Am I crazy to try to do this?

lyndamf

We have been planning a road trip to Indiana for the holidays, but now I'm having second thoughts.  This pregnancy isn't easy and I'm worried about D making it through.  Here are the details:

We would drive from here to either Texarkana or Arkansas and stop for the night.  a 6 hour trip that with a toddler and a pregnant woman would be more like 8.  The next day we would drive to Nashville (6-8 hr trip), stay with my FIL for 2 nights and then drive to Indiana (another 6 hrs).  We would be there for about 3-4 nights then do the entire trip back to Austin.  Would you do it?  D will be 2 1/2 and I will be around 5 months pregnant.  I've been queasy a lot even in my 2nd tri and am still not sleeping well.  The entire trip will be about 10 days total.

MrsMillerTime

Personally, I would try and cut out the stop in Texarkana and attempt to make it to Nashville the first day.  Does D do well in the car?  Will he sleep?  Is M okay with driving at night?  I'd probably try and go in the afternoon, stop for dinner & let everyone stretch their legs, and then do the last long run while D is sleeping.  Then the next leg from Nashville-Indiana will seem like a piece of cake.

I don't think you're crazy but it really depends on how well you'll think D will handle being strapped in his carseat for so long.

ETA: And I would probably talk to the OB and see if she would be willing to give you a rx for something minor to ease the nausea while travelling.  Or at least recommend some mild OTC you can take.  Regardless of how many days you take to travel, being nauseous in the car is brutal.

ali-1411

I wouldn't do six days of traveling to only stay four days. With all those hotel costs, can't you fly instead? 

ETA:  Ok I missed the part about staying with FIL for two nights. Doesn't really make flying an option then.  But I think that's more days of travel than I'd want to do, it doesn't seem worth the trip.

OrangeFelt

I agree with MMT.. it would be a little easier on you if you could break it up into two days instead of three. That third day in a car is really brutal (and my experience was just me and a dog - not nearly as hard).

Maybe two days to get there, and then take the three to get back? That way, you have an extra day in Indiana?

august8080

If you're not feeling well, that sounds like a stressful/difficult travel schedule.

NoVA-grl

I would say that's a lot of driving especially when you aren't feeling well. I'm sure D will be fine though as long as you can keep him occupied. I also agree that night driving would be the way to go since D would be sleeping (and you could sleep too if M doesn't need you to keep him awake  

mlf625

No, I wouldn't.  On top of the pregnancy and the toddler, you never know about Indiana (and etc.) weather around the holidays.  I wouldn't risk it.

balihaigirl

I wouldn't do it... I think that sounds like a really long drive to only stay there for 3 or so days.  You would barely have time to recover from the drive before you would have to do it all over again.  I've been more uncomfortable this pregnancy too and I understand your reservations -- there's no way I could sit in a car that amt of time over such a short period.  If it were me, I would opt for a nice, relaxing staycation at home instead. 

With that said, I think that mmt's idea is the best, I think if you drove through the night it would make it more tolerable.

HSartteach

I have no advice, but I must have missed your announcement...

Congrats!!!!!!

fjaril

i don't know your husband (met once maybe?), but if he's anything like mine, you'll be hearing about the # of bathroom breaks you took during to trip for years to come.

Mine showed me our gsp read out and pointed to every single bathroom break I took. 

This was while 7 months pregnant with H, so not kiddo in the car yet, but it wasn't took bad except for the post teasing. We also drove through straight to get there and stopped one night on the way home.

 

thethomps

We did that exact drive moving up here when I was 7.5 months pregnant and, honestly, it was OK.  DH had to drive in the afternoon so I could sit in the back seat and put my feet up b/c they were swelling so badly, but other than that it was a nice drive.  If I only had 3-4 to recover before making the trip back, though, I might not do it.  It is tiring to drive that much, even if you're not doing all the driving.  And would your DS go stir crazy with that much time in the car in such a short period of time?