Moving before or after due date?

[Bigparrot]

We're starting to look at setting the dates for completing in the next month. But also I am due in the next month...
It's a small chain of 3 houses where me and partner are selling our houses and buying a bigger place.

The bigger place we are moving to has a lot of work that needs doing and clearly none of it can be completed before the baby arrives. (Roof, new bathroom, new kitchen etc) It's going to be a challenge for a few months.

It's looking more likely that I'm going to be induced. If this is the lengthy process I think it might be then I'd rather my partner was with me as much as possible or I had the option to have an outpatient induction and be in my own space (our current house) for as long as possible. Rather than being in a house with no bath etc or my partner having to leave the hospital for completion etc.

My question is would you set the completion date in before the due date - but knowing that this might clash if I need to come and be induced a little early.
Or should we set it but then slightly delay the completion date if I do end up going in to hospital/needing to be induced?

Or just set the completion date for after the due date (knowing that it's not looking like I'll be allowed to go overdue at the moment)?

Needing much advice and things I haven't thought of please!

I would move as soon as possible.

Much easier to move before baby arrives, I agree with pp, asap. Good luck with your new arrival & move

Yep move ASAP. It will be so much harder trying to pack up once baby is here. You'll be exhausted, have less time on your hands, may have a baby who wants to just sit and cluster feed for hours on end. Your body may take time to bounce back and be mobile after the birth.
As much as a smooth labour and birth is important, it is also totally unpredictable what may happen to you or how quickly it will go. My first baby took 6 days to arrive from first contraction, however a friend was induced and had hers within hours.

I moved last year with a 10 week old baby. Based on my experience, I would absolutely not want to move (almost) 9 months pregnant, and definitely not to a house that needs “major works”.
How long can you delay completion for, without losing your buyer/seller or your mortgage? Any chance of going into a rental, or moving in with family? I’d much, much rather take that than a project house with a baby. Our flat only needed a few DIY jobs but even that was stressful & annoying as hell. (and 6 months in, we’re still not finished with all of them…)

I would definitely move after the baby is born. I’ve only done moving with a baby because I could never consider it when pregnant. I needed a nest in my home to have the baby in, but after the birth I was much freer to move around/lift/pack/sort etc. I’ve also done it with a crawling 10 month old which I wasn’t looking forward to but was fine in the end.

Do factor in the possibility of a caesarian. If they're thinking of inducing you and not letting you go past your due date, it sounds as though things may be (mildly) complicated with your pregnancy, and even if they weren't, you never know. So bear in mind that in either scenario, you may need to factor in post-operative recovery.

Thanks for the advice.

@InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits I think I'm leaning towards moving after too for similar reasons to you. I've got my nest here and it won't be the same in the new house.

@BlessedKingfisher Luckily I've got options to stay with a friend or family. I would prefer to take them once the baby is here as my parents live in a different city to the hospital etc. I can leave the final packing to my partner.

Move before!