Anyone taking a babymoon?

[maisiedotes]

DH really wants to take me on a babymoon, and I am SO excited. We looked and looked for somewhere to go that wasn't too far- we settled on going to Northampton MA to stay at a hotel, I get a spa treatment, dinner for 2, breakfast the next day... of course I nearly crapped myself when I saw how much it cost but he reminded me it is the last time we will be able to do it for a long time. We are going in less than 2 weeks! I can't wait! :

Anyone else planning anything?

[YankeeMomInVA]

we won't be doing it, but I just wanted to say... Yours sounds like it'll be GREAT! :-) Enjoy it!!!!!

[melissakc]

We sorta did that before DD was born. We went to the Outer Banks in NC. It was just OK, but I think that was bc, instead of enjoying it, we were both so freaked out about all the changes that were going to happen soon.

I always thought a babymoon was a private, restful time AFTER the baby was born. We are definitely doing that! I am absolutely not entertaining guests or having a meet-the-baby party or feeling obligated to anyone! I'm going to spend a week or two in bed and let others help me with entertaining my DD and taking her for outings. I really want to get off to a good start with this new baby so I don't get PPD again. And this time I'm going to force DH to stay home for a couple of weeks. He went back to work too early last time (the day after we got home from the hospital bc we spent 6 days there) and it was extremely hard for me to deal with everything alone. Not this time!

[dcgrl]

Oh Maisie! I love Northampton! You'll enjoy it so much. Have you ever been? need any tips?? The Smith College Museum of Art is really fantastic, if you're into that kind of thing...

If we still lived in Massachusetts, we'd probably high-tail it to Portland for our baby moon (love and miss Portland with a passion!). Not sure if we'll get to go on one, although the Outer Banks are calling...

[yogachick79]

How fun! Ours will be much more um rustic . We're going camping the weekend of the 22nd just the two of us and the dog... Kids are staying with the in-laws for the whole weekend which will be awesome. Like you, we figure this will be the last "alone time" that we get for at least a year.

[Undercover Hippie]

We kind of did that before DS, it was our anniversary also and we knew we wouldn't have much time to celebrate the next few so we went to a B&B and had a nice weekend.

Originally Posted by melissakc

I always thought a babymoon was a private, restful time AFTER the baby was born. We are definitely doing that! I am absolutely not entertaining guests or having a meet-the-baby party or feeling obligated to anyone! I'm going to spend a week or two in bed and let others help me with entertaining my DD and taking her for outings. I really want to get off to a good start with this new baby

That is what I think of as a babymoon too and we did that after DD--it was awesome! I stayed in bed/upstairs with her and didn't even come downstairs for 5 days. We ate picnic meals in the bedroom, whatever visitors I wanted came to the bedroom (which was great because most people don't feel comfortable in your bedroom so they leave really quickly. Only the people you like the most feel comfortable enough to stay and those are the ones you want staying LOL), and everyone waited on me. I just nursed her, slept when I wanted, watched TV... everyone else entertained DS and cooked and cleaned... oh man, I can't wait to do that again!

[brooklyn_warbler]

i think of babymoon as post-baby, too, BUT we are doing a pre-baby getaway as well.

the weekend before we found out we were pregnant "officially" (though we were both 99% sure intuitively already) i had to present at a conference in the susquehanna valley. it was a really cute area, and we went to this great brewery for dinner, and just in general had an oddly romantic time (considering i was there for academic stuff!). we said that if we did find out we were pregnant, we'd come back in the fall. and we did find out we were pregnant the day we got home! so we plan on going back. the area was nice in (an uncharacteristically warm) march, but i think it will be gorgeous in the fall! we plan on going applepicking and stuff. yay!

we actually need to nail down a weekend pretty soon, thanks for reminding me! it's hard to figure out because andy is still knee-deep in renovations AND we don't know when our surprise baby shower is.

tara, our wedding anniversary is the day before our due date!

[maisiedotes]

UGH- my OB's office is driving me crazy. I keep telling them to please not schedule me for anything the three days we are going to be away but so far they have scheduled me for a non-stress test, an ultrasound, and a regular appointment. I keep telling them I refuse to cancel my trip! It is getting crazy now- I am going in like 1-2 times a week now for all this stuff.

I think I got it all settled, though. I hope.

[GooeyRN]

I am jealous! I wish we could. But we wouldn't have anyone to watch our dd.

