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I don't see anything wrong with it at all! Just make sure you are traveling near bathrooms.

DH and I made a 16-hour drive when I was 20 weeks pregnant. It wasn't fun and I was uncomfortable, but it was doable. I would just do like you said and drink lots of water/be prepared to make frequent stops for bathroom breaks.

I drove to Michigan from NY and back when I was about 28 weeks To see my gramma Definitely drink lots of water and stretch. the biggest issue I had was frequent pee breaks

@FliegepilzHut: Yeah I think every 2 hours is plenty. You may be able to go longer.

I say go for it!

At 20 weeks I felt awesome, I definitely experienced the golden trimester. I did quite a bit of traveling around then, including a Babymoon to Italy at 24 weeks.

I did a 7 hour road trip at 30 weeks and was also ok then. Had to stop every hour/hour and a half to pee but otherwise was fine.
Have fun!

I did a 12 hour trip over 2 days when I was a little over 5 months. We had to stop so o could pee and stretch, I drank a ton of water. Also it helped that over night we stayed in a hotel that had a pool and a tub I could fit in, the floating/soaking helped. Oh and bring your best pillow!

Drove 20+ hours to CO when I was 32 weeks last time. The biggest issue for me at that point was stopping to pee constantly. Though there were no worries about not stretching my legs enough! It really was no problem at all. We're driving to FL for our cruise in 3 weeks, which means I'll be I guess 21 weeks, and I'm not worried. It'll be around 12 hours over 2 days. I'm sure the peeing will be annoying again, but I love road trips, even while pregnant.

I'm going to be going on a 2 day (each way) raod trip with about 8 hours of driving a day when I'm 34 weeks pregnant!

So I think you are fine.

I moved from Louisiana to DC at 32 weeks. Our driving took 4 days because I didn't want to push myself and could. I had no problems.

We drove across the country (Seattle to VA) when I was at the very end of the second trimester. I had to bargin with DH for bathroom breaks (we did every 3 hrs) and I was having some rib pain which was a little uncomfortable but we were also in a get to point B from point A mode, not enjoy the trip. Totally doable! I packed lots of snacks and hydrated (but not too much since I lost the battle in stopped every 2 hrs!).

I wouldn't have had any problem with a trip like that at 20 weeks pregnant!

@FliegepilzHut: Last summer when I was about 30 weeks pregnant we took a ~11-12 hour road trip. We did the entire drive in one day, both on the way there and on the way back. We stopped about every 3 hours so I could walk around and stretch, I drank a lot of water, I used a lumbar pillow to be more comfortable, and I wore compression stockings (which I was already wearing due to varicose veins). It was totally fine and LO is 6 months old now, so we both survived I would imagine you'll be totally fine at 20 weeks!

@FliegepilzHut: I just came back from a 5 hour flight with a 3 yo at 20 weeks pregnant. It was fine so I would encourage you to go. We did two potty breaks and lots of stretching. Have fun!

Do it! When I was 20+ weeks pregnant, DH and I took a month long road trip from the Midwest to Boston, Florida, then back home. We went 6000 miles and camped most nights to save money. We stopped every 2 hours for me to get up and walk around but otherwise being pregnant didn't affect the trip too much.