If you're pregnant and have a nursery aged child..

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If nurseries open from 1st June and you're pregnant will you be sending your child in if you don't have to?

I'm in two minds! I feel my little boy is really missing out by not going, he would love to go back but I'm obviously worried about the risks as at this age as socially distancing isn't possible.

Ahh I was having this very conversation with my husband this morning! How pregnant are you? I’m only 10 weeks and really the thought of my son not being at nursery for the rest of the year is too much. I’m not sure it’s fair on him. Also once my husband and I go back to work (I’m a keyworker wfh and he’s in retail so currently furloughed) we will have no option as there won’t be any childcare otherwise.

It’s a risk but I’m not sure what other option we have 🤷🏻‍♀️

Likely we’ll enter another lockdown relatively soon (although hopefully shorter) as numbers go up so they might not even be there that long.

It's hard isn't it? I'm 34 weeks, husband is WFH and my business (which is from home anyway) is on hold because it's reliant on the hospitality industry.
So it's not about the childcare for me and more about the benefits of nursery for DS.

It’s a simple no for us

I’m 16 weeks and I don’t think the benefit Of going to socialise for my poor 2yr old DC outweighs the risk to me

I know my DC would love to go but we are coping fine at home as both DH and I work from home

Personally I think those who can keep their kids at home should. So that key workers and those with no choice have less risk put on them

I have a feeling that coronavirus infections will soon be going up and up again, after the lockdown measures were reduced yesterday :(

I dont know. I'm really conflicted. We don't need it for childcare as I'm working weekends since nursery closed. I'm 29 weeks now. My 4.5 year old would really, really benefit from going back. If I weren't pregnant I'd send him back, no question. My reservation is what if we get C19 from nursery contacts, and it affects my birth plan/means I can't have my husband at the birth. Got a few more weeks to decide by the looks if it (this is all assuming early years settings reopen when reception classes go back, which we don't even know if they are at the moment).

I think it will be tricky financially to not send kids in for some parents as nurseries will no longer be offering reduced fees if open again.. (especially in areas such as London where the 3 year old funding hardly touches the actual fees)

It’s such a hard one but I will be sending my son back (2.5 days) I’m much earlier pregnant than you and self employed but i work in a studio with tools so I cannot work with my son around as it’s too dangerous. He also loves his friends so much I think it will he nice for him to have the constant of nursery when baby does come and home life changes a bit for him.

It's a moot point as I'm in Scotland but yes I would. I'm still trying to work and it's becoming impossible. DS needs to play with other children too.

Yes it looks that way.
I was on the fence yesterday and now I'm leaning more towards not. My husband feels strongly that we should keep him home but have agreed to see what measures the nursery puts in place for the children.

I have a 13 year old son too and I think if the school opened for him I would send him back without question because I feel his education outweighs the risk to me and he would stick to social distancing. The home school set up for his school isn't great but it looks like September for him anyway.

Yes, I’ll send DS.

I’m working frontline in the NHS so I’m at more risk at work (although not seeing anyone with Covid) than I would be from him.

My 3 yr old will be and I'm 12 weeks as I'm still doing my normal job from home as is my partner and I'm struggling to cope if I'm honest as I have to be on e phone to patients most of the day so she's getting bored a lot x

I’ll be sending both mine in, but if I had the choice I wouldn’t. My employer has been really good about not overloading me with work, but once childcare opens I know they’ll be expecting me to work as normal, and it will be impossible with a 1 and 3 year old at home, it’s hard enough as it is! I hadn’t thought that about catching it affecting your actual labour. I might pull them out once I go on mat leave I guess.

I don’t think so I have a 3,4 and 6 year old too many germs from different places not sure if it’s wise to send them back although it’s hard bloody work. (19 weeks btw)

I will be. DS is nearly 3, I am nearly 12 weeks and suffering from HG. My poor DH is trying to work full time, do most of the childcare and look after me and the house. It simply isnt sustainable.

DS has been asking about nursery, which he wasnt in the beginning, and is clearly very bored.

I’m 32 weeks and have a 2.5yo DD. I’ll be sending her back in as soon as it opens, as I want to get her back into some kind of normal routine before baby is here.

My dd is 3 and I'm 9 weeks, suffering with severe sickness and unable to keep meds down most days so even from a practical perspective I'm not likely to be able to get down to her nursery to collect her if unwell and neither can dh

We've decided the risk isn't worth it and to have her off until September when hopefully she starts at a new preschool in a primary school but I'm worried how we will both cope if I'm honest!

Not nursery but school aged children. I’m undecided. I read an article and away towards sending them, then read something else and don’t think it’s worth the risk.
I’ll be 36 weeks approx so most risky time in my opinion.

This is worrying me too atm, my boy is due to start school in September so I’d love him to go back to nursery so he can do all the transition stuff and have at least a little routine and socialising before going to school. I’m going to wait and see for now as I wouldn’t be surprised if the cases go back up and schools are pushed back later.
I’ll be about 28 weeks by June so the risk of him bringing the virus home after us being strictly distancing for so long is making me wonder if it’s worth it....

I'm on the other side of this I have a 5 week old and a 2 year old. Partner is at work and I'm home alone sleep deprived haha I hoped to send DD to nursery 2 days a week still.

Part of me feels that there's always going to be that risk till a vaccine is found so I don't know whether to hold off sending her back or not. She's desperately missing her friends and I feel guilty that she stuck at home with me and a newborn, however don't get me wrong we are going for walks daily and doing activities etc but it's exhausting haha. I just don't know what to do!

We do have a few weeks tho before this and it may not happen depending on the numbers!

My son is 3. DH and I are working from home with reduced hours. I'll be 26 weeks on 1st June. DS usually goes to nursery 2 days a week and I most definitely want to send him when they reopen. He will benefit and frankly we need more time to work and just a bit of a breather.

I'm probably not ( reluctantly). I'll be 36 weeks them. I'm not worried about DD being ill, but the risk of her passing something to me or DP before I go into hospital is one I don't want to take. I don't want ro give girth alone or pass it onto any staff in the hospital.

If I were in my second trimester I would've sent her back I think.

25 weeks here. DD is about to turn 3 and has been doing a couple of mornings a week (due to increase last month) since last summer. She loves it! Lots of friends, lots of fun and I love the time to myself! She (and I) have missed it massively, and she talks about it every day.

Ours have said they are opening, and as much as I would love to, I don’t think I will send her until I’ve had the baby. CV is more risky in 3rd trimester, and if I was to get it / DH to get it he wouldn’t be able to be there at the birth, which I don’t want to risk.

If I wasn’t pregnant I would be sending her back.

It's really hard to know what to do for the best. Currently 19 weeks and have 2yo dd. I've had no contact from nursery about the new changes so will wait to see what they say. I dont want to lose her place so might send her in 1 day a week but I'm not sure I can justify the expense for the other 2 days dd wouldn't be in. I guess I will have no option when I am no longer required to work from home but this whole situation is stressing me out!

I've just had an update from my nursery and they are prioritising 3/4 year olds first so I don't think 2 year olds will be for a while yet.