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!

We moved a month before our baby arrived and I won’t lie it was stressful, but my partner really picked up the load bless him. He did all heavy lifting and I did the unpacking which was great because it helped my nesting urges! I did swear to never move house again 😂 and it was helpful as we had basics in nursery but it allowed us to work out how we wanted to use the room before we properly stocked it. Was helpful for storing stuff. Hope it goes well

I've never used movers but I moved a lot in my 20's. Much easier to do when all your furniture is flat pack, knackered or went to the tip because it wouldn't survive a move 😅. Now I've got a full house of furniture I'd want to keep and not damage, I'd use a mover.

I moved with a 2 week old and 2 other children and 3 cats. I drove the van, Not fun but it was ok.

You’ll be fine.

We moved when I was about 36 weeks with our first. I just remember feeling exhausted, but moving house is like that anyway. We had a bit of help from my parents, mostly with the heavy lifting.