do you still go pubbling/clubbing??

[pacha]

So before i feel preggers a normal weekend would consist of drunken nights out till 4am and probably once midweek too. Does anyone still do it minus the alocohol??..I have tried but it just aint the same. Ive got a quiet one this weekend, just out for dinner then next weekend have a night out, probably round a few pubs and then to a club. I dont know if i'll enjoy it at all??!!..I think its the making an effort that I miss..I miss puting on a nice dress and puting on make/up fixing my hair etc and generally feeling nice. I dont wear any make up at all apart from when I go out and it makes me feel goood

 

[allycat]

I was exactly the same! I used to go out most friday nights clubbing in London and not get home 'til 7:30am on a saturday morning...if I wasn't doing that I was out on saturday nights 'til 3-4am instead and some weekends as well! I know what you mean about missing the making an effort I spent 3 hours getting ready for my nights out, straightening my hair, doing my clubbing make up and spending ages trying on different outfits... I have been out to pubs since being pregnant but it's just not the same anymore 'cause I end up sitting down a lot and I can't really see me getting the train into London and being a dirty stop out in my condition haha! I prefer meals out with my OH now or going round to see friends and having nights in

 

[LittleManda]

i was out every thurs fri n sat without fail, until 5-6am, before i found out i was pregnant..

i had my boobs done in april 2008 on a saturday, and was still out in town that thursday (5 days later )

the reason that made me do a pregnancy test was that i felt ILL when i was drinking, which wasnt like me.. and it was positive..

i havent touched a drink since i found out, when i was 4-5 weeks gone, but i've gone out a few times for special occasions, xmas, bdays etc..

i dont enjoy myself when i havent had a drink though.. especially because my mates are drunk and i'm sober..

also i want to go home by about 1am now when i'm out - and i would make my friends go home just because i was, which means going home on my own (if OH cant pick me up)

and i work sundays 10-8 - so although i didnt mind going out of a saturday till 6am, having 3hrs sleep and then getting up for work, when i was drinking..

now that i'm not drinking i'd rather sit in with OH and have a good nites sleep before work haha!!

its my friends birthday nite out 2nite.. but i just took her for a chinese on thursday instead because i didnt want to go out.. was out last saturday for a friends birthday but i dont see the point in spending money, being FREEZING (you can feel the cold more when you havent had a drink) and not enjoying your nite.. when i'd be a lot more happy, sitting in with my other half, and using the money to buy things for bubs - god i've grown up soooo much haha!!

 

[pacha]

Aww thanks girls, so it aint just me I just wasnt sure whether it was just im my head that I wouldnt enjoy myself sober and mayb I had to try a little harder..but I reckon im just going to need to give in and stick to nice meals etc just now instead. I'll go out next weekend because..well I bought a new dress and am dying to wear it but If I end up sitting down looking at my watch again, im going to give up until after bubs is here

 

[LittleManda]

its not just the being bored, and hating not drinking but its dangerous now that we're getting bigger aswell..

how many times have you been knocked and pushed when you've been out drinking..

i'm small, only 5'2 and always seem to get knocked.. i used to say ''i know am small, but am not that small that you cant see me ''

but obv this can be really dangerous when pg..

theres also the music to consider - baby is starting to be able to hear things outside and loud noises like that would startle it

 

[pacha]

You know I hadnt even thought if the music..very good point hun and im 5ft 3 so know what you mean about getting bumped, the guys round here all seem to be giants!!

 

[allycat]

I just don't enjoy being sober while everyone else is getting drunk...you're just not on the same wavelength! I used to jump around with glowsticks...can't see me doing that now lol

Peopl do get a bit pushy on nights out too and I always worry my bump will get knocked...it's bad enough trying to get round the supermarket and not get bumped into!

 

[pacha]

you're right Allycat, in a nutshell - it just aint the same when your not pissed!!

 

[LittleManda]

thats it.. you can still go out when you've had the baby - and imagine how cheap that night will be - be a drunken mess off 2 vodka redbulls

but better to be safe than sorry

 

[krissie23]

I've been out a few times since finding out I was pregnant again, and it really isn't the same! My OH is so sweet and would stay at home with Amber if I wanted a night out with my friends before I fell pregnant again, it was only once or twice a month and I'd never get really hammered as looking after a three year old the next day with a hangover isn't a good idea!

But the few times I have been out, tbh I have been bored to tears! The last time was about two weeks agao, I hadn't seen my best friend for a couple of weeks and she talked me into going to the pub for a few hours on a friday evening with some of our other friends... they all headed straight to the bar to get their bottles of wine and vodka and cokes, etc., while I sat there with my orange juice. I watched them gradually getting more and more drunk and doing the things that drunk people do, like singing loudly and getting up and dancing, I just kept looking at my watch willing it to get to 11pm so I could leave! I'd rather be snuggled up indoors and in bed by then!

 

[Chrissi87]

i havent been out clubbing or to the pub since i turned 19.. im now 22

i cant say i miss it as i really dont.. i would much rather stay in at home with a glass of wine (occasionally) and watch something good on the tv!

dont have much chance of going out even if i wanted to with ds who is 22 months and also being nrly 23 weeks pregnant... not my idea of fun tbh.

did that make sense or am i just babbling?

 

[Serendipity_]

No, can't afford it, plus I'd feel weird in a night club surrounded by lots of scantily clad women while I was drinking J20

 

[gems]

No I don't bother anymore. i'll wait unitll I've given birth so i can enjoy myself properly. Not that I would be going out much anyway as I'm usually at home with Jessy anyway. My mum or OH's mum usually has Jess over night quite regular so we get to go out raving about every once a month-6weeks. I admit I do love a drink and I kinda just feel a bit jealous when I go out while I'm pregnant coz every1 else looks like there having such a good time xxxx

 

[shezza30]

I just don't enjoy being sober while everyone else is getting drunk...you're just not on the same wavelength! I used to jump around with glowsticks...can't see me doing that now lol

Peopl do get a bit pushy on nights out too and I always worry my bump will get knocked...it's bad enough trying to get round the supermarket and not get bumped into!

can I gatecrash? I really miss jumpin about with glowsticks, getting home at 9 in the morning, going to Ibiza....... ah well, all in a good cause I guess. One day I will go again, already have a daughter so I know you do get your life back. Not that I'm moaning though coz I am over the moon to be preggers

 

[Becc]

I don't really drink tbh and going out on the town has never really been my thing so it's not really a part of life I'm missing out on by being pregnant or anything.

I know what you mean about missing the dressing up and making an effort though. Since I lost my job just before I found out I was expecting and we are completely skint I don't really get out of the house much so there's no reason to get dressed up anymore really which is a shame. Could do with having my hair done, getting my gladrags on and going for a good old shop, hopefully I'll come into a large sum of money soon