Glastonbury Festival at 10 weeks pregnant... is it madness?

[pushmepullme]

I have just found out I am pregnant I have tickets for Glastonbury Festival. I don't want to waste my ticket (can't refund it now) and am planning to go. Am I mad?

This is my first pregnancy, I am in my late 30's. I am guessing that if I get morning sickness I will still have it at 10 weeks which could be a problem and also that I may be very tired. I have never been into the whole 'getting off my tits' thing, prefering to sit about and watch the world go by and catch a few bands and will have people with me who will be doing the same kind of thing.

Am I just nuts to consider it?

Can't stop laughing
Think that should be my profile picture.
Still I'll be easy to spot at glastonbury.
still

I'm a sad dork and went through this thread looking for all the Mnetters going and came up with this list:

Pushmepullme
Ninjacat
JemL
Sersi
Myst97
Issy42
DitaVoncheese
Ifatfirstyoudontsuceed
minshu
MrsMc82
Ravgirl
Thandeka

A meet up for a herbal.......

....tea would be lovely. Particularly as following MMC I have no intention of telling anyone in RL so would be nice to chat to others in same boat. (Of course the fact we would be meeting in RL doesn't nec. count!).

Fingers crossed its a sticky one for me til at least after Glasto!

Hi Thandeka - I think we've been on threads together previously too. Sorry about your mmc but great news that you're pg again . I saw your thread about throwing tests in the bin but haven't caught up with your latest news. Ninja's right if an mc is going to happen, it's going to happen no matter what you do and Glastonbury is such a relaxing, chilled out place I'm sure it will be good for our little beans.

Sunday line-up looks particularly good, just hoping I can get from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bat for Lashes over to Tom Jones (I'm Welsh - it has to be done) and not be too tired to last out until Nick Cave .

One tip I've had is to beware of The Prodigy. My colleague's daughter saw them at V (I think) and loved them, but some blokes starting hitting the women in the crowd during Smack my b*tch up - playfully but still a bit harder than maybe they realised! Not good if bump accidently gets caught in it.

Time has flown so quickly since getting tickets, can't believe 4 weeks today will be heading down. Hope time continues to go as quickly and stops doing the pregnancy slow down thing .

Well spoke to DH this morning about Glasto and he doesn't seem to happy about me going now. Any money because he wants to enjoy Glasto and not have a whiny nauseous wife wanting to go to sleep at 10pm in tow! But then he has decided he is camping and I am in a caravan with the in-laws so he will probably hardly see me!

I think will wait for another couple of weeks before making my decision (but do need to sort out transport down there soon!). Like I said we have insurance so if I don't go its not the end of the world. Annoyingly I would have to travel down to Glasto on my own as blimming DH is going down on the Tues and I can't travel down til the wednesday afternoon coz of work.

Thandeka - at your dh - he's being very selfish. I still think you should go, as there is so much there, you will have fun with or without dh in tow. I go with my ex, who's still a good friend, and he behaved similarly with me when I booked the ticket and could possibly have been very pregnant if my IUIs had worked, but has come round now and is being really sweet. Hopefully when your dh realises you're not going to give in to his selfish behaviour and stay away, he'll be the same.

Unfortunately can't offer any help with travel as I'm going down on Tuesday as well, but there are lots of National Express coaches that go and shuttles run from the train station. Just need to get your bags to the in-laws so they can take them in the caravan for you.

What bands are people looking forward to seeing? I used to be well up on new bands, but due to changes in radio timings I now listen to a request show in the morning instead of the new stuff, so am out of touch.

Thandeka that is quite selfish of your dh - I hope he can be made to see sense.

A meet up does sound cool.

Not sure of my shifts but think they are going to be afternoons with dp doing evenings. I might swap with him though because he's much more of a muso than me. I just like lazing in the sun and chilling out.

Love the idea of a meet up!

Have had first had experience of the pregnant-at-glast-disapproval, my stepdad thinks I am highly irresposible :-)My answer is that no-one would think it odd if I went camping for a weekend while pregnant!

I will be steering clear of the prodigy also - I've seen them a few times, once when pregnant with DS and it is generally quite lairy!

I was planning on taking my own food - normally we take a few pot noodles etc and buy food the rest of the time but I have serious food poisoning paranoia - what is everyone else doing?

Hi all, I hadn't realised we had more replies in this thread

Thandeka I think your OH is being a bit selfish but on the other hand I have been kind of preparing myself to give my OH the freedom to go off and do his own thing and luckily I will have friends and family with me so we can spend time doing more chilled stuff. Do you get on with your in-laws and will they know you are pregnant?

