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

[x-amy-x]

and what about the woman who has struggled to get her children out in a regular parking space because you were parked in parent and child???

 

[AP]

is it ok for a pregnant person to park in the disabled spaces?

thats a whole other thread! thats just a bit daft i think

Not really. If you cant get in the car because of your size isnt that the same issue a large overweight person would have?

But the overweight person can apply for a disabled badge? So should expectant mothers do the same seeing they have the same issue?

By the way im a size 12 and still struggle to get out the car in some places, its human error in parking really.

when did i say i couldnt get in and out due to my size? did someone else post for me? i said i struggle to push the trolly far. apart from being anaemic, having a vitamin b12 deficency, and being heavily pregnant im very petite height wise too so im not very strong at the best of times never mind with my other pregnancy ailments. i never once said pregnancy is a disability. which i know plenty about as my brother in law is in a wheelchair

did i say YOU said it?

I quoted you but my reply was for the thread. Not singling you out.

 

[DueMarch2nd]

when they give you wipes and nappy samples when you are pregnant, you wait to use them til LO is here, right? Same with the badge

I was still pregnant 8 days ago.... very very pregnant. With spd and all and as i say i only used them at night when the parking lot was empty and even then it was just for fun as i was with child and it was fun to say we would legitimately use them soon. so i am not one of those that have "forgotten" what it is like. i just think they are a god send now that i have a small baby. Especially in the rain. id be mad if anyone used them that didnt need it

 

[littleone2010]

when they give you wipes and nappy samples when you are pregnant, you wait to use them til LO is here, right? Same with the badge

I was still pregnant 8 days ago.... very very pregnant. With spd and all and as i say i only used them at night when the parking lot was empty and even then it was just for fun as i was with child and it was fun to say we would legitimately use them soon. so i am not one of those that have "forgotten" what it is like. i just think they are a god send now that i have a small baby. Especially in the rain. id be mad if anyone used them that didnt need it

But to some women they might feel they need it, espesh when they are there alone, In my case it might be different if I had someone to come with me but I dont. Its great that you didnt need it when you were pregnant however not everyone is as lucky.

 

[scotsgirl]

is it ok for a pregnant person to park in the disabled spaces?

thats a whole other thread! thats just a bit daft i think

Not really. If you cant get in the car because of your size isnt that the same issue a large overweight person would have?

But the overweight person can apply for a disabled badge? So should expectant mothers do the same seeing they have the same issue?

By the way im a size 12 and still struggle to get out the car in some places, its human error in parking really.

when did i say i couldnt get in and out due to my size? did someone else post for me? i said i struggle to push the trolly far. apart from being anaemic, having a vitamin b12 deficency, and being heavily pregnant im very petite height wise too so im not very strong at the best of times never mind with my other pregnancy ailments. i never once said pregnancy is a disability. which i know plenty about as my brother in law is in a wheelchair

did i say YOU said it?

I quoted you but my reply was for the thread. Not singling you out.

sorry if i misunderstood you. when you quoted me i presumed you were replying to me
anyway lets not get carried away over parking spaces... my original point was i use these spaces and i dont feel guilty about it... to everyone xx

 

[DueMarch2nd]

They dont always enforce it. But if someone complains, they are required to enforce it and pregnant women have no special right... same as any one else without a baby in the car

 

[jackiea85]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ined-90-parking-mother-toddler-bay-Tesco.html

This is quite an old one now but I thought I would add it. I never used these spaces when I was pregnant as they are wider for getting car seats and buggies into cars. Where I shop they aren't that much closer to the shop anyway, probably to deter people without kids from using them. Also, it says for parents with children under 5 (sainsburys)

 

[Hevz]

Hevz I think thats a tad unfair, I have to do my weekly shop on my own and I DO struggle to get round a supermarket on my own im so knackered afterwards I jus want to get to the car and my tesco is sooo busy.. and like the other ladies say if you have other medical conditions I think this should be allowed I get terrible pelvic pains and yes when i enter my last 3 weeks I will stop and husband will have to find some time to go and do it but for now i dont have a choice, Id also like to put it to you that at asda I alwasy see non pregnant (looking anyway) mothers with children arking in expectant mothers spaces.. is this ok too then?

not sure why you're saying I'm unfair. The op asked for our opinions and that was mine. Just because it differs from yours doesn't mean it's wrong. I have had spd and sciatica too for your information. If you feel ok by parking there then do so, I'm not stopping you and I didn't say it was ok for any other person, whether in an Audi TT or not to park there WTF was that all about???????


