Last hurrah - ideas for a weekend with a pregnant woman

[RosieH]

My friend is well up the duff, and we're hoping for one last hurrah before she pops, and are planning a weekend at the end of June.

Thing is, I can't take a day off work at the moment, so it will need to be somewhere we can get to on Friday after work and back on Sunday night (or even at a push, Monday morning in time to be in work by 10). And that not be too much of a stress.

She's a right pernickety one, so Paris is out, as is a spa weekend, unless it's somewhere where there's other stuff to do (she's a bit fractious). I fancied Lyon, so we could gorge ourselves on all manner of deliciousness, but there are so many things that are off the menu, that seems to be a no-go.

Anyone got brilliant ideas?

[Otta]

wHAT ABOUT ONE OF THOSE PLACES IN THE nEW fOREST, WHERE THEY HAVE LUXURY CHALETS WITH OUTDOOR HOT TUBS AND STUFF.

[Otta]

Excuse the capitals, wasn't looking at the screen, and can't be bothered retyping.

[RosieH]

You mean... Center Parcs?

Are pregnant women allowed in hot tubs?

[El Pibe]

Sooo, no boozing, no gourmet, no pampering.

Some sort of ascetics weekend in a monastery?

[El Pibe]

Center Parcs, that's the one ;-/

[Annette Curtain]

Pernickety and fractious eh ?

How about a this

(and something to tell her child about in the future)

Full Brazilian

Imagine, all tucked up by the fire....."Once upon a time"

Nette::o

[maxxi]

A fractious, pernickety pregnant woman about to drop-?!?

Take her on a tour of Amsterdam coffee shops, before the Dutch ban tourists in Jan 2013, and let her eat cake... lots of cake... the flowers are pretty too.

[Otta]

Not centre parcs. A friend went for a romantic weekend there a while back, I'll ask him about it.

[RosieH]

Ooh, please do.

Yes she's my best friend, and I love her dearly, but she's awfully hard to please.

She's already told me that she can't eat most cheeses. And shellfish. And cured meats. So stuffing our faces in France is out.

And can't go in the sauna or hot tub, so a spa's not ideal.

And wants it to be relaxing, so doesn't really want to fly out Friday night and back Sunday, because then it's too hurried and stressful.

And wants it to be hot, because then it feels like we've "been away".

Ye gads.

[El Pibe]

Advice changed hugely between pregnancy of Pibi?o mkI and MkII (who incidentally arived yesterday, huzzah!!).

Shellfish is fine as long as it's cooked.

Cured meats are by and large fine now too, I think they realised it that Queen Victoria was on the throne last time someone got listeria from a slice of saucisson.

Cheeses, just blue and unpasteurised are off the menu.

She can probably eat more than she realises if she's not taking the strictest outdated NHS advice or the shrillest threads on mumsnet as guidance.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh huge congrats.

[RosieH]

Hurrah for the new Pibeling! What joy!

She's normally quite sensible in these matters, but I'm feeling like I might just give up and do whatever I'm told.

[El Pibe]

By the way i wasn't suggesting that Victoria used to poison her subjects by sitting on the royal watercloset dispensing hams with her fecal covered fingers or anything.

Oh, and thanks, I'm sure he'll be on show in pub near ye soon :)

[Ted Max]

Give her a 12 hour back rub and say "mmm, mmm it must be awful" a lot whilst pulling faces at her swollen arse.

[david_carnell]

I think the Royal College of Surgeons museum is meant to be a laugh.

[????]

All things considered it may be easier to find a new best friend?

[RosieH]

Quids, are all pregnant women not like this then?

[????]

.....it's a good point. Diplomacy says No.

[Ladygooner]

Get your friend to book the trip - then if she doesn't enjoy it it's not your fault!

[Guest]

How about a weekend in St Ives? She'll be able to have fish and chips and do some quality sitting in the sun.

[RosieH]

St Ives is a nice idea. I do like fish and chips. And the seaside! And the light! And the art!

And Ladygooner, I know what you're saying, and I'm inclined to agree. Just causes anxieties because money's very tight for me, and not at all for her. And while she sort of gets that, she only sort-of does, so in the recent past I've been committed to stuff I could ill afford when she did the planning. That's why I was hoping I could find something brilliant that she'd love, that I'd enjoy too, but I could control the budget. Might be asking the impossible.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

"I do like fish and chips. And the seaside! And the light! And the art! "

Margate's nearer and probably cheaper.

[Jah Lush]

Take her down the pub. Get her a bit tipsy. Go for a curry. Baby drops soon after. Hasn't cost you an arm and a leg. Everybody's happy.

[Otta]

Train to St Ives will cost you a bit!