Post by VeryViolet on Mar 13, 2014 14:41:32 GMT -5
Not even a question A (and I am on the east coast). I would so much rather go when I was 6 or 7 months than have to lug all of the baby crap and the baby on a long flight, to the beach, etc. We are driving to the beach 3 hours away for Memorial Day and I am already pretty accepting that it is going to be the opposite of relaxing.
A. I just got back from a beach vacation and I'm about 5 months. It was very relaxing and I loved swimming in the ocean--made me feel weightless. We saw many other pregnant women, most were further along.
I just really didn't find the beach with a baby (who was not mobile yet) that hard! We got a small pop up beach tent thing for him to sleep in in the shade, and we just took his infant car seat, strapped him in, rocked him to sleep in it, and let him sleep on the beach in the shade. We didn't spend any more time in the room than we would have normally, and we even got to go out on a date night, b/c my family was there to watch him one evening.
I guess it really depends on the person. Since i hated being pregnant, I would absolutely not have enjoyed a vacation where I was on the beach with a pregnant belly in a swimsuit, and where it was hot, and where you might not be in a comfy bed, etc. I would much rather haul baby gear all over the place and be able to enjoy myself. But obviously, different people think differently about the subject
I just really didn't find the beach with a baby (who was not mobile yet) that hard! We got a small pop up beach tent thing for him to sleep in in the shade, and we just took his infant car seat, strapped him in, rocked him to sleep in it, and let him sleep on the beach in the shade. We didn't spend any more time in the room than we would have normally, and we even got to go out on a date night, b/c my family was there to watch him one evening.
I guess it really depends on the person. Since i hated being pregnant, I would absolutely not have enjoyed a vacation where I was on the beach with a pregnant belly in a swimsuit, and where it was hot, and where you might not be in a comfy bed, etc. I would much rather haul baby gear all over the place and be able to enjoy myself. But obviously, different people think differently about the subject
janegold I think this is what it comes down to and you aren't really going to be able to tell this before you are 7 months pregnant. I was physically perfectly happy and roughly feeling the same as usual with just a little extra back pain and having to pee a lot until I was about 37 weeks. On the other side there are moms reading this right now who want to jump through the monitor and wring my neck for even suggesting that.
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Post by hopecounts on Mar 13, 2014 15:30:12 GMT -5
I flew to Disney and spent 3 days walking around the park at 6 months, flying to Hawaii and laying on the beach will be easy. Just be sure to get an aisle seat and walk around regularly.
I just really didn't find the beach with a baby (who was not mobile yet) that hard! We got a small pop up beach tent thing for him to sleep in in the shade, and we just took his infant car seat, strapped him in, rocked him to sleep in it, and let him sleep on the beach in the shade. We didn't spend any more time in the room than we would have normally, and we even got to go out on a date night, b/c my family was there to watch him one evening.
I guess it really depends on the person. Since i hated being pregnant, I would absolutely not have enjoyed a vacation where I was on the beach with a pregnant belly in a swimsuit, and where it was hot, and where you might not be in a comfy bed, etc. I would much rather haul baby gear all over the place and be able to enjoy myself. But obviously, different people think differently about the subject
janegold I think this is what it comes down to and you aren't really going to be able to tell this before you are 7 months pregnant. I was physically perfectly happy and roughly feeling the same as usual with just a little extra back pain and having to pee a lot until I was about 37 weeks. On the other side there are moms reading this right now who want to jump through the monitor and wring my neck for even suggesting that.
Yeah, I think it's a crapshoot but I do appreciate hearing about others' experiences.
I wouldn't want to fly to Hawaii from here at 6-7 months pregnant. A couple reasons. Its a really long flight and I would be afraid of a blood clot. And I would want to be close to my own OB and hospital once I got to a certain point. In my case, the boys were born at 7 month
If you go when the baby is between 4 months and 9 months, it will be easier. Especially if you aren't nursing. Your family can watch the baby while you and your H go out. You can toss the baby in a pack and hike, you can go to the beach. Once they start walking, its chaos
I'm jealous of your trip. H and I spent 2 weeks in Hawaii before the boys came along. I love love love Kauai.
