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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am currently 8 months pregnant.  The city is redoing the street outside our apartment, and while they had told us that it would be finished by May, it's becoming increasingly clear that this construction will be continuing for the next several weeks at least and likely the next few months.  The noise was really loud, with jackhammering and drilling down to pull up the road, a couple of months back, but has since settled as they put the "finishing touches" on that half of the road. Now it's time to begin the other half, which will likely mean the drilling will start again, and the noise of bulldozers and heavy construction machinery will be an almost certainty.

This is causing me a lot of stress, as it's suddenly dawned on me that I will be dealing with this with a newborn at home (my first baby). I've obviously heard horror stories about being sleep deprived, exhausted and sleeping "when you can" so the idea of having several hours of the day "off limits" beginning at 7am every day is making me really anxious.  I'm a light sleeper in general and get anxiety around sleep on a good day so this is really doing a number on me, and I also dont want it to have ill effects for the baby.

My question is... how bad will this be to deal with in the postpartum trenches? When the drilling is really bad you can feel the vibrations inside the apartment, even though the windows are fairly thick, and certainly you hear the noise all day when the construction machinery is out there.  Should we get an Airbnb or... and this would not be my first choice, go stay with our inlaws several hours away? I really dont want to have to figure out travel arrangements after giving birth so I would love to plan this out now if it's going to be an issue.[/quote]

Your baby's first inkling that the world does not revolve around it and a late awakening for you that the world first not revolve around you.  [/quote]

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