All I know is it's very difficult to get enough space on both sides of my car to open the doors wide enough to get both babies strapped in and it's very annoying when people other than those specified park in a designated spot. I have been in agonising pain before in pregnancy but I wouldn't park in disabled nor parent and toddler as they weren't designated to me

 

[littleone2010]

and what about the woman who has struggled to get her children out in a regular parking space because you were parked in parent and child???

If theres space for me aswell why should i have to struggle too for no reason when I am a mum with a child? Just because its in me doesnt make it less significant. If i felt fine thats different but I dont.

 

[Missy86]

Ok I admit I use them, I asked at the desk in my local tesco I was told I have every right to so I do.

I am not gonna apologise for it as its allowed

 

[DueMarch2nd]

when they give you wipes and nappy samples when you are pregnant, you wait to use them til LO is here, right? Same with the badge

I was still pregnant 8 days ago.... very very pregnant. With spd and all and as i say i only used them at night when the parking lot was empty and even then it was just for fun as i was with child and it was fun to say we would legitimately use them soon. so i am not one of those that have "forgotten" what it is like. i just think they are a god send now that i have a small baby. Especially in the rain. id be mad if anyone used them that didnt need it

But to some women they might feel they need it, espesh when they are there alone, In my case it might be different if I had someone to come with me but I dont. Its great that you didnt need it when you were pregnant however not everyone is as lucky.

i would have loved to use it as i did kinda need it. As i say i had spd and was quite large at the end and had to swing my door open all the way just to get out which meant hubby had to park all the way at the end to allow me room which meant extra walking and hurting my spd. But i knew mums with small babies needed them more

 

[littleone2010]

Hevz I think thats a tad unfair, I have to do my weekly shop on my own and I DO struggle to get round a supermarket on my own im so knackered afterwards I jus want to get to the car and my tesco is sooo busy.. and like the other ladies say if you have other medical conditions I think this should be allowed I get terrible pelvic pains and yes when i enter my last 3 weeks I will stop and husband will have to find some time to go and do it but for now i dont have a choice, Id also like to put it to you that at asda I alwasy see non pregnant (looking anyway) mothers with children arking in expectant mothers spaces.. is this ok too then?

not sure why you're saying I'm unfair. The op asked for our opinions and that was mine. Just because it differs from yours doesn't mean it's wrong. I have had spd and sciatica too for your information. If you feel ok by parking there then do so, I'm not stopping you and I didn't say it was ok for any other person, whether in an Audi TT or not to park there WTF was that all about???????


All I know is it's very difficult to get enough space on both sides of my car to open the doors wide enough to get both babies strapped in and it's very annoying when people other than those specified park in a designated spot. I have been in agonising pain before in pregnancy but I wouldn't park in disabled nor parent and toddler as they weren't designated to me

how did you not understand the point I was trying to make abou tthe audi TT?? i.e if you drive sports car and no car seat and a bloke you are unlikely to be pregnant or have a child with you... THAT was the point I was trying to make.

Im glad for you that you chose to suffer when you were pregnant but I am choosing not to and tesco know I park there and have never said a word. even bringing thingd to my car for me. So if they dont have aproblem with it you shouldnt either, after all its their carpark!

 

[x-amy-x]

Hevz I think thats a tad unfair, I have to do my weekly shop on my own and I DO struggle to get round a supermarket on my own im so knackered afterwards I jus want to get to the car and my tesco is sooo busy.. and like the other ladies say if you have other medical conditions I think this should be allowed I get terrible pelvic pains and yes when i enter my last 3 weeks I will stop and husband will have to find some time to go and do it but for now i dont have a choice, Id also like to put it to you that at asda I alwasy see non pregnant (looking anyway) mothers with children arking in expectant mothers spaces.. is this ok too then?

not sure why you're saying I'm unfair. The op asked for our opinions and that was mine. Just because it differs from yours doesn't mean it's wrong. I have had spd and sciatica too for your information. If you feel ok by parking there then do so, I'm not stopping you and I didn't say it was ok for any other person, whether in an Audi TT or not to park there WTF was that all about???????


All I know is it's very difficult to get enough space on both sides of my car to open the doors wide enough to get both babies strapped in and it's very annoying when people other than those specified park in a designated spot. I have been in agonising pain before in pregnancy but I wouldn't park in disabled nor parent and toddler as they weren't designated to me

and it doesnt matter how bloody far away from the shop, or how many free spaces there was around you when you parked you can gaurantee you'll have a car both sides of you when you get back if you park in a regular bay

anyway, im out of this debate over rights to a parent and child space! Park where you like... doesnt cchange my opinion though

 

[3boys]

personally i feel that i wouldnt use it because i feel able to walk, even up to 9 months because i know how difficult it is to go shopping with a baby. However if a lady suffers with complications such as SPD or something similar then i would have no problem with them taking the place.

