Experiences (positive ones!) of moving while heavily pregnant

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A series of unfortunate events with moving combined with getting pregnant extremely easily means that I will be moving house on Monday at 32 weeks pregnant! Thankfully in the same area it’s just a bigger house.

The more I talk to people the more I realise it’s not that unusual but I’m really stressed about getting things sorted and organised before the baby comes and making it feel like home. I also can’t stop feeling devastated about leaving our current house even though I have wanted to move for about 18 months and I know it’s the right decision long term!

We have a packing service and professional movers booked so that’s taking some of the physical labour and stress out of it. My parents are going to help with cleaning and unpacking bits as is MIL. We have a friend coming to help on the day as well who is handy and conveniently (for us anyway) unemployed so he will be doing some odd bits and bobs.

We have had multiple decluttering sessions over the last few months but I still feel like we are going to have boundless boxes of random bits and I am generally overwhelmed by it all.

I’m only taking the one day AL as I am trying to hoard it all to get more paid time off when baby arrives as things are going to be tight for a bit financially.

Anyone else in the same boat or do this and have it turn out fine? I’m panicking!

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Your hardly doing it all by yourself now are you?

I moved two days before my due date with a removal company and my husband. You will be fine!

Moved heavily pregnant without movers, we did it ourselves. No working kitchen, had a microwave and fridge in the lounge. Building work and baby's bedroom finished 2 days before DD2 was born. Was a bit stressful but it all worked out!

I only came on to say pay for a packing service and you'll be fine! I wasn't quite as pregnant as you (about 28 weeks) but we moved across country.
It really will be ok and you'll be glad you did it before the baby.
Only other thing is make sure you've got a good plan for pets if you have any!

Wow two days before!

I think people think we are mad lol but it’s just the way it has worked out. The alternative would have been delaying until after baby is here but we would have lost our buyer and potentially got priced out off the house we were buying…and I think moving with a newborn sound even more stressful!

Oh I would 100% move before you have the baby! It is so much easier!

Did it twice, it was long day and all survived! They are 22 and 23 now, don't seem to have suffered any long lasting damage.

We moved into a hotel for renovations and came home at 37 weeks. The movers were lovely and left one chair until last for me. I started leave at 36 weeks so had plenty of time to unpack plus nesting impulse helping. Starting empty meant the house was lovely and clean when the baby came home, but we didn't have to do any painting or renovations.

Tips: 1) only unpack what you need. Boxes are better than heaps. 2) Order curtains now. You might spend a lot of time topless and awake in the middle of the night, and it helps against cold. Our postman got a shock before ours were rehung! 3) working heating is first priority with a new baby in a new house

We’ve also just found out they are turning the gas off at some point between 2nd November and 23rd December because they are replacing all the pipes on the road! We have a fan heater and I’ve arranged to have the chimney swept and I have called them and they are sending an oil radiator. Could do without it though!

I moved at 36 weeks pregnant (and a toddler at home), where we hired a van and had family to help. I also broke my ankle the evening before we moved so spent 5 hours in a&e rather than finishing packing. It was incredibly stressful, but we managed it. You will be fine x

We moved when I was 7 months pg.. I don't remember much about it as I was at work and exH and his friend did all the moving themselves (hired a van).

Sounds like you’ll be absolutely fine with all that help. We moved when I was 30wks pregnant and I didn’t have much help at all, but it was do-able.

Oh gosh we really don’t need anything like that on top!

Better than moving with a one week old newborn and a ton of stitches!

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You’ll be fine. We moved into an absolute shithole* a few days before I gave birth to our second child. And we had a crazy toddler too. Don’t recommend! But it was worth it in the end.

(*Great house but absolutely filthy and needed a lot of work.)

I moved country at a similar point, it wasn't especially fun, but perfectly doable- even with hyperemesis! Just take it easy on yourself and don't do too much, it will all fall into place and your health and that of your baby should remain the priority.

We moved when I was 7m pregnant, we were moving 2 houses into 1, so a logistical nightmare, lol. We got lots of help from both sets of parents. I didn't do much heavy lifting, which I found frustrating rather than easy. I cleaned both of the houses we were leaving, which kept me out of the way of all the fussing going on. We have been here 25 years and I have 2 boxes in the garage I haven't opened yet, I am ashamed to admit. I know they contain things I want to keep but not so much I have a home for them inside the house, don't tell me I should sort them out, I get enough of that from DH and if he can't motivate me, you certainly cant!! lol

My daughter just did it. No packing or moving service. Obviously she didn’t do any heavy lifting, but did pack and unpack and got the new house all organized.

How are people moving without movers even without being pregnant?! I did it when we moved into our first house from a rented flat because we didn’t own anything much and could do multiple trips but i now have a whole house of grown up furniture!

I moved when 7 months pregnant, DH couldn’t get the day off work so it was me and the dog while DD was at school when we moved. We paid for removal
men and asked them to put our beds together and curtain poles up, best money ever spent. Good luck OP you’ll be fine.

also, my MIL moved house the day before her due date and ended up going into labour that evening!

I moved at 28 weeks pregnant. The move itself was fine, I packed everything we had (clothes, kitchen stuff, normal bits and bobs) and we had movers who packed the furniture etc.
The thing I found harder was cleaning the house we were moving into. It looked superficially clean, but the bathrooms needed a good going over, kitchen cupboards, shelves, all internal doors, floors needed a good clean. And I wanted it all to be clean before we unpacked.
Ideally, we’d have had time before unpacking to clean the new place, but DH was back at work the next day and it all felt quite rushed. It wouldn’t put me off doing it again though.

We're moving tomorrow with 5 primary age children. I'd take pregnant with no children over that if I could choose! 😂

Lol that's what I thought.

OP should have titled the post Pregnant and moving house but I've got this covered!
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We moved at 39 weeks pregnant during this summers heatwaves without any movers, it was hard work but the only bit of advice I would give is to not put pressure on yourself to have everything perfect for baby’s arrival. The baby won’t care if all their outfits aren’t perfectly displayed in a wardrobe for example.

as long as all your baby essentials are easily accessible you will be fine