Traveling with an itty bitty NB.

[bunch]

I'm blanking on the first weeks last time. Probably because I was a zombie. I'm due June 25. Last time I was a week early. I have an offer from family for a free, empty house close to the beach from July 3-13 (all or part). It's a 3 hr drive without stops.

We'd planned to do this at some pt during the summer because it would give dd something to do and me a way to visit a lot of relatives, but this is a little closer than I'd hoped. Am I missing a reason I wouldn't want to go? Assuming all goes well and baby doesn't have any drs apps that couldn't be worked around? We could always cancel if so something went wrong.

[karinothing]

Well...technically you may not have given birth yet. Or your baby could be like 2 days old or something. I guess I probably wouldn't want to travel that long with a baby that is young. I also know that I would NOT have wanted to be in a bathing suit and I would be sad fully clothed on the beach ha ha

[Deleted]

I would say yes. It will be a great distraction for DD. Especially if you can cancel no problem.

[barefootcontessa]

We went on a beach vacation (four hour drive) with DS4 when he was two weeks old. We also had our other three sons with us. It was fine. I find it gets easier each time to deal with the newborn phase.

[bunch]

That's what I can't decide. How young would be too young? If we assume that June 25 is the latest he/she'd be born (bc at the risk of flaming both I and my dr are a-ok with induction at that point), would a just over 1 wk old be too young? I figure ill just be sitting around bfing anyway, might as well be near the beach on vacation.

And lol at the bathing suit. I'd let dh handle the swimming.

[h]

I would probably do it. We did a week at the beach about 5 hours away when DS2 was just a few weeks old, and I don't think earlier would have been much harder. I would just be prepared to cancel in the event that you or the baby have any complications--if you wound up with a failed induction and c-section on June 25, for example, you might not want to travel a week later. And there is always the chance that the baby could have bad jaundice, feeding issues, etc. that would warrant frequent doctor appointments at that age.

[dcrunnergirl]

Dec 4, 2012 14:07:09 GMT -5 bunch said:

That's what I can't decide. How young would be too young? If we assume that June 25 is the latest he/she'd be born (bc at the risk of flaming both I and my dr are a-ok with induction at that point), would a just over 1 wk old be too young? I figure ill just be sitting around bfing anyway, might as well be near the beach on vacation.

And lol at the bathing suit. I'd let dh handle the swimming.

Would you be okay with being stuck inside with the baby while everyone else is outside at the beach? I'm not sure I'd want to be on the hot beach with a newborn, especially a week after giving birth when post-partum hormones/regulating temperature can be crazy. Also, your ladybits might not like a 3-hour car ride.

[crazygame]

I would go, since you are getting a whole house. Beach houses are so relaxing to me. This sounds awesome.

Plus, if there are health issues for you or the baby, you can cancel without losing money.

[bunch]

I remember being fine to walk around the neighborhood at a week pp last time (after having what my dr called a vaginal c-section), but who knows.

I'm totally fine with sitting around the house. They have much better cable than we do ;p

Ill probably just fill my cousin in and make sure she's on board.

[ijack]

Dec 4, 2012 14:12:39 GMT -5 dcrunnergirl said:

Dec 4, 2012 14:07:09 GMT -5 bunch said:

That's what I can't decide. How young would be too young? If we assume that June 25 is the latest he/she'd be born (bc at the risk of flaming both I and my dr are a-ok with induction at that point), would a just over 1 wk old be too young? I figure ill just be sitting around bfing anyway, might as well be near the beach on vacation.

And lol at the bathing suit. I'd let dh handle the swimming.

Would you be okay with being stuck inside with the baby while everyone else is outside at the beach? I'm not sure I'd want to be on the hot beach with a newborn, especially a week after giving birth when post-partum hormones/regulating temperature can be crazy. Also, your ladybits might not like a 3-hour car ride.

I was going to say this - as long as you don't mind staying in the house. And it probably won't be a 3hr ride. I would guess 4.5-5hrs since you'll have to feed at least once.

Also, DC I didn't know you were pg - congrats!!

[gibbinator]

My kid can do 4 happy driving hours in the car per day. He's been this way from the start.

[Shreddingbetty]

I would do it especially since it is free and you can easily cancel if things just weren't right for travel. We flew to the East Coast for SD 1 HS graduation when Dd was 11 days old. We did IVF and picked a transfer date based on when graduation was (instead of doing it later, much earlier wasn't an option). We knew we took a chance but that was sort of an important event. I was induced about 8 days before my due date (in retrospect that was the best decision ever because I had HELLP syndrome with no symptoms). MH would be going for sure. I just wanted to make sure the baby was born several days before he would potentially have to leave.

DD was totally fine (I had a PP hemorrhage the day we left and ended up at the hospital on our layover for a D&C). I spent one night in the hospital and one night in the hotel until we could continue on our trip (it was the same distance to go home vs going east and I knew at least I would be with MH if I continued on).

We had a house on the lake. I went to graduation (arrived at the airport 2 hours before) and was fine (other than really tired since I had a blood transfusion). The rest of the week I did nothing and it was probably more relaxed than it would've been at home since we had no visitors or other obligations. DH cooked and we would go out to dinner a couple of times so all I did was recover and relax with DD.

Long story short...We did buy the plane tickets but were totally prepared to eat my ticket if things wouldn't have worked out. I would say go for it since it is free and if it doesn't work out for whatever reason it sounds easy enough to back out.

[bunch]

Dude, you are a trooper.

[knitty]

Provided your partner will be able to do all the organisation of food and packing and stuff, why not! My second newborn was way easier because I knew more about nursing.