Anyone get pregnant and the decide to move?

Shelley-Bean

Once we found out we were pregnant, we looked around our house and realized with 2 on the way, we've grown out of our small ranch.  We're thinking if we move before the babies, it would be easier to show the house, move, etc.  But, we also know it's going to be stressful.

Has anyone been in this situation?  Did you move before or after the babies?  Any advice?

NinjaNic

I wasn't in that exact situation but I know how stressful moving is! When I  imagine doing it with 2 itty-bitty babies (and a toddler in my case) oh my... that would be hard and I don't think I could do that. I would definitly try to move asap if you need to. For me, I wanted to have everything ready for the girls very early on in case I would have to go on bedrest or they would be early.

GL with your decision

GSwans

Yes-we moved when I was about 12 weeks. ?However, we had been trying to move regardless, because we only had a 2-bedroom condo. ?When we found out it was twins, the time crunch was on. ?Thankfully, we sold our condo quickly after that and bought a 4-bedroom house. ?

It was certainly difficult to move while pregnant, but mostly for my DH...I couldn't do anything! ?We hired movers...I highly recommend it. ?

Good luck!?

jacobandcrystal

We've moved a bunch since our 1st was born because my husband's job moved us out of our home state of MI to WI, then to NH, then we moved back to MI.  We lived in an apt for a year before moving into a house (which was when I was about 3 months along with the twins). 

It will be MUCH easier for you to move now rather than later when you have babies to take care of and all of their stuff to move : )   If you can, get movers to load and unload everything for you.  If not, gather friends and family to help you so that YOU don't end up lifting anything!

LMK8605

We were in this exact situation. We moved in July and the babies were born Sept. 2nd.  I think it is way easier to move BEFORE the babies - plus then you don't have to paint the nursery twice.  Thankfully we had alot of help from friends and family - to be honest it wasn't that bad. 

Good luck!

kaiteedidit

We moved out of our house when I was about 17 weeks and in with my mom. We are building a house. Hopefully, it will be done before the twins are born, but if it isn't we will be moving with two newborns and a toddler. It's not ideal, but it is necessary and it will work out fine.

Lexi2babies

We decided to move when I was 5 months pregnant. It wasn't too bad packing and organizing, the frustrating part was that I couldn't lift anything and had to rely on family to do ALL the moving. There is a certain way you want to do things or certain places where you want things to go, and you kinda just have to sit back and just go with the flow. That was a little hard for me. Especially when it came to the furniture. I like to make sure everything is placed just right to fully utilize the space. Thank goodness my husband is patient and moved everything 2 or 3 times until I was happy. It all turned out great in the end. So good luck my fellow Rhode Islander!! It will all come together...

srh08.05.06

We had a 2 bedroom condo in the city and once we found out we were having twins, decided we needed a house in the suburbs.  With the market being as bad as it was, it took us awhile to sell the condo.  We ended up buying a house before the condo was sold and paid two mortgages for a few months, which was pretty stressful.  Luckily we are under contract on the condo now and moved to the house when I was about 29 weeks.  The timing wasn't great because I was on bedrest.  My poor DH had to do all the packing.  But we hired movers and I was so happy to be settled in the new house and have the babies room ready before they came.  I couldn't imagine moving now with two babies - there is so much stuff and not enough time

FemmeNat01

We were planning on moving before I found out I was pregnant but, once we realized there were 2, we knew it had to be soon. We are moving on April 23 and my twins are going to just over 5 weeks.

I currently live with a roommate and she is keeping this place so I didn't have to worry about selling my current place of residence. It's going to be hard moving but I think it's worth it!

txdaisygal

We moved when I was about 15 weeks. Actually, we moved out of our house and into my grandmother's for about a month, and then moved into our new house when I was around 19 weeks. It was hard. I really couldn't do much. I tried to pack boxes here and there, but DH really had to do most of it. The day we moved out of our house I was so exhausted, physically and emotionally. We didn't hire movers and relied on family to help, and I was trying to pack as much as I could to help out. Toward the end of the day I was just so exhausted that I wanted to crawl into a ball and cry. I stayed at my grandmother's and DH went back to the house to do last minute stuff like empty the fridge and get the last of the boxes.

 

Moving into the new house was easier, but mostly because we can take our time. We've been here a month and haven't unpacked everything yet but we're okay with that. I just do a little here and there. I'm SO tired in the evenings, and I'm finishing my master's degree this semester, so I've had to just take a laid back attitude toward it and accept that it will get done when it gets done and not push myself.

blondek8

DH and I are in the exact situation right now. We put the house on the market Friday and we're building our new house. Hopefully we can be sold and moved in prior to twins arrival, but we thought the exact same thing you're thinking. Yeah, it's going to be major stress, but it'll be a lot easier to move/sell now than trying to do it with 2 infants and all the extra baby stuff. Plus where I live in Ontario, our government is implementing a new higher tax as of July 1st and interest rates are starting to climb again. We thought now was the right time. Good luck with your move/sell!