We flew to San Diego with the boys when they were 11 month olds. It actually wasn't that hellacious. Now? at 22 months? We've been keeping the flights 2 hours or less. Once they started walking and more active, longer flights became really tough, but we have 2 babies. One baby may not be as bad.
A. Unless you want to spend a lot of time in the hotel room with the baby.
Nooo! That's the nice thing about newborns- they're ultra portable!
Dont get me wrong, flying to Hawaii while 7 months pregnant sounds like a nightmare and not being able to drink and being swollen, etc wouldn't be fun. But having an unpredictable baby would be hard, too.
I'd probably choose B. We traveled with both kids quite a bit and it was always SO easy when they were tiny babies. They slept anywhere, they were easily satisfied (no need to "entertain" them), and they had no opinions about what we did!
I wouldn't want to fly to Hawaii from here at 6-7 months pregnant. A couple reasons. Its a really long flight and I would be afraid of a blood clot. And I would want to be close to my own OB and hospital once I got to a certain point. In my case, the boys were born at 7 month
If you go when the baby is between 4 months and 9 months, it will be easier. Especially if you aren't nursing. Your family can watch the baby while you and your H go out. You can toss the baby in a pack and hike, you can go to the beach. Once they start walking, its chaos
I'm jealous of your trip. H and I spent 2 weeks in Hawaii before the boys came along. I love love love Kauai.
The risk of blood clots has actually occurred to me. I mean, I guess that's a risk no matter what but especially scary, and maybe higher risk, in connection with a pregnancy. We will probably actually break up the trip with a stop on the West Coast in one or both directions, so I hope it won't be too bad.
I think we will end up spending the bulk of our time on the Big Island and either Maui or Kauai. My parents lived on Oahu for 5 years and I was born there, so my dad is rooting to stay there for a while but I'm hoping for Kauai. I'll have to pick your brain for resort recommendations.
I had both an easy pregnancy and easy baby and I'd still rather A. The first few months I just wanted to stay in my own home and own bed. My main priority was getting sleep! The thought of a beach vacation would never, ever appeal to me at that point.
I think I would prefer A (and was actually hoping to do a beach vacation before baby). However, if you do that you might want to make sure you purchase travel insurance, just in case (as info, pregnancy is not covered, but pregnancy complications generally are).
I discovered the importance of needing to be flexible the hard way as my doctor put me on restrictions at 21 weeks (first, just to take it easy and no travel) and then at 26 weeks (bedrest). Up until that point, my pregnancy had been pretty uneventful (just some early bleeding, which turned out to be no problem and general tummy issues through week 18). In fact, I had actually just booked a trip to visit my sister in Vienna, Austria and was planning to go about week 23/24 and was told by the doctor that I really should not go. I had to cancel that trip (luckily I had purchased the travel insurance) and DH and I stopped planning our beach vacation, which luckily wasn't booked yet.
Granted, in most cases, most people are fine, but it is just something to keep in mind as some things come up that you might have no advance warning on.
I think I would prefer A (and was actually hoping to do a beach vacation before baby). However, if you do that you might want to make sure you purchase travel insurance, just in case (as info, pregnancy is not covered, but pregnancy complications generally are).
I discovered the importance of needing to be flexible the hard way as my doctor put me on restrictions at 21 weeks (first, just to take it easy and no travel) and then at 26 weeks (bedrest). Up until that point, my pregnancy had been pretty uneventful (just some early bleeding, which turned out to be no problem and general tummy issues through week 18). In fact, I had actually just booked a trip to visit my sister in Vienna, Austria and was planning to go about week 23/24 and was told by the doctor that I really should not go. I had to cancel that trip (luckily I had purchased the travel insurance) and DH and I stopped planning our beach vacation, which luckily wasn't booked yet.
Granted, in most cases, most people are fine, but it is just something to keep in mind as some things come up that you might have no advance warning on.
Good advice! Thanks!
ETA: And sorry your trips didn't work out. I hope you're feeling okay!
Well, this pregnancy has been the pits so I would much rather go with an infant. But DS was a dream baby and I agree with PPs about being able to have a few drinks.