To be honest I don't really ever go that wild at Glastonbury so being pregnant shouldn't mean much change for me, apart from not being able to drink loads of the Cider.

JemL I mentioned people taking babies to Glastonbury to my SIL-to-be and she let out a very loud 'OH NO!'. I haven't told her I am pregnant yet but if I do manage to take my baby next year he or she will be 5 months old so I am bound hear some disapproval!

For food I am just going to eat what's there but make sure it's well cooked if it's meat. Am planning on taking apples and other fruit and my own water because I am a bit of a wuss about the water from the taps.

Issy42 I am very excited about the Fleet Foxes, but apart from that I have no plans for which bands I'll see. Would like to see Neil Young and Nick Cave and a few smaller bands but will probably bumble along and see whatever happens to be on at the time.

Hi again everyone, this thread's grown loads since i last posted! Glad to know there's plenty of pg mums netters going to glastonbury!

This is my first pregnancy and my first glastonbury too (in fact my first festival)!

am pretty excited about it all (glastonbury and being pg that is!!) i'll be 10 weeks when we're there and am sooooooooooo pleased i convinced dh to get a hired caravan for a relative bit of luxury!

Anyone got any must-have tips for a me as glastonbury newbie?? I'm not very organised for it at all as yet - mind is fairly consumed by baby thoughts at mo so what to pack has been last thing on my mind tbh!

Also haven't got tickets though.... I'm taking it i shouldn't be worried just yet? XX

ps love the idea of a meet up too x

Oooh MrsMc82 your first Glastonbury!! You lucky thing. Hopefully you will be blown away by it.

I only got my tickets last week and I know people who are still waiting so don't panic. Have you used the online tracker to see if they are still waiting to be dispatched?

My tip is take lots of wet wipes, I think most people would say that, and don't forget your toilet roll! Also don't spend loads of time racing from one stage to another to see bands. There's so much going on that you just can't see it all. Make sure you go up to see the stone circle/scared space and to the green fields and Cabaret areas because they are really good fun.

You might want to take something with you to pee into in the tent. Getting up in the middle of the night and trying to find a toilet isn't good fun. Also make friends with your neighbours and just join in with the random stuff that happens. Take spare socks incase it's a muddy one and when you get there do a tour of as much of the site as you can to get your barings.

Are you going with other Virgins or will there be people who know their way around?

So excited for you

Thanks pushmepullme

Just me and DH going together and he's a glastonbury virgin too.. we said that we'd maybe pick one (or 2 max) bands a day that we'd def like to see and then just bumble around and see what we come across for the rest of it... was really loving the idea of just soaking in the atmosphere even before i found out I was pg so don't feel like its going to ruin my experience of the festival or any thing like that (apart from the cider consumption like you say !! )

Our little caravan has a toilet (of sorts ) which I think'll be a godsend - esp cosidering I'm getting up to go to the loo about 4 times a night at the mo as it is!!! Also has a shower but not holding out any hope for the quality of it so I reckon wet wipes will def be needed in great volume...

Clohes wise I thinkI'll just take leggings and dresses that I can layer with tshirts + cardies + waterproof depending on the weather and at least leggings'll be way easier to dry off than jeans etc if it is a wet one. Have got comfy flat shoes to wear if its dry some (fake) uggs if its cold and wellies if wet...

And def going to take some food for bfast especially as I'm waking up STARVING atm - think supplies of cereal fruit and alpen bars will need to be taken too !

hmmm maybe I am a bit more organised that I thought....

Just need tickets to arrive now!!! Will have a look on the tracker to see whats going on!

xx

MrsMc82 - I went for the first time last year. Some of this won't apply to you as you're in a caravan but here are my tips on what to pack ... I took loads of wet wipes - normal ones, face ones, intimate ones - and loads of loo roll - you need a lot to make the loo useable unless you have perfected the shewee (haven't tried mine yet). Most of the sinks have soap but doesn't hurt to have some antibac gel just in case. Cereal bars are a god send and last year I also took two homemade banana & chocolate loaves which made good snacks, though cake is aggravating my nausea at the mo, so not sure that'll work this year. The ground is quite uneven, so you need reasonably sturdy shoes. I took sandals, wellies and walking boots last year, which served me well. A torch. There are lots of places to buy bottled water - it did cost £1.50 a 2-litre bottle but would rather pay that than lug it from the carpark like last year and it is cold. I took fruit last year too but there were places selling fruit there, so may not take so much this time as mine got quite battered getting from car park to tent, which reminds me ... having a trolley to carry stuff is really useful but make sure you have one with big wheels - the one I bought last year was useless and kept flipping over. Also you're more prone to sunburn when pregnant so make sure you have good suncream. I use Ultrasun 28 which you can get in John Lewis and online and it's great because you put it on once and lasts all day. Take some glowsticks in various colours, can help someone find you in a crowd. And a light chair to carry round with you so you can sit down. Oh and for anyone getting an airbed, I bought an aerobed last year, expensive but worth it.

