Disabled parking for pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had such severe sciatica pain that I was barely able to walk at times during one of my pregnancies. I was not driving at the time (different city), so I cannot offer advice, OP, but I do sympathize. Different bodies can experience pregnancy very differently.

This! While I didn't need a parking tag - my feet/legs were so swollen during the latter part of pregnancy, walking was painful. OTOH and I was talking to a friend who was 38 weeks pregnant and there was not a trace of edema on her ankles and she was telling me about how great she felt and that she could still bike. Different people, different pregnancies.

OP i think just like any disabled parking tag situation - depends on the individual and your OB would be best able to make that judgment not DCUM.

[Anonymous]

No but I should have, if I got pregnant again I would. By the final trimester I was using a cane. For people who are saying pregnancy isn’t a disabled event. Good for you that isn’t true for everyone, and when we reach 100 degrees outside a pregnant person shouldn’t be walking from the back of a parking lot. They can’t regulate their temp and can get over heated

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Anonymous wrote:When my preemie twins were discharged after a long NICU stay they automatically gave me a handicapped permit, valid for 6 months which was as long as they expected them to be on tubes and o2 and things. I never used it once bc it wasn’t like the twins were walking and needed to be close. It seemed selfish to use when I was an able bodied person who would be taking them to all of their appts, but it was definitely part of their discharge packet

I think they gave you that pass because the preemie twins were considered temporarily disabled people, with the tubes and o2. I don't think it would have been selfish to use the pass, because you had to get the temporarily disabled passengers (the twins) into wherever you were going.

Yes that's why they gave it to me but it seemed stupid b/c whoever was going to be taking them in was not disabled so seemed selfish to take a parking spot (primarily at the hospital) from someone else who was.

But presumably the twins had some equipment (tubes, tank) so their medical equipment would have to be transported also.

I'm not disabled, but my father is-he has a pass for his car (that he can't drive) and when I drive him places, I park in the handicapped spot. I have to open the doors wide to get him out and unfold the wheelchair and get him out of the car, and then push him the distance to where he's going. The handicapped spots are not just for disabled 'drivers'.

[Anonymous]

I had an easy and a very very hard pregnancy where I did PT and was admitted multiple times to the hospital early. I was offered twice a temporary disability parking sticker so I’m not sure what this issue is here. If you have a condition that your doctor agrees is debilitating it’s not hard at all to get a temp sticker. My guess is most of you complaining didn’t have something that your doctor wouldn’t have rolled his eyes at as normal pregnancy pains.

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Anonymous wrote:No but I should have, if I got pregnant again I would. By the final trimester I was using a cane. For people who are saying pregnancy isn’t a disabled event. Good for you that isn’t true for everyone, and when we reach 100 degrees outside a pregnant person shouldn’t be walking from the back of a parking lot. They can’t regulate their temp and can get over heated

Are you a millennial? Literally millions of women live and give birth in areas far hotter than this. They work in fields, they walk for miles to get water. Too many complainers on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

I hope you’re misremembering. Your DH wasn’t disabled!

NP, since the PP was on bedrest, she would not be able to drive, therefore her DH would need it to get her to the hospital.

Or DH could drop her off at the hospital door and then park wherever he can find a normal spot.

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Anonymous wrote:Being pregnant is not a disability. Get over it.

Wow - you must be a real peach. While it's not a disability, I would gladly allow a heavily pregnant woman the ability to park close to a store for her convenience. I see it as a gesture of goodwill and respect.

Um, that’s not how it works. Those aren’t “goodwill and respect” parking spaces. They are reserved for people with disabilities who NEED them. If pregnant people without disabilities take them, then wheelchair users won’t be able to park close to the store.

If a pregnant person has a disability because of the pregnancy, then of course she should be able to get a handicapped spot, just like a non pregnant person would who is suffering from the same pain or injury. But not for goodwill and respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the Illinois law makes sense?

Makes total sense to me. I don't see anything wrong with OP trying to get a disability parking permit either. We women need to stop shaming those who have a tough pregnancy. The 9 months may be easy for some but it is tough for some too and no problem trying to do things to make it easier. The permit would just be for a few months.

Go for it OP. It'll either be approved or not but worth a try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the special parking spaces that some stores used to have for pregnant women? I seem to remember Harris Teeter having signs with a stork on them. I thought they were also for mothers but may be remembering wrong.

I was long past the time of needing them but remember thinking it was goo
d for those in need.

I think they also had special spaces for Veterans as well.

Harris Teeter and a few other places have Veteran parking spaces. I'm a veteran but I think they're kind of stupid. It's not like you need to park closer, it's just some weird way to "honor" vets.

[Anonymous]

Walking is good for the vast majority of pregnant women. So no, it shouldn't be automatic.

If you need it, work with your doctor to get one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being pregnant is not a disability. Get over it.

Wow - you must be a real peach. While it's not a disability, I would gladly allow a heavily pregnant woman the ability to park close to a store for her convenience. I see it as a gesture of goodwill and respect.

Um, that’s not how it works. Those aren’t “goodwill and respect” parking spaces. They are reserved for people with disabilities who NEED them. If pregnant people without disabilities take them, then wheelchair users won’t be able to park close to the store.

If a pregnant person has a disability because of the pregnancy, then of course she should be able to get a handicapped spot, just like a non pregnant person would who is suffering from the same pain or injury. But not for goodwill and respect.

Why can't there be parking spots for handicap and thens some others that are for pregnant mothers? WTF. And it is a kind gesture to pregnant women who often have other children to look after while they are running errands, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

I hope you’re misremembering. Your DH wasn’t disabled!

NP, since the PP was on bedrest, she would not be able to drive, therefore her DH would need it to get her to the hospital.

Or DH could drop her off at the hospital door and then park wherever he can find a normal spot.

Someone on bedrest needs to be up and out for the shortest period of time. So, waiting for someone who drops her extends that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

I hope you’re misremembering. Your DH wasn’t disabled!

NP, since the PP was on bedrest, she would not be able to drive, therefore her DH would need it to get her to the hospital.

Or DH could drop her off at the hospital door and then park wherever he can find a normal spot.

Someone on bedrest needs to be up and out for the shortest period of time. So, waiting for someone who drops her extends that.

Exactly. A temporary placard makes sense in this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

lol no because that's illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I got a temporary one when I went on bedrest for DH to use for our hospital visits.

lol no because that's illegal.

Not if the placard holder is being transported.