Travel after baby arrives - Page 2

[*MamaJen*]

Originally Posted by trumpcard

Thanks for the responses. I guess in some ways I'm asking permission not to go but I want to be realistic about why I don't want to go. Right now I am feeling resentful that it is just expected that we will come without any concern for me being at very best 6 weeks postpartum and having a huge trip to face.

We normally drive and it is a 2.5 day drive with us putting 12-16 hour days of travel. There is no way that we can put in days that long with a nursing baby so the alternative is to fly. Flying will cost us alot and I will have to make plans in advance. Assuming I can get refundable tickets this will work. The trip by plane is about 3.5 hours and there is no possibility of a direct flight. We would drive 2 hours to get to the airport and three hours from the airport to get to the lake.

When we get there we share a 3 room/1 bathroom cabin with DH's parents and sister. It is beautiful and normally very peaceful and relaxing and I do enjoy my inlaws BUT they are not supportive of our breastfeeding plans and keep reassuring us that they won't have any trouble having an infant in such a small space since they know "tricks" to get her sleeping through the night.

So, I'm wondering if I will be up for all that travel and be able to face the challenges that would greet us when we get there. . .

I was with you up until this part...I actually think it's a ton easier to travel with a six week old than a two year old, for example. They're super portable and they sleep most of the time. However, being with inlaws who aren't supportive of breastfeeding, and just not being comfortable in the situation, sounds like no good at all. Also, that's a loooong drive with a baby. I'd really prefer flying.

[MsBlack]

Originally Posted by trumpcard

Thanks for all the replies. It sounds like physically I could do it but that emotionally it may not be a good idea. I think I already knew that emotionally I wouldn't be able to handle the conflict about breastfeeding and co-sleeping. I was kind of hoping that I could use not being physically recovered as the excuse not to go but maybe I will have to address it another way.

Well, you could be vague and blur the lines between physical readiness and 'other' "I don't see us being ready to travel so far, and ready to be away from home for so long, so soon after the birth."

Good luck--enjoy your birth, your babymoon, and your whole summer with a new LO

[MiaMama]

I travelled with my baby at 3 months, and it was great, We knew how to nurse in the sling, and no one on the plane noticed that she nursed or slept the whole time!

However, at 6 weeks PP, I was still bleeding, (after a non-traumatic vag. birth). We were also still learning to BF, and my breasts would leak and squirt literally across the room! There is a huge difference between 6 weeks and 3 months. I think that you could definitely use physical recovery as a very valid excuse. It was for me at 6 weeks.