A good place to stand to see bands is alongside the disabled viewing platform. It usually has a big screen on the back so you can watch the screen if can't see stage well, not too crowded there, but if the crowd does get a bit wild then you can ask security to let you in the disabled bit. My ex used to steward at Glastonbury and he thinks if you say you're pg they'll let you in.

Apart from that be prepared for any plans you had prior to going not to happen because you tend to just go where the mood takes you when you're there.

Looking forward to meeting up. Since a lot of us will be pre-bump we'll have to come up with someway of identifying ourselves

DH has come round but is still going down day before me and sleeping in tent with me in caravan with the in laws. Is fine though- him and glasto cannot be parted.

In laws won't know am PG as we told em too soon last time and I miscarried so trying to keep it a secret this time and be on "antibiotics" and not drinking. I just brought my train tickets down for the wednesday night and now am gutted to discover its Y9 parents eve (am teacher) that night so am going to have to cancel the train tickets and travel down on thursday instead (unless I can persuade my 3 Y9 classes to let me phone their parents instead ).

Luckily DH's best mate's parents live in Pilton and his DP is going to be staying in their house and going in daily so worst case scenario I will stay with her and his parents (have stayed before and they came to our wedding so it shoul be fine) me and best mates DP are quite used to being Glasto widows when our two get together!

Am a bit worried about carting all my stuff down there (and travelling by myself- normally such a strong independent woman- ha!) but will have to see if DH can carry the odd bit with him on the tuesday.

MrsMc82 is my first glasto too! We should make a mumsnet flag and stick it somewhere for people to meet under at a certain time or summat!

Hi all,

Getting very excited too - still haven't got my tickets though.

Good advice about the prodigy - I was really looking forward to seeing them, and usually I do a lot of dance acts and jumping around but may give it a miss this year.

Looking forward to some of the more chilled looking moments - Badly Drawn Boy at Avalon stage should be a nice one to sit and have a lovely cuppa.

It's my first time, too! Tickets and shewee have arrived, but haven't tried the latter yet. Hmm - must buy a new tent, too...

A meet up will be good. I'll be relatively easy to identify, as I expect my tummy to stand out a bit (will be 27 weeks by then)

We're aiming to go on the Thursday, as we thought 5 days on an airbed might be pushing it a bit.

Minshu - arriving on the Thursday means you'll struggle to get a good pitch for the tent and might end up too near the toilets, far away from the stages or in one of the prone to flooding bits. Invest in an aerobed - seriously it's like sleeping on a normal mattress.

Thanks, Issy. DP is a regular and is confident that our friends will be able to keep us enough space to pitch up with them. We'll be aiming to get there early on the Thursday.

I'm driving down to stay with Family in street now on wednesday/thursday and plan to arrive on site Thursday afternoon with SiL and her son (we are in a caravan already set up so have no worries about pitches- DH is going down Tuseday morn to ensure he gets a good pitch!). Gave up on the train idea in the end. Plan on driving back to London on the Tuesday morning so if you know of anyone who needs a lift back there may be space....

Am soooo excited!

tickets have arrived

Minshu - the infamous spacing out the tents to save space for others move. Worked for our group last year, we squeezed an extra 3 in somehow.

Thandeka - is dh working at Glastonbury then? You can't arrive until Wednesday morning otherwise according to the website.

Great you've got your tickets Sersi.

I have some good news today. Had my first scan and everything is fine. So relieved. Know things can still go wring but feeling much better to at least know things are OK so far.

wrong not wring

lots of info written by a friend of mine who is a veteran of festivals/Glastonbury. There's also a great map linked on there too.

great news about your scan issy42 - did you get some piccies?

queenrollo remember reading Tort's FAQ's a couple of years back, brilliant. Well worth a read even if you've been a few times.

Tort's FAQ's are an annual read for me! Even though i've been doing festivals for 15 years....i still get a little excited reading them.

Hope all you pregnant ladies are feeling well?

I am very excited about seeing Dodgy, though the other stuff i really want to see mostly clashes.

If you want to know who's on where and when so you can cry into your cup of tea as you realise like me all the stuff you like most is on at the same time there is a clashfinder here