Going out to bars / clubs when pregnant...

[Jen & Her Men]

Just wondered what you guys thought about it...I have been invited out for my mates 30th birthday and its gonna end up at our local nightclub. I just feel a bit weird on a number of levels...First of all people looking at me thinking what the f is she doing out in a club when preggers, im scared the bouncers may turn me away!! Plus its the club i went to from the age of 16 up until i got preggers with James and i associate it with being thin and beautiful! lol! And now I feel like a big fat frump and will be really self conscious of people thinking "god she has let herself go" I know im a d*ck

I dont mind going to the pub but there is sommat about a club that i just think is a bit wrong when preggers?!

Am I being totally ridiculous??!

 

[LisaJ1986]

I went out once when i was 26 weeks. Yeah i felt a bit weird to start with but to be honest no one really noticed. I put on a loose fitting top and felt good to be dressed up a bit. During my pregnancy i never really spent time on my hair and make up, just for this night and my work xmas party.
The only thing i felt weird about was it was my mates 21st, and although it was a night up the clubs, she never dressed up. She was out in a hoodie and jeans, i felt a bit overdressed. I did leave at 11.30 though! Lol. I was usually in bed by 10pm. I was shattered!

 

[HideiLu]

In the first 3 months I went a couple of times, but I didn't know I was pregnant.

Afterwards, I went to a few bars when preggers and did worry, and that was once I had a big bump! But the good thing these days is that there is no smoking So people can't judge you on going out and socialising with your friends if there is no risk to baby!

I cut many nights short though and skipped the club part, but that's coz I was too tired by then and also just wanted to sit down which you can't do so easily in a club. If I could though, and felt up to it, I would have done.

 

[ninjawomble]

No I understand hun,I went out for a hen night recently and felt sooo self concious. Didnt help that some pissed girl went "you shouldnt be in the pub, what kind of mother are you" I went round pubs (but tbh drinking j2o didnt give me the buzz that booze used to lol), then when they went to club I went home. I couldnt be doing with people bumping into bump anymore, it was bugging me, and the club would of been busier!

Dont worry bout bouncers they wont turn you away, but I know what you mean bout associating club with being thin and gorge!!

Plus the tiredness pretty much put paid to me getting as far as the club

 

[trixipaws]

i couldnt go out when pregnant coz there was still smoking in clubs i didnt wanna harm millie knowingly it wasnt worth it. i did an all-nighter when BFing and kept emerging from the toilets with cups of milk! got some right funny looks lol

go out and enjoy urself, theres no smoking in clubs now so its fine!

 

[sam96031]

when i was pregnant with emma i went to my friends hen night and we ended up in a club it was ok as there was another sober person and we spent most the night sat down and left early, then when i was 6 months pregnant it was my hen night i obviously went round the pubs but didnt go to the club as it was in a rougher place and its always packed with no where to sit. whatever you do though have fun

 

[MissSara]

If you feel up for it on the night then go for it, sod what everyone else thinks.

I didn't go anywhere when i was pregnant, only managed 2 hours at the local new years eve and now i've had baby i wont be out just yet and wish i would have made the most of it when i had the chance!!!

 

[ninjawomble]

OOo and wear comfy shoes!!!

 

[Misslarue]

I don't think you are being totally ridiculous hun.
I never went out when pregnant. The smoke ban wasn't in place then though and I didn't want to be surrounded by smoke. Drunk people are very annoying when you are straight! Also I didn't want to risk people knocking into me or people fighting around me.

 

[Funkylady]

I went out about 2 times when I was preggers... once when I was about 28 weeks and once at about 34 wks... both for friends birthdays. I actually hated it, I felt really over protective of my bump, and anyone that came within 3 feet of me got the evil eye treatment... I also got pushed around in one of the pubs (not purposely, just drunken men) and I left straight away...

I also felt really hot and stuffy and just generally uncomfortable.

xxx

 

[chickadee1976]

We went out to a pub in town when i was about 19 weeks which has bands etc, its quite a trendy place and i was super paranoid, kept looking around me all the time was quite scary we left after about half an hour.

