I need a womans advice/suggestions...

Hi - if she will be 6 months pregnant - she would be fine to go, I would have thought. Sickness for most women only lasts maybe for the first 3 months or so. Maybe buy the tickets and if she really doesn't feel like going nearer the time - you could possibly ask one of your friends to go along with you, and treat her to something she feels like doing at the time. Like a Spa retreat or similar

I think it is neat that you are concerned for her... I would not suggest your wife go during any time of her pregnancy, unless she absolutely loved camping in a tent before her pregnancy. If she loved to camp a lot before her pregnancy, then at 6 months pregnant, there should be nothing holding her back. Throwing up usually occurs in the beginning of the pregnancy, although for some women they never have throw up and for some they throw up during the whole pregnancy.

With that being said, I do feel as a happilary married wife for 22 years, who has given birth twice, that it is important for you to be be happy as well. In a relationship, we give and take. I think you should go, with the understanding that you do something nice for her as well. Maybe she wants a pedicure or manicure or a day out with the girls, or just a weekend with you in a hotel not too far away, whatever it may be.....you will need to reciprocate.

Hope that helps.

I would have gone a 6 months! If she will be one to get morning sickness it usually doesn't last past 16 weeks. Plus the most comfortable trimester is the second. If she wants to go I would say go for it. But remember it may take a couple of months to conceive therefore she may fall in the first trimester phase so it's still a gamble weather or not shemay be pregnant this month.

How thoughtful of you to ask! Six months is still fine for travel & she should be over any morning sickness by then. BTW, I never had morning sickness, not everyone gets it. Now, heartburn, lol! I shoulda bought stock in Tums!

I felt great at 6 months! It was the first 12 weeks and the last month or month and a half that were hard. She'd probably be fine. But if not, is there someone who can go in her place? You could always buy two tickets then maybe a brother or friend could go if she wasn't up for it?

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Okay, so if you WERE a selfish guy, I'd tell you that you suck for not wanting to be with your wife, picking a stupid band over your wife and child, and what an *kitten* you are for even THINKING about abandoning her during such an important time in both your lives.

BUT....

You aren't a selfish guy. Know how I know? Because you researched. Because you're asking. Because you care - and it's obvious otherwise this wouldn't even be a question in your mind - you'd just buy the damn tickets and go with or without her.

So, I say that your wife knows what kind of considerate, loving, caring husband you are and will support you going even if she doesn't feel up to it. She might be lonely and hate that you're gone, but she won't be mad at you for it. And, there may be compromises that have to be made when the time actually comes for you to go if she is pregnant (which btw, she probably isn't... you're very lucky if it happened that fast, to be honest... but from what I hear, music festivals are a great place to make that special magic happen!). And if she's not, you'd kick yourself all over the place if you dno't get the tickets and plan the trip and she'll feel pretty rotten too. And we all know how fast festival tickets sell out.

Therefore, I say because of your obvious nature as a person - it is not selfish. You're also clearly willing to sacrifice this trip for her, with no resentment (note that I don't say no regret!) ... doesn't mean you'd like it, but you'd do it. Get the tickets - plan your trip, everything will work out. :-)

Have fun - BOTH of you... and congratulations on the future Junior(ette). ;-)

I agree with a lot of the other posters, most morning sickness ends by 6 months. If this is your first child you are trying to conceive, I say go because (from experience) it may be a very long time before you can do something like this again. It can be a fun trip before the baby comes. On a negative note, I lived in Florida when I was pregnant and in the summer I was absolutely miserable and I had air conditioning and a swimming pool.

Haha... holy cow! I must be the only woman on here that would NEVER have camped when I was pregnant! I was uncomfortable the WHOLE time. If I wasn't puking, I could barely walk because of sciatica, or I was hugely swollen because of pre eclampsia! But I was a miserable pregnant woman! Your wife would probably do much better than me!
Hope you get the blessing of a little one soon! Even with all my pregnancy issues, I did it 3 times, and love every second of being a parent! Best thing everrrr! ♥

How considerate of you to look into it and get opinions etc.

It's hard to plan in advance but until you get there, you wont know for sure. As most people have said, at 6 months she will probably feel fine and the fresh air will def be good for you both!

However, i gave birth at 29 weeks having had what seemed like a normal pregnancy, so things can and do go wrong so maybe plan for it but have contingencies in place.

Good luck!! x

Edited to add that it was over 14 years ago and she's now a strong healthy moody teen despite being so early and weighing under 2lbs. :laugh: