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

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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?

Oh Sersi- crumbs am so sorry to hear that
Thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed. Do you think you will still make it to glasto? xxx

My decision on whether or not to go is being made until after scan next Thursday and midwifes appt next friday (Latter appt. only if scan is good news)- we have insurance and am sure doc will write me a note with threatened miscarriage as a reason not to go. Not sure what to do about DH though if I don't go though- if its all bad news I will need him with me, if its good news but I decide not to take the risk I can probably manage on my own and let him go but perhaps I may feel okay about going (although currently feel like death warmed up so maybe it wont be a fun experience anyhow!) Relatives/friends also going to Glasto currently don't know am pregnant again- my absence will cause questions but attendance looking like death will also cause questions. Can't win- just have to wait and see.....

thanks thankdeka , really hoping to make Glasto - suppose it depends what happens. I phoned my local EPU today because I just felt worried about my GP's advice. He basically said get total bed rest for 48 hours and if I don't think I've miscarried then to phone him on Friday and he'd arrange a scan for next week. Seemed a bit cold, not to mention victorian (bed rest - he'll have me confined next). EPU said I needed GP's referrel but the lovely lovely sister phoned me back and said to go for a scan tomorrow morning - so fingers crossed. My bleeding has nearly stopped & changed colour(?) although I still have pains.

You have a while to wait for your scan - the waiting around is awful. I too am working on a lets just see how I am on the day and make a decision then.

sersi so sorry to hear you are going through this too.

Hopefully the bleeding isn't serious. May women do manage to progress with their pregnancies despite bleeding so Ihave my fingers crossed for you.

beanieb am so sorry to hear your news. I was so happy when you started this thread as I was really interested to hear about other pg ladies going to glasto. Hoping all now goes as well as it can - I had an mmc, and took the pill option, although didn't have to have the pessary in the end as I passed so much blood so quickly - it seemed scary but is completely normal. I never saw any clots, etc either.

Hoping for a speedy recovery and an enjoyable festival for you.

sersi - hope your scan goes well, how good that you were able to deal with someone sympathetic - fingers crossed, thinking of you.

Beanieb and Sersi I am so sorry you are having threatened mc. I have had two mc's in the past. Currently 15 weeks and have been convinced since I found out that would have the same this time. Thandeka hope everything is going OK with you.

I have been debating about whether to go to Glasto this year - mainly due to the toilets. But reading all the postive posts I'm really excited and determined to go. Have just ordered my sheewee.

Hope you all keep well and are able to have a great festival.

Hi all,

Thanks for the well wishes.
It seems that I am one of the lucky ones and the bleeding and pains were not sinister. The baby is the right size / shape / in right amount of fluid for age. I am so relieved and enormously grateful - I am very aware it has not been good news for everyone recently.
beanieb I must say I did think of you and am so sorry things did not go so well in your case. You sound very pragmatic and I hope Glastonbury proves to be a fun diversion for you.

thanks again

we must remember to organise this meet up - do you think maybe the weds or thurs before things get too busy?

Sersi - that is great news, you must be so relieved.

I'm getting there on Thursday - the first time ever as I normally go on Wednesday, so am hoping I will be able to camp in Kidney Mead - it is popular due to being central, but the proximity of the toilets does out some people off! However, might not be able to get my favourite spot this year and am a bit daunted by the thought of trailing our stuff round looking for somewhere to camp (not that I will actually be carrying that much, but still!)

Have also ordered a shewee and, please forgive me for coming across like a mad anti germ freak, but I also have a box of disposable gloves (a la petrol station) incase I do need to brave the loos. Am well aware I will look like a nutter, but at least will be in the right place for that!

Getting excited now!

Sersi that is brilliant news - hurrah!

We still don't know if we are going because very sadly a good friend of ours died last night and we don't know yet when the funeral is so there is lots going on at the minute.

Thankdeka it sounds like you have quite a lot of stress and sadness in your life at the moment - sorry to hear about your friend. With the perspective of life and death something like a weekend away (even if it is Glasto) seems like a minor thing.