[Kontessa]

I am doing a different kind of babymooning. In short, people can come by only if they wish to help with things here. I will be taking it easy with baby and doing as little on the world as possible. I am making a list of everyone who offers help so when the house needs food I can call them to do shopping for me, taking my daughter to cheer practice, bring the house keeper over as she does not drive..... I want to have lots of yummy food in the house for the kids and I, easy stuff, and lots of in the house relaxing things to do. Not to mention November is NaNoWriMo (Novel writing month) and I normally close off to the world and write like crazy and very much enjoy myself. I have no idea how long I will babymoon, till breastfeeding is solid at least but chances are till my husband comes home and that might well be the end of January. Seems like a long time but I have to be easy on myself. Thus I am getting all the holiday stuff done as much as I can before now and then and trying to stock my freezer. Yes, the kids and I shall hide from the world and enjoy our special time together. Friends will take my kids to church and other places too just incase they need to get out.

Last time I had a baby in November I got out of the hospital, went right to a church friends house as it was thanksgiving and never missed a beat at church. We where there almost 5 times a week and it was just too much, I broke down come Febuary. This time I am going to take care of myself and plan on doing near nothing in the world and if I feel up to things it will be Choir and Singing on a very few Sundays.


All this to say...... I will be online a lot after baby is here and look forward to the peace of November as our weeks are full down to the hour. I am eating right now. LOL

[monocyte]

Yeah, I get to go see my IL's in VT this weekend.

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We might be going to Nantucket next month...but, I'm so worried about being stuck on the island. DS was 3 weeks late, but...you just never know!

[Curlita]

Originally Posted by maisiedotes

Anyone else planning anything?

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I think I'm planning a nervous breakdown instead of a babymoon.

Send me a postcard! It sounds like a fabulous time!

[melissakc]

Aw, Erica!

[sorteep]

Good for you!! enjoy (we can't do it.. work, practice, other kids , finances etc...) I am glad you can..

[maisiedotes]

Originally Posted by Curlita

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I think I'm planning a nervous breakdown instead of a babymoon.

Send me a postcard! It sounds like a fabulous time!

Oh, believe me, I have no business going away, financially OR time-wise. I have soooo much to do around here, I hate to take time off from work to go away instead of getting the house ready, writing my birth plan, packing my bags, washing baby clothes and diapers... maybe I will join you in a nervous breakdown!

[DeChRi]

Well, we are planning 3 days for "honeymoom", staying with friends in FL, after we get married this month. Not sure if that counts?

[wwisdomskr]

I think it's wonderful that you're getting away!!! Enjoy yourselves and savor every minute.

I also refer to this as "pre-babymoon." Babymoon for me is the special protection of the postpartum time, which, like Kimmy, I'm going to be taking much more seriously with this baby. The tourism industry has kind of co-opted the term as a marketing thing...

But, that doesn't mean that getting away before the new baby isn't special and important! If dd2 wasn't still nursing, dh and I would definitely be planning something. I hope you have a delicious time. Don't give another thought to your to-do list or the money. Everything will be okay. Everything that needs to get done will get done.

[GooeyDay]

I hadn't ever heard of a "babymoon," but I'm getting some wonderful ideas from this thread!

I love the idea of doing a simple getaway before baby comes... I am thinking camping/renting a lil cabin somewhere nearby would be nice...

I also love the idea of the protected postpartum. I already plan on spending some major re-coup time. DH has been saving his vacation so that he has up to three weeks off. *Really* happy that he can be home with me/us! But I was especially tickled with the idea that, if you want to come over, you have to help us out in some way! Bring me food or clean my house, basically.

Anyway, it's been fun reading everyone's plans.

~* Laura

[Valerieg]

We've done a lot of small trips this summer...so we won't be doing any vacationing in the next few weeks. In fact this weekend is our last trip out of town until the baby arrives.

With DD...we knew we were going to start TTC in Jan so we took a 10-day trip to Mexico in November and had an excellent time. Then the small trips we always take while I was PG. Oh...and Savannah, GA. We travel a lot.

I also think that the babymoon happens after the baby arrives but I couldn't hole up with the baby the way it has been described. My mom comes in from out of town (or at least she plans to again) for 10 days to mother me so I can mother. DH has to go back to work (he owns the company). And, our immediate family is so large and in-town that I have no choice but to have visitors. But I enjoyed that with DD. This time I won't be having out of town guests stay at my house though. With DD my sisters came down for a full weekend less than a week later and my dad and his wife the weekend after that! :

[MamaHippo]

Wow- have a great time! Enjoy it, cus your DH is right - it wont be as easy to travel like that again for a VERY long time!

How cute of your Dh to plan all that for you! :