Travelling while pregnant

We're back from the States now. We had a fabulous time, except in NYC where it rained pretty much the whole week :-( I'm glad we went; I feel refreshed having not been at home/work for 3 weeks, but if the situation presents itself again I wouldn't repeat the experience. We did a phenomenal amount of walking which, had I not been pregnant as was the trajectory when said holiday was booked, would've been fine. However, the amount of walking we we did meant that I was so very tired for the last week while we were in Washington DC. Normally I'd have been fine, but I was ready to come home by 11th May, which is a shame because DC is a really nice city - so spacious & clean. It's easily walkable, which is just as well as the metro stops are quite far apart compared with Boston and NYC.

I found it frustrating that I was ready to be back "home" in the hotel by early evening. Usually I'd have liked to stay out and seen the night-life, but I was ready for bed by about 8pm! I think Simon found it frustrating too because he didn't have anyone to go out with like he does at home.

I also did a really stupid thing - I booked our train tickets for April instead of May. Luckily the nice man at Boston South Station realised it was a genuine mistake and refunded the whole amount. We actually ended up getting a bus which was a fraction of the price of the train ($17 each for a single trip from Boston to NYC & the same for NYC to DC). I was so cross with myself and can't help thinking that it wouldn't have happened if I weren't pregnant with pregnancy dementia.

So, if you're going to go on holiday while you're pregnant, do it before you get to 25 weeks, get someone else to check your reservations before you make them and go sit on a beach!