jenm42
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I have been struggling for weeks trying to make a decision, and no matter which way I decide, people tell me I'm crazy. So, I figured that all of you might have an opinion on the subject. =)
I earned London this year, with TPC on top of it (so, an extra day in London, plus an extra $100 towards meals from PC), and boy was I excited! I've always wanted to go to London....
but I'm having a baby (my third) on March 12, and the London trip leaves the US on April 6. That's 3 1/2 weeks... after a C-section. I'm not an easy healer in the first place. I don't know if I'm going to feel up to it, if I'm going to be able to find a place to nurse or pump (I have some trouble with nursing usually, but I still pump every few hours) while in the airports and on planes for 12-15 hours, I am not sure if I can get a passport for the baby in time to go - or if I even want to try running around to get that done (I'd need the birth cert right away, probably a ss#, and then passport). I'm also not sure about bringing a 3 1/2 week old baby on a crowded plane for 15 hours, breathing in all that recirculated air and all. So I'm not sure!
....but it's London. And it's free!
There's always the possibility that complications could occur during birth, or something could be wrong with the baby, and we wouldn't be able to go no matter what, but then I would pretty much lose the trip and most of the value of the gift card. (They subtract out what they've already spent on plane tickets and give you what is left on a gift card.) But if course, I don't anticipate that...
Would you attempt to go?
(We've already decided that DC is not really an option for us, for various reasons... so I've narrowed down the choices to either London or the $1500 Visa Gift Card.)
I have seen the thread with someone who was considering going to NC 3 weeks after a baby, and opinions were varied. But... this is not NC. This is a vacation for 2 to London, so no workshops, no general sessions, no babysitter needed. But still...
I'm really struggling. I had decided NOT to go, and then decided TO go, and then decided NOT again. Now I don't know what to do. My mom has said that she will stay home with my older 2 kids (3 and 6 yrs old) if we go, so that's not an issue. I would definitely not go if I couldn't bring the baby. I am going to have the issue of trying to transport pumped milk through airports, and finding a private place to pump it while in the airports. And of course, healing from the C-section (my THIRD. They are NOT fun.)
What would you do?
I earned London this year, with TPC on top of it (so, an extra day in London, plus an extra $100 towards meals from PC), and boy was I excited! I've always wanted to go to London....
but I'm having a baby (my third) on March 12, and the London trip leaves the US on April 6. That's 3 1/2 weeks... after a C-section. I'm not an easy healer in the first place. I don't know if I'm going to feel up to it, if I'm going to be able to find a place to nurse or pump (I have some trouble with nursing usually, but I still pump every few hours) while in the airports and on planes for 12-15 hours, I am not sure if I can get a passport for the baby in time to go - or if I even want to try running around to get that done (I'd need the birth cert right away, probably a ss#, and then passport). I'm also not sure about bringing a 3 1/2 week old baby on a crowded plane for 15 hours, breathing in all that recirculated air and all. So I'm not sure!
....but it's London. And it's free!
There's always the possibility that complications could occur during birth, or something could be wrong with the baby, and we wouldn't be able to go no matter what, but then I would pretty much lose the trip and most of the value of the gift card. (They subtract out what they've already spent on plane tickets and give you what is left on a gift card.) But if course, I don't anticipate that...
Would you attempt to go?
(We've already decided that DC is not really an option for us, for various reasons... so I've narrowed down the choices to either London or the $1500 Visa Gift Card.)
I have seen the thread with someone who was considering going to NC 3 weeks after a baby, and opinions were varied. But... this is not NC. This is a vacation for 2 to London, so no workshops, no general sessions, no babysitter needed. But still...
I'm really struggling. I had decided NOT to go, and then decided TO go, and then decided NOT again. Now I don't know what to do. My mom has said that she will stay home with my older 2 kids (3 and 6 yrs old) if we go, so that's not an issue. I would definitely not go if I couldn't bring the baby. I am going to have the issue of trying to transport pumped milk through airports, and finding a private place to pump it while in the airports. And of course, healing from the C-section (my THIRD. They are NOT fun.)
What would you do?
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