Moving while pregnant?

It's still so surreal, but it looks like DH and I will be homeowners. I had given up on the idea of finding a home before the baby was born so I'm thrilled that we finally found something.

Has anyone moved while pregnant, particularly in the last trimester? Assuming all goes well with the inspection, etc., the closing will take place in a little over a month. We may not move in right away, but we'd definitely move before the baby is born.

How difficult was it moving while pregnant? We're usually last minute type of people, especially with moving, but I plan to pack a little at a time over several weeks.

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i did it. i was able to pack but not really move anything. we had lots of help

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Congratulations on the house!

I would just hire movers. They are not that expensive.

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I've had 2 friends move while pregnant... one in the late 2nd trimester, and one after 35 weeks

obviously, the latter friend had a moving company do the vast majority, and her DH had to do the remaining bit. she mainly concentrated on the light stuff... putting away linens, taking care of the nursery....

My other friend helped pack kitchen stuff and other medium-light stuff and has done a lot of overseeing and organizing... but once again, movers did the heavy stuff.

both were settled in within a couple weeks!

congrats on the new home!

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You'll be fine! I wasn't pregnant when we moved, but I had thrown my back out (surprise surprise ) and wasn't able to do anything except the actual packing of the boxes. We had lots of help from friends, but most importantly, everything got done in due time.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

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We moved when I was 6 weeks pregnant, and no one knew yet. I still had to lift a few things to make it not so obvious. I did end up bleeding that night - I must have either over done it or not drank enough or something. So don't do any lifting - not that you would be as stupid as I was.

It was crazy around here for the longest time. Poor DH had to do all of the priming and heavy work, I did help him paint though. We wound up just getting a professional painter for the rooms/hallways we just couldn't get to.

We still had some of the boxes in the garage until DDs were like a year old. We just never got to everything. Don't stress, let being parents be your first priority - you can get to the house anytime!

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I'll also be moving while pregnant! I'll be almost 30 weeks during the move! I'll help pack and unpack but I won't be lifting anything!!!

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Yay for the house!!! Would love to hear about it via FM.

When we made the actual move I was 26w, so packing and unpacking was before and after that (still happening actually ). It was tough because I am definitely waaaay slower than I would in the past, and it was very hot there for a couple of weeks and the littlest things exhausted me. But now I'm like whatever....it will all get done. We hired movers, but also did all the packing/unpacking on our own.

Good luck, so exciting!

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We moved into our new home when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant. My family helped us pack, clean and paint, and then we hired movers.

Be sure to have your hospital bag ready before you move. We moved 2 weeks before my due date, but I went into labor 5 days after we moved!!!

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i'll be 31 weeks pregnant when we move! i'm pretty sure DH won't let me do much, but i plan on at least helping pack the boxes. when we get to our new places i'm going to recruit all of our friends to help us unpack

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I think we will just miss moving while I am pregnant. I think its going to happen after the baby is here. I was kinda hoping to move while pregnant, so I didnt have to do all the cleaning and bleaching

ETA: Congrats

Message edited 9/25/2008 8:25:19 AM.

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Posted by JTK

i did it. i was able to pack but not really move anything. we had lots of help

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We are doing the same thing, but most likely the baby will be born before we close. I've been packing up some stuff.

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We're moving the first week of November so I'll be 25/26 weeks. DH already knows that all I can really do is pack, I don't want to lift anything. We're only going from a 1 bdrm to another 1 bdrm so aside from some furniture, we don't have much so my brother and DH's friends will help him. I'll supervise.

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We moved when I was 8 months preggo!!

Looking back, I dont know how we did it but we did. It was a little difficult but in some ways good since I was happy to start fresh!!!

I would advice packing little by little so it is not crazy towards the end. I also hired someone to clean the place so I wouldnt have to breathe in the chemicals. We had it painted and aired it out for 4 days before I actually set foot inside.

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Thanks everyone. It's nice to know that others have been in a similar situation. We'd probably move when I was around 34 or 35 weeks pregnant. Maybe I'm crazy, but that seems a little easier than moving with a newborn. I definitely plan to pack a little at a time. DH will either clean or we'll hire someone b/c I don't want to be around the chemicals.

For everyone who's moving, hope your moves go smoothly.