https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:58:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-407067 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:29:15 +0000 Minnie_Girl 407067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought and moved into our house about halfway through the pregnancy. I'm very grateful that we moved when we did. Our old apartment wasn't the least bit baby friendly, and I've been able to get settled and nest. Moving is never easy; I'd rather do it while baby is still in utero and low-maintenance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-407053 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:12:29 +0000 Springtime 407053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We closed on our house March 15th and I gave birth April 18th! Needless to say our house is still not fully decorated, organized, etc.! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-407015 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:47:35 +0000 hilsy85 407015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved when I was about 3 months pregnant. It wasn't a big deal, since I wasn't big enough or uncomfortable enough to find it annoying. I definitely would rather move before baby though--I have a 1 month old now and cannot imagine having to apartment search, pack, etc. with a baby and being sleep deprived/feeling out of sorts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406946 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:52:52 +0000 Revel 406946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mintmercury: CONGRATS! I hope everything goes well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406935 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:42:49 +0000 Smurfette 406935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would rather move before baby but we aren't having any luck house hunting. Fingers crossed something comes along but I have a feeling the odds aren't in our favor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406928 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:32:38 +0000 Running Elley 406928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved when I was 7 months pregnant. It was definitely not fun but the upside was that there were plenty of organizational opportunities once nesting hit. As hard as it was to move while pregnant I'd much rather do that than move now with a 6 week old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406911 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:22:10 +0000 autumnlove 406911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I moved when I was 5 months pregnant. I got into a major car accident the day before moving day and i was put on bed rest so I couldn't help....my BIL, DH and FIL did everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406891 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:08:32 +0000 aprk 406891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are moving next month to have more space. I'll be 6.5 months pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406858 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:46:02 +0000 mintmercury 406858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: i had to update... they accepted our offer!</p> <p>so, to edit my earlier response... we will DEFINITELY be moving before LO comes :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406747 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:52:58 +0000 Revel 406747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mintmercury: I know the feeling. We had been going back and forth for several days and spent most of yesterday waiting to hear back - finally got their counter at 9pm Sunday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406742 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:48:14 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 406742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved at the beginning of my third trimester with TG. We were living in a one bedroom basement suite because Mr SH was in school. It was too small and not terribly soundproof, so it wouldn't have worked at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406737 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:38:50 +0000 mintmercury 406737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: thank you! we're literally sitting around waiting for a call from our realtor. congratulations on your offer being accepted! hopefully ours will too ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406655 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:55:55 +0000 Revel 406655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mintmercury: Had to chime in here after our due date conversation on the May 2013 thread - we just had our offer accepted today! What a coincidence. Good luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406612 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:35:41 +0000 edelweiss 406612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we moved when i was 5 months pregnant. we considered staying in our 1-bedroom apartment for another year, but i figured it would just mean for stuff to move with all the baby crap. that being said, i did consider staying in the 1-bedroom and putting the baby in a little nook that we had, but childcare costs were prohibitively expensive in our old neighborhood so we had to move anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406587 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:26:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 406587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>after! he was 7 months old but we'd been looking for a place for months before even TTC... never found one :( we had to move anyway though so we just rented. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406576 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:24:35 +0000 immabeetoo 406576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I posted previously about peoples' experiences with a newborn and most everyone said it was/way easier to move while pregnant - but that wasn't/isn't an option for us due to timing :) So, we'll be moving next month approximately 2-4 weeks after I give birth (hurry up baby!) to a new house, in a different state.</p> <p>If I were you, I'd try to move now. It is part of the fun/settling in to get a space ready for baby, and if you want to move anyways it'll be easier when you don't have a tiny tot to negotiate. For example, we're going to sleep in a hotel because we're worried about the cold with people in/out..I bought a little travel bassinet because I don't want to worry about setting up a crib in the hotel.. do-able but if you can avoid it, do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406563 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:19:48 +0000 littlek 406563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved when I was 6 months pregnant. We were living in a townhouse that I owned but we wanted to be in a house before LO arrived. The move was stressful but I'm glad looking back that we choose this path. