Last trimester ladies are you going to go shopping?

[NishaaS123]

I was just wondering if I am the only one but me and my husband have decided I wont be going anywhere until the baby is here now he said stay indoors as you are in your last trimester take extra care so wont be going shopping am I then only one or are you all bieng careful aswell? My friends pissed off at me because she asked me to meet her but I told her I am not going anywhere and now shes upset with me because she said I don't have any symptoms I am fine which is annoying like she needs to understand right specially since I have around 1 month and half till my due date
Rant over guys lol

I’m 37 weeks and not going anywhere apart from hospital/midwife appointments and a walk with my DH where we don’t see anyone else.
I’m not necessarily worried about me catching it (although obviously I’d rather avoid it!) but don’t want DH to get symptoms as it will mean he won’t be allowed to be my birth partner and that would be so sad & hard.
I personally feel I have such a short time left we might as well be careful and stay in especially as my area has one of the higher R numbers!
We are lucky though in that we can both work from home and have a garden to go out into - I might feel different if our circumstances were different!
My family have asked me to go shopping with them for baby bits and I’ve said thank you but we’re not going to any shops unless absolutely essential and we’ll see them afterwards once the baby is here (and we’ve spent some time at home just us / made sure we haven’t picked it up in the hospital)

Do what is right for you! I’m only in my 2nd trimester and can’t think of anything worse than going shopping right now.

I'm quite happy with my hermit life so I'm going to keep it up.
I am working from home and have been able to get most things we have needed online. We went out last weekend to pick up somethings we bought on ebay but were able to do so in a socially distanced manner.

If being home was having difficulties with being at home I would look at the lowest risked ways of improving my quality of life by visiting friends or family is distanced ways or by going shopping at quiet times.

We all have our limits and different ideas of risk it's about finding what you are comfortable with and other should respect that.

I don't plan on it. I've not been out shopping since March, though I probably will go out for walks.

Staying in for sure, I really fancy looking in a few places but not enough to end up on a Covid ward with bubba.

I'm happy enough going to the local supermarket once a week with my mask on, but I'm definitely not planning to do any other shopping.

It's not about me, and the fact I have no symptoms, it's that I don't know what precautions the hundreds of other people out at the shops have taken, and that judging by the supermarket, lots of people won't be wearing masks themselves. Personally I'm more comfortable minimising the number of people I'm around.

I might.

I’m 33 weeks, I’m still going to the local shops when needed, I go at quiet times and it’s not too hard to social distance. Im going to my hospital appointments. I walk the dog. I’ve sat in my sister’s garden and in my friend’s.

There’s a few bits I still need to get for the baby that I’m struggling to get online so I’m not ruling out a look round M&S or John Lewis at some point (have vouchers for both) but I’m not rushing there either. Will wait to see how things develop and whether queues go down!

There’s no requirement to shield, just to be stringent with social distancing. I’m visiting a friend tomorrow and we will definitely distance. To be honest I’ve felt really lonely during lockdown and struggled a lot. As soon as we were allowed to visit in gardens and I’d seen my sister and best friend I felt like a different person and it definitely helped my anxiety, that’s important to me too. I think everyone has to find the balance they’re happy with.

I’m 36 weeks and spent the afternoon in the shops today. It was fine except for being a bit hot and uncomfortable! I was disappointed at how many shops were still shut (JoJo, Toby Tiger) but I got what I needed in H&M. Felt good to be doing something normal.

Do what's right for you, your friend should be more understanding.

I m 21 weeks and haven't been in the shops and probably won't be going at all, I ve been gradually buying things so I m not worried about getting everything in time.