Mum and baby parking would you park there if you are expectant?

[AP]

So maybe what this thread shows is that we should all be petitioning shops for expectant mums spaces?
Or you lot should anyway, I'm only in the UK for about 3 weeks per year, don't know why I'm getting my knickers in a twist

I think shops should make things clearer, so it doesn't cause offense, y'know? In some shops too, there's not an awful lot of P & C spaces anyway.

So SB22 votes for more P & C spaces and clearer 'rules'

(even though I dont even have a permanent car )

 

[Faerie]

I actually got stuck between my car and the car next to it once kind of misjudged the space! DH was pissing himself.

sorry hun!

What was worse was a grumpy old cow sat in the passenger seat and she was not impressed! Oh the shame, was well and truly wedged!

 

[littleone2010]

I actually got stuck between my car and the car next to it once kind of misjudged the space! DH was pissing himself.[/QUOT

Funny and sweet Did DH pull you out? lol xxx

 

[Faerie]

I actually got stuck between my car and the car next to it once kind of misjudged the space! DH was pissing himself.[/QUOT

Funny and sweet Did DH pull you out? lol xxx

Once he stopped laughing, bugger, just grateful the old hag didn't try and open the door!

Anyway, you guys should just be happy you have some p&c spaces to argue over, I don't know what I'll do if I get spd again, or even just being heavily pregnant with a toddler - going to be a nightmare!

 

[AP]

for all and sorry if I seemed harsh at any point

 

[bluebaby]

I just thought i would add my two pence worth. The issue with people parking in the parent and child spaces who don't have a child really annoys me. I didn't park in the spaces while pregnant and I don't agree with women who do but I wouldn't say anything if I saw you because it is entirely up to you.

It is so difficult to get your newborn with car seat and all of your shopping in the car especially if you have a 3 door car and then have to try and put your trolley back but not leave your baby in the car. Don't even get me started when its raining and your LO is all wet. Most people I talk to don't understand or appreciate the situation as they don't have child but when they do they will see!

I don't hesitate on pulling people up in car parks for parking in the spaces that they shouldn't.

 

[ricschick]

i wouldnt mind a heavily pregnant women parking in those bays as i no how it feels to be heavily pregnant and uncomfortable. i cant stand it when i see people who are not preg or have any children park in them bays it really winds me up!! i see one today and i think its utterly selfish!! i even reported one to the people who work in the car park and they did nothing!!

 

[littleone2010]

for all and sorry if I seemed harsh at any point

Me too! and as it was my silly idea, im extra sorry. LOL

Time for bed soon i think im going to have to leave it here for others to get their bit in! lol xx

 

[Samemka]

I'm a bit suprised that some people who haven't had their babies are saying that it's their 'right' to park in a parent and child space because they have a 'baby on board' - it's parent & CHILD not parent & bump I'd love to be a fly on your car window when someone parks painfully close to your car and you can't get your baby out because of it - or even worse get them in it!

What would happen if someone with some a medical problem which didn't qualify for a disabled badge parked in a p+c? Pregnancy is not an illness IMO....I had a far from easy pregnancy so I'm not talking about something I don't know about!

I had OC from 34 weeks and itched day and night to the extent I would get no sleep at all some nights - I don't mean a few hours, I mean NONE some nights. I still managed to go and teach classes of teenagers when I COULD have phoned in sick 'because that was my right'.....but I didn't, I got on with it because I knew if I didn't I'd be letting people down.....and to me that mattered more than 'well it's my right so why the heck not'. Just because you can (arguably) do something doesn't mean you should......just because the rules are vague doesn't mean they should be exploited!!

I DO understand what it's like to have a complicated pregnancy, I honestly do..........I just don't think it's right to park in a p&c space when pregnant because it's going to make life harder for someone else and their LO!!

 

[milkmachine]

I actually confront people who park in parent and CHILD spaces ( not pregnant lazy people spaces... FACT) i had to ice skate across a car park once holding my 3 week only tiny baby still bleeding and sore from giving birth because lazy people were sitting in the parent and child spaces. you have no right to park there unless you have a child in arms. the sainsburys near me has a 50£ fine for people that dont have a CHILD with them (not a fetus inside them) that are using the space. if your too ill spd what ever to walk to the shop then you proberly shouldnt be doing your shopping at all and you should get someone else to do it.
how would you feel recoving from a c-section and seeing a pregnant women just swanning into the parent and child space that you NEED, then struggling with your car seat that you shouldnt be carrying anyway halfway across the carpark? i think that some of the posters on this thread will have a RUDE awakening once they birth their children.

