounced on my ball and read books. One of the least stressful moving days I've had :)

Babylon1 · 28/07/2012 23:54

I moved at 3 months pregnant, was awful as I was so sicky the whole time

Moved again at 37 weeks - same pregnancy!! dd2 arrived 10 days after we moved and 2 weeks early

I'd just recommend not moving whilst pregnant!!

Heartbeep · 29/07/2012 05:44

I moved at 36 weeks, baby born at 37.

Personally I would move before the baby arrives, at least that way you're in your new house & can start unpacking/decorating & you don't have to keep baby stuff in boxes in the run up.

In our case, clearly a week wasn't enough time but it did give my DH & dad time to get the filthy carpets up & our bedroom painted (with no carpet!) & bathrooms scrubbed DH.

It was stressful for those first few months with workmen coming & going & trying to breastfeed but it worked out.

We had a lot of friends pitch in to help as baby's early arrival was unexpected.

Either way it's stressful but far less so without a newborn IMO.

Good luck!

thelittlestkiwi · 29/07/2012 05:57

I moved at about 7.5 months and it was the move from hell for various reasons outside our control. I had SPD so organised packers, movers and cleaners.

It was still better to be settled than worrying about moving with a newborn though. I got to potter and settle in the new house for the month before DD arrived when I stopped work.

APipkinOfPepper · 29/07/2012 06:04

We moved when I was 37 weeks pregnant, with a 4 year old. It was ok, but we did get the removals people to do all the packing, and we had help from family too.

I think moving with a very small baby would be harder - trying to feed so often, etc. it is better to be in and settled before the baby arrives - but only if you can get help with packing as I would have found it hard to do much myself.

Sammi7169 · 29/07/2012 08:51

when we moved last month I treated myself to a cleaning team to go through our new house as soon as we got the keys-so just the unpacking to deal with

ChunkyPickle · 29/07/2012 08:55

Plus... unless you're having ELCS, you've got no guarantees that you'll have a month old baby. If you were me, you'd have had a 2-weeker, and would have been hobbling around very slowly.

TubbyDuffs · 29/07/2012 09:02

You can get firms who pack and unpack everything for you, so either way you could make things easier for yourself.

However, if you end up having a section, I doubt that you will feel like the hassle so soon after the section (I have had three so know what I'm talking about).

Saying that though, baby number 1 came at 42 weeks, and baby number 3 at 37 weeks, so there are no real guarantees as to whether you would make it to 39 weeks??

Tough call, but if I had to make it I would go for moving whilst pregnant with cleaners/movers doing all work!

Catsmamma · 29/07/2012 09:07

I'd move before! We moved about ten days before ds1 was born

I also passed my driving test at 8 and a half months! (a couple of days earlier!)

All the new neighbours were so sweet and we moved ourselves.

... and I have never seen four men look so horrified as when they caught me shoving the bed across the room because dh and his pals had left it on the wrong side

popsypie · 29/07/2012 09:11

Defo move before. I moved when dd2 was four weeks old - not good. Would have preferred to move in - at least put cot up and some basic clothes in drawers. I spent most of day with baby in arms. Even fed her in removal van. Before the birth I would have been much more able to help and get sorted

rosy71 · 29/07/2012 09:23

I would definitely move before. We moved when I was 34 weeks and that was hard. If we hadn't sold the house when we did, I would have taken it off the market and put it back on when ds2 was 6 months old. Having a small baby is hard enough!

When I was in hospital after having ds1, the mum in the bed opposite's family moved whilst she was in hospital! I thought that would be horrible - leaving one house and returning to another with a newborn!

SilentMammoth · 29/07/2012 13:37

I moved on my actual due date!

pixiestix · 29/07/2012 13:41

Before! I moved at 8 months pregnant and it was totally fine. A fairly stress free experience. I had an EMCS six weeks later and would have absolutely hated having to move with a month old baby and a sore post-op belly.

cakelover75 · 29/07/2012 20:49

I moved at 36 weeks. I finished work at 34 weeks so had a couple of weeks to pack and then we roped in everyone and anyone to help. As it was my first I was still able to clean/put things away at a gradual pace for 4 weeks till the baby arrived. I just made sure the bedroom and living room were the way I wanted (carpets/painted) to take the pressure off and then did the other rooms when DD was older.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

mrswee · 30/07/2012 18:21

we are moving at around 32 weeks. We bought our flat last month and are renovating just now. it's surprisingly stress free so far.

I was in a hurray to move as there is only one or two mortgage lenders who will do you a mortgage while you are on mat leave. I didn't want the pressure of only having a choice of two lendrs when it is really hard to get mortgage approval these days as it is even when you are in a good position.

mumnosbest · 30/07/2012 18:27

doing anything with a 1 month old is near impossible!
we moved at 7months and it was easy, i just sat back and directed . i felt quite energetic at this point (no longer sick and nearly but not quite beached whale). i also found the nesting instinct useful in the new house.

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