How important is a babymoon?

My wife and I always wanted a child, and we wanted one soon (regular readers already know this). In the excitement of getting pregnant we spent just a year, together as a newly-wed before deciding to go and get pregnant. My wife and I love travelling, if there is anything that we truly enjoy after parenting is this. For me what really triggered the wanderlust was our babymoon together.

For the uninitiated, a babymoon is like a honeymoon but you do it after the woman gets pregnant and before the baby comes out. It’s one way of looking at it as “the last time you’ll travel together as a couple because after this, you’ll always have a third wheel”. 

Now I understand that some of you’ll might be thinking that “Hey, is it safe to travel when your wife is pregnant?” and the simple answer to that is - a resounding YES! To be honest, I was a bit jittery to about the idea but my wife was very confident about and this passed on to me too when our gynaecologist gave the green signal. 

It’s all about the timing

We were advised that the best time to travel is usually in the second trimester and I remember my wife was five months pregnant when we travelled. This is considered to be the best time because on an average a woman doesn’t experience morning sickness or discomfort and her belly is not to heavy to carry around that weight. 

Destination matters

We wanted the trip to be memorable so we decided to pull all stops and decided to take an international trip to Japan. Till today we can’t stop talking about our babymoon, so much so that our daughter thinks she too was in Japan (well technically she was). We wanted to go a to a safe, clean and no fuss country. 

Travelling with a pregnant wife I had to be very careful with overall stay, internal transport, food quality, easy-to-access-sites, avoid crowds and general safety. Japan ticked off all the boxes. Unfortunately for the wife we couldn’t indulge in a lot of native delicacies because of their use of raw meats (it just means we get to go their again)

Go Easy

We love to walk when we travel, especially abroad but because this was a babymoon, we were very particular about how much we exerted ourselves. Short walks, regular breaks for rest and food, we ensured that I carried travel bag. We also agreed to come back sooner than usual in the evening so my wife could get more hours of sleep before starting up again the next day.

Make the memories

No reminder needed here, because this will be one trip you’ll keep going back to, remembering the good old days of your non-parent fun days :)

How important is a babymoon?

When we look back, we do contemplate that wish we had spent more time traveling the world as a couple. Once you become a parent, things get challenging in the initial few years to plan travel, let along an international one. Your babymoon in that case becomes so special because you won’t forget that experience in a long time to come