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406549 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:12:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 406549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: We are tenant at will, so we just have to give something like 45 days notice. Our landlord is pretty good about that stuff. The other complication is DH has a really big exam the first weekend of June, and if everything goes according to plan, I'm due at the very end of July, so I think the window is pretty small for a good time to move. Right now, we are pretty much saying we will start looking casually in Feb or Mar, after the first trimester, and if something great came up we would jump on it. I agree about the mini crib, but since we know we want a 2-3 bedroom within the first 6 months, it seems silly to purchase specific furniture for such a small time frame. I guess I'm answering my own questions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406442 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:26:07 +0000 mrs. bird 406442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: you can totally put a baby in a walk in closet if you need to! just get a mini crib, they even have mini cribs with changers attached. babies have been fine in far worse situations = ) that said, moving is super stressful &amp; a pain in the butt. some people are good movers &amp; it's NBD to them, i loathe moving, so i'd totally want to move pre baby. that way you can get it all nice and clean and arranged just how you want it, you don't have to try to pack/unpack with a LO around. but if you're a good mover, then it might not be a big deal. maybe just start looking, do you have a lease? depending on your lease renewal time or if you're tenant at will, you could just look and if you find the perfect place, great, if not, mini crib the kid in the walk in closet &amp; start looking when you're ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406441 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:26:03 +0000 MrsRcCar 406441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in middle of a move with a little one now. DS is 6 weeks old, and he makes it pretty hard to get much done. This move has been hard because DH has been working a lot of overtime. Luckily my mom has been helping me get everything together and she will be here loading the truck tomorrow. Moving is hard no matter when you do it. Just make sure you are surrounded by a lot of support. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406431 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:20:05 +0000 Mrs. Train 406431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved when my three boys were 2 and I was 6 months pregnant. Moving with kids - not easy. Moving while pregnant - not easy. So just go for it and go it whenever you have the chance. I think moving while pregnant is easier than during those first few months when babies are so demanding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406413 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:29 +0000 mintmercury 406413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're in a bit of different situation, but here's what we're doing: currently renting 800sqft 1bed/1ba condo. we really want to buy (to save money!) and put an offer in on an house yesterday. crossing our fingers that we're going to be moving soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406410 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:15:08 +0000 Revel 406410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in process to buy right now! I'm 12w2d. We should close by the end of the year and be moved in in January. Our situation is a little different from yours though - we had been intending to buy anyway in the next year, so just moved up our timeline a little bit to be sure we were done by April. I don't think it would be terrible to move with a LO though - moving always sucks. I am happy that if this place works out, we should be moved before we've gotten a ton of baby stuff, so won't be having to find a home for that stuff twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406388 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:09:30 +0000 tororojo 406388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I feel you on wanting to decorate a nursery! Stupid pinterest. We are at an awkward phase where I don't know if we'll stay in the area/relocate or keep renting/buy a place...so many what ifs! Good luck figuring things out; I'm sure it will work out no matter which option you choose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406380 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:06:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 406380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I did consider the money saving on not having a nursery-- but of course, that combines with me WANTING to go nuts decorating a nursery! We will be team green, so i don't think we (I) would go too crazy anyway. We've pretty much narrowed down our next move neighborhood, but like you, definitely don't know where our long term home will be. We definitely have another apartment in our future before a house that we buy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406362 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:58:13 +0000 tororojo 406362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a big one bedroom with a pretty open floor plan, and we're planning to move next fall (LO is due in Feb so she'll be 6 months or so). I think it's saved us a lot of $$ already since we aren't buying a ton of unnecessary crap for decorating a nursery! And this way I can say no when people offer things I don't want--"sorry, we don't have room in our apt!" Would love to be in a house or bigger apt, but I think the 3 of us will be fine where we are for awhile and this works best for us financially/logistically...we don't know where we want to live yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406349 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:53:30 +0000 Foodnerd81 406349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man... I was kind of hoping people would say it's fine after! Or, that it's ok to have a baby in a big closet (JK... kind of). These stories are all good to hear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406346 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:50:44 +0000 T-Mom 406346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I moved at 5 mo pregnant from out of state to a rental. Then we bought a house when DD was 2 mo ( I actually tripped and fell down the stairs while holding DD so this prompted us to buy a one story, she was ok). Then we moved once more while pregnant with DS. Having done it both ways, PG and non-PG, I definitely recommend moving before you have the baby, it makes life a little easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406335 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:45:41 +0000 LivsMama 406335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we moved when I was about 5 months pregnant. We were living on the UES of Manhattan in a large one bedroom apartment, but I wanted Liv to have her own bedroom. So we moved right across the river. Now she s 16 months old and we just bought a house, so we'll be moving next week. Based on experiences so far-Id say move before the baby comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-move-beforeafter-having-your-lo#post-406322 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:41:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 406322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Yeah the more I think about it, it does probably make sense to just move before... I figure there would be a 3 month minimum window that I would NOT want to move (1 month before to 2 months after). We just really like our apartment, but it would be easier to just set it up from the start. Plus then we could have visitors sleep in the nursery while future LO is with us in the bedroom in the beginning. </p>