Anyone just moved home before baby arrived??
Hi mums and mums to be,
Maybe some of you will remember me going on about how stressed I was about us getting this dream house we really wanted...well we got the house and we are moving in end of the week. SOOOO excited!!! I'm currently 24 weeks pg and my oh has forbidden me from helping to move except to pack the small items into boxes!! lol bless him...
Anyway my question is has anyone had any experience of moving house while pg. We are in a 2 bed flat at the mo and so don't have masses of furniture, but still got quite a lot of stuff. I have taken my 2 year old to my mum's for a week so she won't get in the way. Do you think we would have settled in in time for the baby because I was thinking of having a home birth, but is that a good idea if we haven't lived there very long.
I really hope the move won't be as stressful as trying to get the house eeeeaaak!! xxxxxx
Maybe some of you will remember me going on about how stressed I was about us getting this dream house we really wanted...well we got the house and we are moving in end of the week. SOOOO excited!!! I'm currently 24 weeks pg and my oh has forbidden me from helping to move except to pack the small items into boxes!! lol bless him...
Anyway my question is has anyone had any experience of moving house while pg. We are in a 2 bed flat at the mo and so don't have masses of furniture, but still got quite a lot of stuff. I have taken my 2 year old to my mum's for a week so she won't get in the way. Do you think we would have settled in in time for the baby because I was thinking of having a home birth, but is that a good idea if we haven't lived there very long.
I really hope the move won't be as stressful as trying to get the house eeeeaaak!! xxxxxx
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thanks for the advice x
We moved when I was almost 16 weeks on the 20th Dec!!!, a while earlier in preg than you mind, it helped we knew we were moving months earlier and we had a delay so we had a lot of packing done early on, I can't stress how long it takes to pack though, we were still sealing boxes as the removal men were taking them out! I am a hoarder though. By the way some removals offer a packing service if you wanted to look into that.
It was stressful, mainly as i did a lot myself as hubby couldn't take time off work but the actual move day was good, we paid for removal men, did shop around and got a good price. And had my parents there too, who helped clean house we left and my mum was a godsend at the new place, clean everything while I got on unpacking and putting things where we wanted them. As I was starting work from home after xmas I had to get sorted so the fact that you have a target helps I think to get straight, you do have plenty of time, as long as you don't have much decorating to do re nursery or anything essential build/maintenance wise.
We got mainly unpacked in 3 days and clean and then went away to relatives for xmas and I really advise this for you especially as you don't have long to move, regardless whether you actually pack much, you will still find it exhausting and you'll need a break from it just to let someone else take the strrain for a few days.
I second everything lara says, be as organised as you can, I wasn't that organised that i wrote lists though, so well done with that. Don't do what i did and stay up late and get up early, you do need rest.
Well good luck and sounds like you have a very supportive oh there.
Em x
We're staying put this time!
xxx
The biggest problem the second time round was it was a repo so needed a lot of work, we used to leave the house at 9 and be back by 5/6pm, which is probably why I ended up with a womb infection and unable to continue breast feeding. Make sure you have somewhere to go for a break, if your not close to any friends or family, check your area for a Surestart centre, they will be a lot of help, and most importantly you'll be able to meet other mums.
so make the most of being pregnant! xxxxx
I wasn't very organized when it came to packing but we didn't have much really as we were in a rented furnished flat. When we first moved in we only had a dining table and 2 chairs, a bed and a fridge! We soon got sorted though and I'm so glad as would've hated to be in the rented place with a baby.
Good luck everyone who's moving soon!
xxx