Planning to move abroad with baby

[CatLady11]

I’m 5 months pregnant at the moment. Me and my partner spent 3 months in Portugal this year and came back in April, a month or so when we got back I found out I was pregnant. Now we did plan on going back over to Portugal in winter time as we love it there and want to move there :) I have an eu passport so much easier to move over there!!

Now I’m pregnant I feel like there’s some barriers about moving over before the baby arrives, I feel like I’ll be more likely to have a more comfortable birth here in the uk as I know my rights more and can advocate my birth better. I have hired a doula not so long ago, and are now putting some birth plans in place. I’d love to move to Portugal before the birth, but just feel giving birth over there is gonna be much harder to navigate..

So we are both happy to wait until baby is here but also I am conscious I won’t feel ready to travel too soon. We would be driving over so it can take us as long as it needs! We’ve done the drive before so it’s not new to us.. Maybe wait until the baby is a couple of months old, as I don’t want to travel with a toddler or older baby!

i don’t know if I’m overthinking stuff, do I move whilst pregnant and birth there or do wee just wait!! I’m due in march next year, so just feels such a long way off to wait and I’m so done with uk winters 😂😂

Anyone been in this position or similar and can offer some advice..

Thank you 😊

Well you'll need to register the birth and acquire a passport for the baby before s/he can go anywhere, so the chances of your going anywhere in very first weeks are extremely low (they say to allow 10 weeks for a passport to be issued, though, but fast track is available; assuming UK passport)

You'll need to sort out if your EU nationality can be passed on to your DC if DC is born outside that country (might depend on where you were born). Possibly better done before you move, so your DC can enter EU on an EU passport (because an entry on a British passport is for 90 days, and I really wouldn't fancy sorting out the red tape if DC "overstays" on a technicality)

Yeah in Portugal both me and my family can apply for residency based on my eu status! I’ve researched this for the last 2 years when we decided that was the country we wanted to move to! I wasn’t looking for advice on if I can move there, as I know I can and I have all the documents and info I need to be able to move there 😄

My apologies

My intention was to point out the potential timelines for those processes and how it might impact your plans on timings of move (which is what I thought you were asking about)

I've lived in Portugal for eight years and the, healthcare is amazing, especially in pregnancy, I went through a MMC last year and I'm 22 weeks along now, every doctor who has treated or scanned me in pregnancy or beforehand has been kind and caring.