Could you manage this at 33 weeks?

[Flamingo84]

My office have arranged a company bonding day by which point I’ll be about 33wks.

This includes touring a historic site and doing some team building exercises there, a lunch at a different location about 20 mins away on public transport then a 1 hour boat trip (along the shore), ending with a group discussion and debrief.

Does this sound like too much?
Just thinking about it makes me want to lie down but am I just being a big baby?!

I would not want to do that.

I carry very big babies and that would be utterly exhausting.
I would suggest doing half of it, or better still - none at all.

That day experience sounds like one of the last things I would have wanted to do when 33 weeks pregnant. Even going to the office was draining ! I finished at 35 weeks!

Nope. Due to SPD I could barely get myself on and off the toilet at 33 weeks let alone that.

No, I would find that too much.

I was still doing lots at 33 weeks. I think it very much depends on how you feel nearer the time. I would likely accept the invite, do my best to go along but prepare your boss/colleagues for the fact that of course it depends on how you're doing by then.

Sounds ok to me but then I climbed the many many steps to Whitby Abbey (Yorkshire folk will know how bad his is) when I was 39 weeks so I am not a good judge. I think parts of it sound fine as long as you are allowed to sit out any team building activities that might be too much.

I think it sounds perfectly manageable but every one, and every pregnancy is different.
I was still going for 12 mile walks and runs at that stage...only you know the answer!

I definitely could have physically done that itinerary at 33 weeks without a problem. However the mere mention of company bonding day brings me out in hives so absolutely I’d be too pregnant to manage 😉

I’m 33 weeks, easy pregnancy but this would be too much for me but would depend on how much walking/standing up I had to do. I’d manage either morning & lunch or lunch and afternoon but at this point would be reluctant to do the full day.

It's so difficult to know. At 32 weeks I was absolutely fine and definitely could have coped with the day you describe and in fact welcomed interesting days as a distraction from slight prenatal blues, then at 33 weeks I suddenly developed SPD and couldn't even bend down to put my shoes on!

That sounds like way too much and I would absolutely not go, but see how you feel?

What @whoatemytwix said. I am nearly 32 weeks and this would be okay for me. But then I love any excuse to get out of the office! Sounds like fun! I'd accept and then you can always pull out of some / all of it nearer the time if you're finding it too much.

See at 33 weeks I stood at the bottom of the steps up to Whitby Abbey and thought "fuck that" I stayed at the bottom and ate ice cream.

There's no way of knowing but I would have found that absolutely fine at 33 weeks. Provided the team building was nothing that i could hurt myself doing, then i would definitely have done it.

I found that the more active and normal i was the better i felt. When i slobbed around i felt huge and lethargic.

It’s so hard to know in advance - with one of my pregnancies I’d have been absolutely fine, the other two not a chance.
Is there a toilet on the hour long boat trip??

Im 24 weeks and wouldn't do it now. I'd mainly be using the pregnancy as an excuse though, but i would find it tiring.

I’d have been fine but must admit I don’t like the sound of the boat trip! Sounds a bit puke inducing.

How big's the "historic site" and how much walking? How far to walk to the public transport (and to the lunch place when you get off the public transport?)

I did lots of day trips at 33-35 weeks pregnant (family visiting from abroad so we did quite a few sightseeing things with them) and although I could technically manage it, I was exhausted and was falling asleep in the car even when travelling on short journeys, falling asleep on benches at lunchtime etc.

An hour long boat ride too... ugh what if you feel a bit sick?!

If it was my choice, I probably wouldn't unless I was desperate to join in and determined to do it.

I'm at 0 weeks and I don't fancy that.

It sounds like a lot at 33 weeks, with no way out if you get really tired or uncomfortable part way through. I'd take the day off and have a getting to know yourself day at home with feet up, a movie and some ice cream.

Wouldn’t have bothered me but then I did a 400 mile round trip to deliver some training at 37+5 and was still doing my expenses the night before being induced

It would have been absolutely fine for me but everyone's different. Why not see how you feel at the time.

With my first and second, no problem.

With my third, no way.

Thanks all.
My DH doesn’t want me doing any of it so he’s not the best at impartial advice! (He’s been extra cautious since my bump popped!) 🙄
I’m ok with short walks but I need to wee every hour and I’ve been having shortness of breath for a few weeks so I’m a bit unsure about the activity level.

As a few people have said, it’s such an individual thing I’ll have to see how I feel closer to the time.

@Troubledlichen I’m with you there!

0 weeks pregnant here and I couldn't manage that as it sounds bloody awful. Tell them you won't be well enough and change your number.

I could have with both pregnancies but I’ve been very lucky both times. How far along are you currently/how far away is the event? Hard to predict how you’ll feel by that point unless it’s quite soon.