https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:40:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-355345 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:36:31 +0000 ScarletJwl 355345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been going to Christmas at my parent's house and then go to DH's parents house for a few days after - both are more than a 6 hour drive from us (and 4 hours from each other) so we usually fly.</p> <p>Since I am due on December 26th, we are not going anywhere for Christmas this year! I am sad since this is the first time I won't be with my family for Christmas - I will especially miss hanging out with my sisters and brother since it is usually the only time of year we are all together. But I am also excited to start new traditions for our little family as DH and I want to be home for Christmas with our kids. Next year we'll have to figure out what to do... right now I am leaning towards doing Christmas here and then visiting family in the week between Christmas and New Years.</p> <p>We do get to go to our normal Thanksgiving place since we have been going to my Aunt's house about 30 minutes from us! I am looking forward to spending that day with family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-355265 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:27:40 +0000 boiledpnut 355265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually go to DH's parents' house in Colorado for Thanksgiving every year. I'm due in December, so we won't be going this year....not that I'm complaining! I can only deal with my MIL in VERY small doses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-355116 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:14:10 +0000 mrsjyw 355116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually host Thanksgiving and will not be this year (I'm due 11/18)... we probably won't even do a thanksgiving dinner of any sort, maybe with our parents?</p> <p>Christmas, we'll still spend with our parents and my brother, but we probably will skip the up north trip we make to see DH's extended family, just because LO will be so young and I don't want him to be around a bunch of people at once... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354782 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:03:55 +0000 birdofafeather 354782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'll be 37 weeks on christmas and plan on all the usual things with both sides of the family, except DH and i are taking our babymoon to palm springs (2 hours from our parents/holiday celebrations and 2 hours from our house) the day after christmas to have a couple last days on our own. it's also the ONLY time he has off from school until april, so we're definitely going to be super protective of our time together! other than that, should be holidays as usual. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354669 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:43:32 +0000 photojane 354669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm only cooking one baby, so it's a little different, but i'm nearly 25 weeks, and i'd definitely feel comfortable going now. i should add that i do have a high chance of early labor as well, but i feel like 25 weeks is still pretty early to be thinking about that. 6 hours in a car is a long way, so you'll need to stop to stretch and pee A LOT. once babies come everything will be completely different, so i think it would be nice to enjoy this last baby-less holiday away with family. i think asking your ob when the time gets closer is a great idea too.</p> <p>i'm so glad that all of our family lives within a 10 minute drive of our house. i'll be 33 weeks on christmas &amp; i wouldn't be going anywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354656 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:35:46 +0000 Mrs. Blue 354656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: My doctor recommended stopping to walk every hour to two hours. . . which shouldn't be a problem since my bladder wouldn't let me go longer than that anyway! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354647 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:31:05 +0000 sunshineandsushi 354647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: definitely plan on lots of resting! Everyone is different, of course, but my big pain lately is my feet. I can only stand on them for very short periods of time. And walking more than like 10 minutes is a no-go, I start to have pressure build on the underside of my belly and have to rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354587 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:51:51 +0000 sslm 354587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure, the plan is to drive the 15 hours home this year, but I know we're probably going to have to stop and stretch legs way more often!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354582 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:49:42 +0000 chopsuey 354582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Staying home for thanksgiving and Christmas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354565 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:43:59 +0000 Mrs. Blue 354565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunshineandsushi: Thanks for the input. It's so hard to guage how I'll be feeling by a certain point since I know I'm likely to be more uncomfortable/closer to labor than with a singleton. Knowing you're starting to get uncomfy gives me some insight to at least plan for lots of resting around the travel days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354559 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:41:04 +0000 Mrs. Blue 354559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: I think the big concern for my dr. is just that my type of twins are full term at 34-36 weeks and many come far earlier than that without much warning. If there were no other factors/not twins, I definitely wouldn't balk at traveling that early! Have fun in Vegas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354547 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:32:32 +0000 Kffw 354547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due Jan. 13. Since it is a 6 hour drive to my parents, everyone is coming to my house for Christmas! I'm SO excited about it too! I am going home for Thanksgiving if everything is still looking good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354430 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:29:17 +0000 sunshineandsushi 354430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally understand! I'm 26 weeks now with twins and I've basically put a hold on any travel outside of my city because I don't want to be caught far away from my OB and hospital. </p> <p>I flew for the last time at 22 weeks and I think it was the perfect time for my last flight. Since then, I've definitely gotten increasingly uncomfortable. :( Just last weekend I drove 2.5 hours to attend a friend's baby shower, and while everything was fine, I definitely felt a little strange about being even that far away. Also, when I got home that day, I was EXHAUSTED and generally didn't feel great for the rest of the day, even though I stopped to rest and stretch my legs both there and back. </p> <p>Definitely wait and see how you feel leading up to it. That's how I approached each trip I took. If I hadn't felt well the day before or of, I had no qualms about cancelling them to be safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354408 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:21:10 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 354408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During my last pregnancy I didn't think twice about flying and went on a few different trips (last one at 31 weeks or so). This time I am going to be a little more careful because I am pregnant in the winter and have an LO to take care of- I don't want to risk getting sick. But, that said, we will still probably fly in Dec/Jan so I will be in the 27-32 week range. Since you don't need to book flights I would just wait until the last minute to decide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354407 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:20:27 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 354407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue - we are taking a 4-hour trip to Vegas for 3-days when I'll be at 35 weeks. I would have no problem doing a roadtrip at 25 weeks if I was having a healthy pregnancy so far with no major complications. