Date night ideas during pregnancy.

[Lilbear14]

Hey ladies, I've just been sat thinking about how everything will change when baby is here so I want to make the most of things while pregnant.
Our date nights usually consisted of alcohol or some form of activity that I can't really do anymore. And already I've found we are just staying in and not really doing much.
Has anyone got any ideas for dates that will be okay while pregnant? And also factoring in the weather too because it's getting a bit grim and cold.
We are going away for our anniversary in a few weeks but we can really afford to go away every other weekend. We go out for meals every so often but I don't really want to be doing that all the time either. We also have the problem of he darnt suggest things incase I can't do it and get upset about it 😂 we made a huge list of date ideas when we first got together and now we cant do any of them hahah!

We go for dinner and to the cinema, although we did that before I was pregnant too!

DH is good at finding places that do mocktails so that I can feel involved 😂

@stephisaur the mocktails thing is actually a really good idea. I'll mention that one to him because I don't want to stop doing things he likes doing because I can't so if we can find alternatives for me that's great.
Don't know why I didn't think of that in the first place though haha.

We were meant to be going to Amsterdam at some point, so far I've not been bothered about not being able to drink but I think that will test me!

As above, cinema, dinner, mocktails for you. Date days walking and siteseeing? Maybe go to your closest "tourist city" if it's a day trip away and do their open bus tour? Any local museums that do evening events? Theatre?

Board game cafes are a good one, if that's your sort of thing. We sometimes go to one where you pay by the minute and get unlimited tea and biscuits: london.ziferblat.net

@LittleKitty1985 we are way to competitive for board games we can't even play monopoly on a computer without falling out 😂😂😂 I like the idea though thank you.
@PBobs yeah we have said we are gunna start "exploring" different places.

I think the problem we have is we are both very indecisive. We may have to make another list of dates to go through tailored to pregnancy haha thank you for suggestions

Hey I am only early so struggling with Date nights too we used to go for dinner and then get black out drunk which is obviously not an option now! I am craving Auntie Annes pretzels at the moment and the closest one to us is at Brent Cross shopping centre so we are making a date out of it we will go to the pretzel store and then to IKEA which is round the corner (i love IKEA and think its a pretty fun date). We went to indoor mini golf a few weeks ago. I want to build a blanket fort and watch movies next. We have seen some deals on wowcher which is a 2 course dinner overnight stay with spa access and breakfast for £99 for 2 people! Its apple picking week this week so we went last weekend for a dog walk picked some apples and made a crumble together. Could go bowling or to the cinema. We sometimes dress posh and go to the Ritz and get a drink in the bar they come with free snacks (the best olives and rice crackers you will ever taste) and with no alcoholic beverage its not as expensive - its a beautiful bar and you could make a day of it and be tourists in london.

@iforgotwhatiwasgoingtosay we are up int north, so we are limited on posh 🙄😂 we've been having a look on Groupon and found some nice stuff. I have heard that some spa's don't like pregnant women. The ones close to us certainly don't anyway.

But we were the same go for food then just get completely sloshed.

We've just booked a night in the lake District for our anniversary. Going to get some research done on walks and things.
I don't mind staying indoors it's just a bit boring when it's sat watching Tele.

Honestly? Just leave the house together after a child’s bedtime. Without a fair amount of planning you’re not both leaving the house together after 7pm for a good 8 years...

Cinema, supermarket, late night shopping.

Completely agree there is only so much netflixing I can do! Mini Golf was fun though, or a visit to the arcade! I'm making the most of acting childish while I still can!

We went to the cinema a lot, and out for meals and I just wouldn’t drink. I wasn’t really capable of doing much else as I could barely walk by the end.

@iforgotwhatiwasgoingtosay we love arcades. We are like adult children ourselves. I have a limited attention span so always need to do something that really makes me think or just something I find interesting.

@PotteringAlong completely forgot to mention. I already have two children from previous relationships so when they go at the weekend we have our date nights. It's one of the reasons I'm so keen to get some nice ideas because I've had quite a lot of freedom, despite having my two and this is his first so it will be a shock still to us both I think.

We have a centre near us that we went to about once every couple of months and played mini golf, bowled, spent a fortune in the arcades and watched the skiers/snowboarding.
You also have a great time for dates coming up with Christmas. Go to Christmas markets (I get the whole now mulled wine/cider is pretty pants but still the food would make up for it!) go to food festivals, cinema, bowling, arcades, frosty winter walks during the day then back and make mulled wine (and non alco versions for you) and watch a Christmas movie. The time will fill up fairly quickly!