Do not. It’s a vanity project for your H (and yes I’ve run marathons), unless he’s a professional. And if he is, then there will be others. Does he expect to hustle along the course with the toddler? Eff that too.

how big a deal is this to him? Like he does marathons all the time or this is one and done? Or is it a big one -like Boston? If it's really important to him and somewhere where there is medical care, I would see if a friend could go with you.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t travel past 30 weeks and judge women who do. There is a lot that can go wrong later in pregnancy and flippantly assuming you’ll be fine to get some instagram pics while traveling for leisure screams immature.

I mean presumably they are not traveling to remote regions without medical care…

I don’t travel past 30 weeks and judge women who do. There is a lot that can go wrong later in pregnancy and flippantly assuming you’ll be fine to get some instagram pics while traveling for leisure screams immature.

I would not go.

another vote for staying home!

Anonymous wrote:Stay home. Spend the money you would have spent on travel on hiring child care to get a break while he's gone.

This!

What he is asking is ridiculous. In addition to everything else, you will probably be standing in one confined, crowded place waiting for him to run by. Until you have to repeatedly find a bathroom (probably a porta-potty) for your pregnant bladder and your son's tiny bladder.

Stay home. It’ll be better for your dh anyway—what if 3 year old doesn’t sleep well at the hotel and wakes him up a lot the night before the race? Too many factors.

Another vote for staying home. It’s just not worth the extra pressure this puts on your physical and mental health. But if you do go, definitely take someone with you.

Don’t go. Tell him to bring a friend. Then when he comes home he can send you for a prenatal massage. Ballsy of him to ask.

Stay home. Spend the money you would have spent on travel on hiring child care to get a break while he's gone.

Your husband is lucky because he gets to squeeze this race in before baby. That in my mind is enough and there is no reason to put you through traveling pregnant with a toddler. (Frankly it also seems crazy to pay all this airfare just to watch him finish a race!)

My vote is stay home.

Yes It sounds like a bad idea. He can go to the next marathon. He is 3. He will be bored aside from the 30secs his Dad goes by.

DH is running a marathon out-of-state when I’ll be 32 weeks pregnant, and he’d like me and our 3 YO to travel to the race to cheer him on. Theoretically I’m happy to go, but as I get further along in my pregnancy (which has been more physically taxing than my first) I’ve become a bit more apprehensive about the trip.

The race is about a two hour flight away. Last time I was pregnant, I had quite a bit of swelling that persisted after landing when I flew around 30 weeks. I remember swearing off any more air travel between that trip and my due date last time around. And since DH will be running a marathon, I won’t exactly get to take it easy when we reach our destination. I’ll be handling the brunt of the parenting duties.

Does this trip sound like a bad idea? I’m thinking of seeing if a family member or our nanny can join for the weekend to help out, which initially seemed unnecessary but has been sounding like a better idea recently.