JemL - do you have any friends going on the Weds that can take your tent / keep a spot for you? It's only a recent thing this needing to go on a Weds but seems to get busier every year. We used to trundle along on a Friday morning and camp around dragons area - although where we used to camp sort of became Lost Vagueness. I can't keep track, it changes every year and am usually wandering around in a non too coherant state. Maybe with my enforced sobriety this year I may finally work out the lay of the land!

A lot of people we know aren't going this year - and the ones who are, I don't really want to camp with! I know it sounds mean, but I will be having a very different Glasto this year, and they won't! So I think we will just have to take our chances. Sadly, a very special family friend died last night and I am waiting to hear when the funeral is - DH may have to go up on his own and grab our spot anyway.

Am seriously hoping the monsoon predictions turn out to be unfounded!

Hi everyone. Just popping in after a long break from the pregnancy threads. So sorry to hear about all the worries and sadness on the thread.
Thandeka - is your scan today? How did it go? Sorry to hear about your friend.
BeanieB - any more news?
Sersi - so glad you're both OK.
JemL - sorry to hear about your friend. We're a chilled out Glastonbury group and camp in Pennards, if you want to join us look for the cat in the hat flag (assuming the person remembers it this year - she forgot last year). Last forecast I saw was for sun every day and 19-20 degrees.
Dall - Glad you've decided to brave it.

I too have started spotting this morning, not heavily but same as start of first mc and enough to worry me about possibility of mc at Glastonbury so am having scan on Monday to make sure everything's OK. Keeping my fingers crossed things don't get worse over the weekend.

Hi Issy42. Fingers crossed for you. Good luck for monday.

My scan was okay- saw heartbeat but am a little worried about it being a tad too small for my dates (5.6mm at 7weeks when should possibly be around 1cm) and am sure of my dates. Hmmmm.

I am signed off work for another two weeks and my plan now is to go down and stay with M-i-L in Ashcott during Glasto and if I feel up to it venture in for the odd day maybe a night but i am throwing up every morning and feel constantly nauseous throughout the day so am really suffering so not sure how much fun I will have! My friends funeral is on the Thursday of Glasto so DH and friends are leaving Glasto to go and come back on the Thursday but we decided I wouldn't as me vomiting in the funeral probably wouldn't be the best (plus is in Swindon and am not a good traveller at the min just travelling to Somerset may kill me although lovely Step F-I-L may have offered to come and pick me up! I will say goodbye to my friend in my own way sometime on the Thursday.

Hope everyone else is well and looking forward to it.

Hey - thought I would bump this as it's so close.
Issy42 - thank you for asking after me, I am fine now. Second scan confirmed the bad news but we're moving on and being positive.

Looks like the weather may be good. We're aiming to get there early on the Wednesday to bag a good spot!

If everyone is still up for a MN meetup at Glasto why not come up to the NCT Baby Feed and Change tent. We do tea and coffee and you can see the facilities for yourself so you know what to bring and what not to bring next year when you come to Glasto with your babies. I am on shift between 12-4 on Saturday, so that would be an ideal time - we are at the top of the Kidz Field in Little Kidz.
I help run and organise the tent and am currently 13+5weeks. I have been spotting since Wednesday after I went to the docs for a vaginal swab. Later that day I had pale pink spotting when I wiped which was there again on Thursday and Friday, through intermittently. I was seen in EPAC on Friday and all was fine with the baby and there was no concerns. However, Friday evening the bleeding increased and is now bright red. It is still only there when I wipe but on calling the maternity ward back they said I had to wait until Monday to talk to anyone as only 13weeks. Half the time I think all must be fine as the scan showed me so and I'm in no pain but the rest of the time I am very worried and upset.
Amongst all this trying hard to get all the stuff sorted for myself, DH, DD and DS and the NCT tent, ready to head in later today to put up our camping tents and to get the Feed and Change Tent kit in on Wednesday along side me and the kids.
All my crew is very supportive but being a bit of a control freak by nature I find it hard to sit back and shut up!
Will be heading to docs first thing on Monday, if I can get an appointment to see what they think.
In the meantime I will just watch everyone else do the work and play with DS who is 15 months.
All being well will hope to see you next Saturday.