Dont mind going to our local accross the road as its usually dead. Going out tomorow for the Scotland game so will dee how i am when its busy and i cant get a seat

 

[Hazel]

I went out to a nightclub in London at 30 weeks and it was scary. It was a private party in a seperate room but didn't enjoy it. I was hooooooooooooge and everyone looked at me waddling in, the music was very loud and baby kicked me all night in protest and I was scared some drunk pratt would bump into me and we were an hour from home somewhere we had never been before so scary.

It's the paranoia of someone bumping into me while drunk that was the worst bit.

 

[kirlykird]

Hey!

Go & enjoy yourself! You can't miss your friends 30th, I say that as me and my friend are all planning our 30th weekends for next year!

I went to bars when I was pregnant with Sam occassionally for a good ocassion & I was also spotted on the dance floor in some clubs at 25+ weeks when I was pregnant with the twins, I saw it as good exercise! Saying that though, i was much younger then

Go, have a good evening, find some nice fruit juice cocktails, have a laugh wih your friends and drive so that if you wish to leave early then you can!

 

[mummykay]

I went clubbin thru out my pregnancy and stood near the speakers on my due date to get him out - he came 2days later thru the power of bass lol

Never got funny looks or abuse, and that was Croydon

Go out and enjoy urself hun, u have as much right as anyone else

 

[sarah113]

with my first i was still going out clubbing upto a few days before i had her

 

[emeraldsroses]

I went out to a pub when I was 14 weeks pregnant (there wasn't the smoking ban in the Netherlands at that time either) and it was ok. No one looked at me weird. Then again, I was wearing loose fitting clothes so no one really noticed

 

[Alicebabe]

I went out for a friend's birthday 2 weeks ago and the worst bit was, it was a fancy dress night and the theme for the girls was bunny girls! I was the fattest bunny girl in town!

I went to a bar and then onto a club - didn't feel too self-conscious but left about 1am because my feet hurt and usually alcohol numbs that pain! It was weird being the only sober one there but I still had fun - just got a bit worried about people elbowing me in the bump. My DH was quite drunk by the time we even went to the club and we all laughed when they asked to see my ID and then DH said I should be allowed in for free coz I was preg - they all said I should be charged twice instead because there were 2 of us (me and baby, not DH!)

I say go for it! xx

 

[Lola's Mummy]

I still went clubbing a couple of times while pregnant with Lola, Obviously not drinking alcohol I think the last time i went i must have been about 37 weeks

I just though once she arrived it would be more difficult to go out as i don't feel comfortable leaving her etc. So i made the most of being able to go out and have late nights while i still could 8)

Go out and enjoy yourself cause you'll be far too tired once baby arrives

 

[Jade89]

I went a few pubs when I was pregnant...couldn't help it when I went on holiday about 3 times during my pregnancy. Go out and enjoy yourself as long as your not in the toilets snorting things you shouldn't and ordering double jack daniels at the bar you'll be fiiiinee (unlike some people I know ) I did drink a couple of halfs of guiness on some occasions like my birthday, midwife said it's brill for iron and she was right my iron levels were amazing after lol

I did go to one pub though to watch my dad's darts tournament and on the way out a guy was being deadly serious about me stealing a football

 

[lea m]

I go out pretty often really to local pubs etc! I dont go to clubs but mainly because of the fact i cant stay up that late hahaha (even when we go out locally we dont leave the pub till about 1am ish and thats late enough for me!) and the fact that our local clubs are scary lol! I always hear of people being spiked or hurt so Im too scared but if I was going somewhere else and wasnt so tired then Id go for it! Have a great night hun!
And I prefer not drinking when I go out to when i could drink! I have said that even when Lola is born I still wont drink when I go out! So much cheaper and still as fun! (without the hangover!! )
The smoking ban has been a god send lol! I didnt go out with the others because of the smoke so its great now its cleaner air!!