 

[lizzieandzara]

i had to ice skate across a car park once holding my 3 week only tiny baby still bleeding and sore from giving birth because lazy people were sitting in the parent and child spaces.

that is unfortunate but what makes you think that you and your baby are more important than someone with a baby in their tummy? would it be ok for them to slip and fall? if conditions on the road are so bad then i would personally wait for a more convenient space. to call pregnant people who use these spaces 'lazy' is a bit wrong in my opinion.

 

[Faerie]

And I still say the issue is that there aren't more space for expectant mums and p&c, I can't understand those with babies attacking those who are pregnant for needing the spaces too, I really can't.

 

[Faerie]

( not pregnant lazy people spaces... FACT)

That is really offensive.

 

[xXhayleyXx]

I actually confront people who park in parent and CHILD spaces ( not pregnant lazy people spaces... FACT) i had to ice skate across a car park once holding my 3 week only tiny baby still bleeding and sore from giving birth because lazy people were sitting in the parent and child spaces. you have no right to park there unless you have a child in arms. the sainsburys near me has a 50£ fine for people that dont have a CHILD with them (not a fetus inside them) that are using the space. if your too ill spd what ever to walk to the shop then you proberly shouldnt be doing your shopping at all and you should get someone else to do it.
how would you feel recoving from a c-section and seeing a pregnant women just swanning into the parent and child space that you NEED, then struggling with your car seat that you shouldnt be carrying anyway halfway across the carpark? i think that some of the posters on this thread will have a RUDE awakening once they birth their children.

I totally agree with what u have said-i think half the women that are having their first babies really will change their opinion when they are the ones struggling with children and unable to park because women that are pregnant abuse the use of the spaces

 

[xXhayleyXx]

Why does pregnancy give u a reason to need the parking spaces???? If u have a medical reason caused by the pregnancy ie spd then go and park in the disabled spaces afterall they are nearly always empty as there are always far too many

 

[Miss_Bump]

Wow good post and LONG I didn't realise it was started today lol

I havnt read all replies but BF asks me if I want to pArk in P&B bays and I just say no cos I don't think it's fair.

Yes I'm heavily pregnant and have a big old bump that I can't suck in and sometimes it's hard getting in and out of a car but I just try and park more sensibly to allow myself a little more room and most of the time BF will be with me anyway so I'll get out before he parks.

This is just my opinion
xx

 

[KayCee114]

I actually confront people who park in parent and CHILD spaces ( not pregnant lazy people spaces... FACT) i had to ice skate across a car park once holding my 3 week only tiny baby still bleeding and sore from giving birth because lazy people were sitting in the parent and child spaces. you have no right to park there unless you have a child in arms. the sainsburys near me has a 50£ fine for people that dont have a CHILD with them (not a fetus inside them) that are using the space. if your too ill spd what ever to walk to the shop then you proberly shouldnt be doing your shopping at all and you should get someone else to do it.
how would you feel recoving from a c-section and seeing a pregnant women just swanning into the parent and child space that you NEED, then struggling with your car seat that you shouldnt be carrying anyway halfway across the carpark? i think that some of the posters on this thread will have a RUDE awakening once they birth their children.

Maybe before you get on your high horse about it, you should read the full thread. Your points about getting others to do your shopping have been covered NUMEROUS times in previous posts and I is not always possible for this to happen, and similarly, if someone wants to go to a shop when they are on pain then why not just let it be that bit easier for them??

The other ladies in here are trying to calm the thread down and agree to disagree but you come in and raise things which have already been thrashed to death over the last 20 odd pages.

To all the other ladies, I hope that mummies and mummies to be can just accept that we will all have differing opinions on how difficult pregnancy is, and how much more or less women need the spaces now they have their little ones.

Good night ladies. Sleep well. Xxx

 

[lizzieandzara]

'Mother and baby spaces'
Crap.. is that not a baby in my tummy??

 

[Vickie]

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