NCTBabe I was diagnosed with an ectropian. For me it caused a pink discharge and bright red blood when I wiped but is not any thing to worry about.
I'm not suggesting that you have the same but ask your doctor to have a look at your cervix just incase.

I'm working until 4pm most days but feel free to come and say hello to the pregnant lady working in the express thali cafe in the park. I'll be on my way to 20weeks so pretty obviously pregnant

NCTBabe Hope everything has gone well for you today. Look forward to see you Saturday to pick some tips for next year.

Dall

Hope everything went well for you today NCTBabe.

My scan confirmed all OK, but the staff were not very nice. Within seconds of telling me everything was OK, started aggressively talking about why I shouldn't have an NT scan, then told me I shouldn't go to Glasto at all because I needed rest and relaxation (when I asked if I was OK to carry a rucksack). They wouldn't hear me out about Glasto = rest and relaxation, so in the end I just didn't bother asking them any of the other questions I had. So now I'm going to Glasto feeling guilty for defying medical advice, even though I know it will be far more relaxing for me than cancelling my leave and going back to work or moping about at home alone. The important thing is that the baby's OK and just have to try to forget everything else.

Hey Issy42. I'm really glad they gave you some postive news at the hospital today but can't believe they were so rude with it. Don't let their ignorance turn into your guilt.

Those that have been know there is no where more relaxing than a summers day at Glastonbury. You can do as much or as little as you like. I hope you have a fantastic time.

Hi all,

Have been without t'internet for over a week (arrgghhh!!!) so trying to catch up. Glad your scan was OK thandeka, sorry to hear you're too ill to venture to Glastonbury though.

Hope to catch up with some of you there - will try and look you up NCTbabe and ninjacat when you are working.

Thank you all for your thoughts.
Saw the doctor who was happy all was OK as the bleeding/spotting has now stopped. She recommended total rest for at least three days and was horrified that I was going to Glasto. As with you Issy42 I explained that Glasto = more rest and relaxation than at home but she wasn't convinced. I am going to defy her and go but there is a midwife in the Kidz Field and I know some of the medical team up at the Farm and they are great so don't feel guilty as you will probably have better access to supportive medical staff at Glasto than at home!!
Ninjacat I had a call later today from the doctor who took my swab and I have some kind of bacterial infection that causes discharge spotting and some bleeding. I need antibiotics but mind even more at rest and even more determined to attend Glasto! I will try and get over to the Park to say "Hi" so will look forward to seeing you. I am also on Shift in the NCT tent 4-7 on Friday and Sunday if that helps!
Dall I'll see you on Saturday!
Thanks to you all again!

i would still go maybe your last festival for sometime, as for the vomiting thing....people will be drunk and vomiting evrywhere anyway so i don't think anyone would notice bar you....toilets would gross me out though....HAVE FUN

Am getting the train down tonight.
Morning sickness has eased a bit so I may venture into Glasto a bit on Thursday/friday. My plan is to scuttle in and scuttle out again if its too much for me.

Fingers crossed for everybody.

I'm off tomorrow morning 8am. Hope to catch some of you there.
Good luck all x

Traffic is terrible round and about- just to warn you all. Complete gridlock.

Dh and family is on site and I will pop in friday I think. We are lucky that DH's best mate lives in Pilton so we have villagers car passes- makes it a bit easier.

Have fun getting down there everyone.
xxx

Well I'm just home from glasto 09. Waiting on water heating up so though I'd let you know how I got along. I'm 22 +6 weeks and have to says I had a wonderful glastonbury. Loved Blur last night, no problems with camping but then I'm a regular camper and love my tent. What were other peoples fav moments how did you all get along. I know may not get replys for a while as some may be stuck in car park still. We were luck and only had a 5 min que.

Look forward to seeing how people got along.