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Hi was just after some advice. I have been camping 4 times now with my hubbie and kids who r now 7 and 4 and we have loved it, wish we could get away more to be honest. We have a 10 man tent now, got it last year and used it twice and all was great.

The problem we have now is im 7 months pregnant and due in May, will be having c-section May 16th. I want to go camping in the June half term  but hubbie doesnt think we should as baby will be 3 weeks old or just over, ( i think will be fine) It might be the only chance we can go this yr as hubbie will be working all summer holidays so wont be able to go :(

So was just wondering if nayone has been with a very small baby and did it go ok, i need to convince hubbie it will all be fine :)

Thanks in advance. xxx

Congratulations on the new arrival to be but i think it will be more you that you will have to think about as after having a c section you will be very saw and uncomfortable and to be honest the thought of lying on the floor of a tent after that i think you will be mad....sorry if this isnt the answer you were after but i think it would be too much for you ...Good Luck by the way xxx

HELEN

Thankyou for your reply Helen

Thats what my friend said she was more worried about me than the baby. I had c-sections with my other 2 and i seem to think i was fine after a few weeks with them but not sure if that is just wishfull thinking on my behalf and actually forgetting how hard it actually was :)

I think i may just leave it and see how i feel after the baby is born and if i feel ok i can book it but if not maybe go away for a weekend or something later in the yr to get my camping fix :)

To be honest, I would wait and see how you are.  You may feel at the time you are up to it which is great but things may not be that straightforward.  You have had sections in the past so know what to expect.

Is there any way you could get hold of a smaller tent and have a little garden camp for the sake of the two older kids?  That way if you are not feeling up to it you will be in the comfort of your own home and hubby can supervise the garden camp.

Good luck when your new arrival comes along!  

I agree Issym, and I am one of those ladies with a hernia to prove it, I went back to work on a nursing agency doing nights after a C-section when my youngest daughter was five weeks old, I was assured by them that there would not be any lifting involved, and that I would be on one-to-one care just to do medications for someone who was a little confused, which was fine by me, only to turn up at one place and be expected to do a 40 bedded nursing home for the night, with lots hands on care needed, and stairs to climb up and down all night. even though I was the nurse in charge and was employed to supervise the care assistants, who on my shift were very young and inexperianced at their job.

Even driving can seriously take it out of you after a C-section, I would say wait a while, maybe go camping over one of the bank holidays later in the season after you have had time to heal, and baby is more settled into a routine.

Julia