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354400 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:16:29 +0000 dagret 354400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will be 35 weeks at Christmas. We're playing it by ear if we'll go to my parents (2.5 hr away) or not. my mom actually volunteered to me pretty early that she didn't expect me to come home for Christmas. I was shocked. </p> <p>We also have a possible trip to NYC 2 weeks before that...trying to figure that one out too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354392 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:12:48 +0000 heffalump 354392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of our families are local, so we didn't have to worry about it. Plus LO was born in July so there are no major holidays around there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354035 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:11:07 +0000 kayakgirl73 354035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I'm due January 7th. So we had to scrap our plans to visit my family for Christmas even though they are only two hours away. Nearest hospital with OB is an hour back toward home. So the doc has said no. I may go home for Thanksgiving if things continue to look well. I just hope I'm not in the hospital for Christmas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-354027 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:06:41 +0000 Rescuemom10 354027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will be 35 weeks pg on Christmas, so def not going anywhere.<br /> I think waiting to see come Dec like you said is the best bet for you and def what I would do as well.<br /> Fingers crossed for ya! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353955 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:26:17 +0000 alayaya 353955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish!</p> <p>I have my 10 year highschool reunion in June, and I very much would like to be super pregnant by then.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353951 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:25:12 +0000 Smurfette 353951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I will be 28 for Christmas but we just have a 4 hour car ride. Which will probably take longer cause I will have to pee every hour. Then we are going away for the weekend through New Years with friends but again that is just a 4 hour car ride. Hopefully our friends won't care that I am stopping to pee so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353901 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:03:08 +0000 autumnlove 353901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It did last year since I was due on Dec 20th and went late! I am pregnant again this year but it is still early and it won't affect our plans. Well...I might be hungry and grumpy on the drive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353893 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:01:10 +0000 JessiBee 353893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my OB about traveling for Thanksgiving, and she looked at the calendar (actually, a little wheel-spinny thing she apparently keeps in her pocket), and said I'd be about 28 weeks over Thanksgiving weekend, and that as long as I continue to have a healthy pregnancy, there's no reason I couldn't get on a plane (just not overseas) and enjoy the holiday--as long as I walk around a few times on the plane. I am trusting her expertise and we bought our tickets! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353879 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:58:05 +0000 DillonLion 353879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due the day after thanksgiving so all of our usual plans are totally off the table this year.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353859 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:50:10 +0000 Mrs. Blue 353859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WALLAROO: That's what I was thinking. I have an appointment Dec. 13, so I'm hoping the OB will be a bit more reassuring then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353857 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:49:10 +0000 pinkcupcake 353857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I hope you get to go on your trip. We missed out on seeing the inlaws last Christmas. I was about 7 months pregnant and although I had a pretty uneventful pregnancy, I was too nervous to fly so far (cross country). In hindsight, though, it would have been fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353846 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:45:04 +0000 Mrs. Blue 353846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: I missed your BFP! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353815 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:33:59 +0000 WALLAROO 353815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early in the year we had planned to go to my dad and step-mom's house in Phoenix for Thanksgiving but once we found out we were having twins we had to nix that plan since I would be too far along for my doctor to allow me to travel by plane.</p> <p>This past weekend my DH and I took a 4 hour drive up to Whistler for our babymoon. I had a doctor's appointment on the 12th and asked my OB if she thought it would still be a good idea to make the trip. She said that everything looked good with the babies and my cervix looked long and closed so she was OK with me going. She just said to take it nice and easy once we got there and just relax and not do anything too strenuous. </p> <p>I would suggest holding off on making a decision until you are closer to Christmas and check in with your OB at the last appointment before the trip to see how you and the babies are doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353811 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:31:15 +0000 tororojo 353811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes, I hope you get to go! But better safe than sorry if you're having any signs of things happening early.</p> <p>All of our family is local, and I plan on using pregnancy to avoid some of the way too many events we'll get invited to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/willdid-pregnancy-affect-your-holiday-travel-plans#post-353800 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:24:26 +0000 wheres_c 353800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were planning on visiting Paris for Christmas.<br /> Luckily I found out about my pregnancy back in April and hadn't bought our tickets yet.<br /> So although it was a disappointment, it didn't put us out too much.</p> <p>My grandfather passed away during my second trimester, and I didn't want to risk an overseas flight to attend the funeral. That made me very sad. </p>