Moving while pregnant

[seamonster]

Has anyone here moved while pregnant? DH and I will be moving into our house when I am between 7 & 8 months pregnant (no, we can't move any sooner). I'm already exhausted and I can't imagine how tired I'm going to be at that point. It'll be right after Christmas so I'll have had a couple of weeks off from school to just chill out and rest. We're getting my husband's friends to help us move, so all I'm really going to be doing is packing.

For those of you who have moved while pregnant, any advice on keeping sane? We're moving 30 miles away.

 

[Leanna]

Yes, I moved 500 miles when I was 6 months pregnant. It was kind of annoying because everything I touched everyone was freaking out, "don't do that, sit down.." like I hadn't just left a job where I did quite a bit of lifting and walking. It wasn't that bad.

 

[AutumnDreamer]

We moved into our 1st house when I was pregnant with my son, he was born the very next day. I didn't do a whole lot of moving, but I did all the packing beforehand.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

We moved twice while I was pregnant. The key for me was to start the packing early so I could pace myself. I was the one who loaded up the boxes and he was the one who would move them. LOL there were a few times when he would get home and had to move the boxes just to get through the kitchen.

 

[Tea]

We moved house with our first when I was two days over due. Again, this was just how it happened to work out, despite our wanting things differently.As said above, as we knew we were moving, I had started packing early, and had just about everything packed by the time we needed to move. As I was so big, it was impossible for me to pick up heavy boxes, so I just carried the lighter more managable things.Main priority when unpacking was, first the baby's room, then our room, then the bathroom and kitchen. I ended up going into to hospital the next day, as being the middle of summer, and being on my feet constantly for the pasted few days, I had swelled up with fluid, and could hardly walk. This didn't worry me as I had done all that I wanted to by then. Anything that wasn't done could wait until after the baby arrived. She arrived the next day.In our case, had I had more time on my hands, I certainly would have paced myself at a slower speed, but as time was of the essence, I have to keep going and get as much done as I could physically do.All this being said, if you have to move, then you have to move. No point getting upset or worried about it. Just set yourself a managable realistic limit for what you can do, and slowly work towards that goal.Hope everything works out well for you. What exciting times ahead for you.Tracey

 

[Linnis]

If you can afford it, think about getting movers. My friend moved cross country with a 4 & 2 year old while pregnant. She hired a moving company. She sat back while they packed everything the way she wanted and put it on a truck and drove it to her new State while her and her boys got on a plane.

Or see if your DH can offer pop and pizza to 7-8 of his cloest strong male friends(I'm sure if he's in the military, he can find some). You can take your time packing, like do a couple boxes whenever you can, leading up to only the stuff you need out. Then get the guys to do the heavy work.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

Linnis' post reminded me of what my inlaws did when they moved. They contacted a local church and offered soda and pizza for any of the youth who could help them unload the moving truck and place furniture.

 

[PegasusOnFire]

I was pregnant with my daughter when we moved from one third floor apartment to another third floor apartment, and had horrible morning sickness the whole time, lets just say I only got to pack between bouts.

 

[seamonster]

Good idea Linnis...I think that's what we may end up doing. (Bribing his friends. ) I'm so exhausted right now that I don't even want to think about moving...I still have almost 5 months before we move but I want to start getting as much ready now (and getting rid of everything we don't need) as I can because I'll be so busy with school the next few months. I'm thinking it'll probably be an easier move since I moved 5x last year... We don't really have too much "crap" anymore. Basically all of our possessions are very much used.

 

[Singin4Him]

I'm in the same boat, our house will be built and we'll be moving at the beginning of my 9th month. It's going to very stressful trying to get everything set and ready before the baby comes, I'm dead set on having the baby's room decorated and ready by the time it's here. My solution is my family, praise God for them! My mom and some others will be over helping me unpack and on the weekends we'll be doing the painting etc when the men are available. Can you get your mom or some women you know to help you unpack your house and get everything in it's place? Movers would be good but they are kind of pricey...if you want good ones. Good luck to you!