I moved whilst I was at the end of the 2nd trimester of my pregnancy. This involved receiving all our furniture from Australia (we live in the UK) - the packing had been done before I was pregnant.

We are going to have to move in the next few months again, and DD is currently 3 months old now.

If I think about moving during pregnancy - even late pregnancy - compared to say moving now with DD at 3 months or the thought of moving when we have to when DD is anything up to 6 months or so, I can honestly say that I would prefer to move during pregnancy. It would be more difficult with DD now, and it will be when we do move.

Even though I was slow and unwieldy and uncomfortable, and it wouldn't be easy, I could do things in my own time, at a pace that suited me. Now DD is priority and her needs take a lot of time (to be expected!) and the tiredness I feel now is much more than when I was heavily pregnant. Harder to pack when more tired! Harder to pack when DD needs me more hours in the daytime than she is asleep during the daytime (a recent development, happening at roughly 3 months! ) - I will have to be packing at night.

Another thing to consider is how the move would impact your child once they are born. By 3 months many babies are starting to really get attached to a routine and familiar things (mine certainly is) and moving house could be a big upheaval that leaves them very unsettled. I'm preparing for that possibility when we move. Being able to not have that stress/worry/or even possibility because you were still pregnant might be helpful.

As BW said, it's hard work either way - hell - it's hard work when you're not pregnant or have a young infant, but I would choose doing it pregnant over doing with a 3 month old baby. In saying that, my pregnancy was complication free (aside from minor GD) and I felt quite good physically heavily pregnant.

HTH,

Miss C