A friend and his expectant wife recently returned from a babymoon on the beaches of Honduras. They report that it was a wonderful way to relax, slow down and reconnect before their baby’s birth in March. So we're wondering, did you take a last hoorah? If so, where did you go and would you recommend it?
Last year (at 6 months) we took advantage of a friend's wedding in Miami (at the time it was snowing in Colorado). We got in a few days early and stayed late. The weather was just right and it was the perfect time to lay by the pool and float in the ocean! Usually on vacation I feel like I need to get out and see the sights, but with my ever growing belly and some issues with my hip I was able to just relax. At night we ate at nice restaurants and every afternoon we had ice cream. It was a beautiful babymoon.
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Not sure if it counts, but we did take one before I was preggo. We had been "trying" for a few months, but we knew this would be our last hurrah pre-children. We took a cruise to Bermuda.
We took a smaller weekend get away when I was in my 2nd trimester. We stayed at a nice B&B and went to fancy restaurants.
And yes, I recommend it!
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If I had to do the first pregnancy all over, I think we would have gone on vacation for a week and seen a movie every day. I was forced onto bed rest for part of the first and all of the third trimester, which sounds fun but isn't.
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LOL. We went to see Elton John in Las Vegas! :]
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We took advantage of a cousin's wedding on Cape Cod. saw family for a day or two, and then we hung out on a private beach the rest of the time. had yummy food in front of a fireplace most days. it was heavenly.
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I'm due in a couple of months, and sadly, I don't think we have time to squeeze in a holiday. I would have LOVED to spend a week lying on a beach and being mercifully -- if only temporarily -- buoyant in the ocean somewhere. But we're hoping to get to Hawaii or Mexico in the fall. Fingers crossed.
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when I was 6 months preg we spent 3 days on the amalfi coast and then another 7 in the 5 terre in the north of Italy.
if you can I strongly reccomend taking a break together, 'cos you can forget pleasant dinners in some nice restaurant and strolling around towns hand in hand for a very long time
soon we'll be going on a 7 day holiday together, just the two of us, after almost 3 years, and boy do we need it (exilarating and heart breaking at the same time, 7 days without our little monster!)
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