Moving in the third trimester

[Shell_Ell]

Give me some thoughts on this.

We are thinking of moving about 2 months before my "due month". I'm a tad nervous about the impact moving will have on my comfort level for birthing.

If you moved toward the end of your pregnancy, do you think it mattered? How long did it take for your new place to feel like "home" for means of giving birth?

[Shell_Ell]

Also, I figured I should also mention that we will still live in the same city. So I won't be switching midwives.

[momto l&a]

I think a lot depends if this is a move you really want to make, as in are you in love with the new place, will you be buying it, things like that.

We moved when I was 12 weeks preggo. : Terrible morning (all day) sickness, tired, still haven't gotten all the way unpacked.

The house we moved into was not cleaned like it was supposed to be thus I spent my energy on cleaning instead of unpacking.

We moved 800 miles so different from what your move would be.

Will you have help in loading and unloading?

[RadiantMama]

We have moved four times during the course of my pregnancy, all during the last trimester.

I am now dueduedue and the last time we moved was two weeks before my due date.

I found that it was actually unifying for me and my partner. Harder on the 3 year old.

My recommendations:
GET A MOVER!!! well well worth the money
Mark everything before you go.
Make a special box labeled BIRTH just in case and put supplies in there (baby clothes, blankets, etc.).
Stay calm...
Get frozen meals for convenience.
Nest like crazy when you get to the new place...it'll be great!
GOOD LUCK

[Shelsi]

We're in military housing and we'll be moving sometime in my 3rd trimester most likely. They are technically supposed to wait until after the baby is born to move you into a bigger house but they said they try to move you in your 3rd trimester if at all possible. I would much rather move while pregnant than try to move with a 3 year old and a newborn.

Will it feel homey to me? Probably not. But neither does this place because we didn't choose it, it was just assigned to us. It's still a billion times more comfortable than a hospital and that's all I care about.

[momto l&a]

That would be nice to be settled in before that baby was born.

And I concur with you about home being more comfy than a hospital.

[Shell_Ell]

I am excited about the move. Though I love this house, we've outgrown it. And I'd much rather move while I still have one child, rather than when I have two.

I moved with my son at 21 weeks, and it sucked to have to be standing there telling everyone what to do but it was okay. This time, I'm not worried about the actual move. I'm sure that will be fine. It's this weird feeling I have about warming up to the house as my birthing place, that's all. I'm nearly 24 weeks and I've just started to picture having the baby at our current house. I'm a very visual person but for some reason, I just couldn't get a mental image.

Location was a big part of the outcome of my labor with him- I didn't feel safe. We were at a freestanding birth center, though. I think what you guys are saying about it still being better that a hospital (or in my case, birth center) is very true. It will still be home, no matter the location. It will still be my stuff, my family, my shower, my bed, etc.

[hanno]

We're moving and I'm 33 weeks. We're going to a different city 45 minutes away but get to keep the same midwife. It doesn't suck too terribly for me because I'm not the one doing all the major lifting. I'll ask my husband what he thinks We also rented the new apartment for an extra month so we can take as much time as we want to move so we don't have the pressure of doing it all in one day. Another bonus is that we really don't have much so we don't have to move much.

[ani'smommy]

We're moving the week of my due date. : We're living with my parents now, so I will probably give birth there, whether we've actually moved in or not. It will be a crazy, crazy time, I am sure.

[MomInFlux]

I moved at 3-4 weeks before my EDD with DD. We moved 12 hours away, so new city, new midwife, new everything. I found that once I was in the new house, it was "mine". Also, I'd ALWAYS choose moving pregnant over moving with a newborn : . I think that if you have 2 months before your due date, you'll have plenty of time to make your space "yours". I'd just concentrate on those spaces where you're most likely to want to be during labor.