 

[littleone2010]

when they give you wipes and nappy samples when you are pregnant, you wait to use them til LO is here, right? Same with the badge

I was still pregnant 8 days ago.... very very pregnant. With spd and all and as i say i only used them at night when the parking lot was empty and even then it was just for fun as i was with child and it was fun to say we would legitimately use them soon. so i am not one of those that have "forgotten" what it is like. i just think they are a god send now that i have a small baby. Especially in the rain. id be mad if anyone used them that didnt need it

But to some women they might feel they need it, espesh when they are there alone, In my case it might be different if I had someone to come with me but I dont. Its great that you didnt need it when you were pregnant however not everyone is as lucky.

i would have loved to use it as i did kinda need it. As i say i had spd and was quite large at the end and had to swing my door open all the way just to get out which meant hubby had to park all the way at the end to allow me room which meant extra walking and hurting my spd. But i knew mums with small babies needed them more

In my case i dont have hubby with me so think how difficult that would have been, My husband works so much when hes home he sleeps we ave just moved to london I dont know anyone here i dont have a choice.

 

[AP]

I dont get it.

and thats it really. Coming from a girl who shopping in Sainsburys a few cms dilated, walked home and gave birth just a few hours later.

 

[ChloesMummy]

Its hard enough at the best of times to find a parent and child space
I have never had SPD (It seems every pregnant woman gets told they have SPD) but if someone that has it finds it that difficult to get out the car why dont they park at the back of the carpark where there are usually several spaces available and park over 2 If they can walk around the shop then surely an extra 30sec walk from carpark wont matter? If they are with someone then get dropped of at the door until OH or whoever parks up, I do that all the time when it's raining

 

[Rebecca_B]

I shop at morrisons ans its at the end of the road.

I have my 'favourite' parking spaces and the mother and child spaces wont ever be one of them even when this child is born.

1) because they are further away from the doors than my 'favourite' spaces are (yes strange i know)

2) theres hardly ever any available!!!

I have got one of the tesco parent and child car windowscreen stickers when i joined baby club.
I rarely go to tesco anyway but when i do i still wouldnt park in those spaces. They are never available.

It does pi** me off though when i see lazy ar**holes parking in ANY priviledged spaces when they have no reason to.

But there will alway be ar**holes lol

Just for the record though, i couldnt give a monkeys if an obviously pregnant woman parked in a parent and child space. They have FAR more intitalment than joe lazy bloggs.

 

[KayCee114]

Thanks for everyones comments. I have to say though, when my LO arrives soon, I definitly wont begrudge a heavily pregnant woman for parking in one of the mum with children spaces, I will be happy as I will remember how shit I felt when I was in my last stage of pregnancy.

I think its also important to consider that not all women handle their pregnancy in the same way, some women have easy uncomplicated pregnancies where they get fed up at the end but generally they are ok and some where they are on bed rest or struggle to walk, even though they should a smuch as they feel they can, someone said pregnancy does not make you disabled, in fact in cases it does.

That was me... if you are on bed rest and/or struggle to walk, then you wouldnt be driving. So your OH or whoever could drop you off at the door and park wherever he wants and tbh if you struggle to walk, i doubt you'd be out doing the shopping, get someone else to do it. I wouldnt begrudge a pregnant woman that clearly needed the extra space but it is for the safety of the babies so they should be used by those that need them most.

I'm sorry, but duemarch2nd that's out of order.

I'm off on maternity leave which I took early and used holidays to do so due to my SPD. My husband works full time, and as I said in a previous post, he does the weekly shop and I wait in the car. He does all driving on evenings and weekends.

My SPD is so severe that they are talking about wheelchair and inducing me early... But I can still drive. Allthough it causes me pain, and a lot of pain to get in and out of the car I refuse to stay housebound for the last few weeks of my pregnancy. All the physio has said is if my reactions are good enough to do an emergency stop then there is no need to stop driving unless I physically cannot get out of the car.

You say you had SPD but went 10 days overdue, so obviously weren't induced early because of it. Now I don't want to take anything away from you as you know how painful it is, so why can't you understand that women like me would benefit from these bays as much, if not more than you do now you have a child?
I hate when threads get like this and I normally back off, but I feel so strongly about what you said that I had to say something.
I don't do weekly shops, I don't push trolleys, I am in agony all the time, in the house or otherwise, so why the hell should I not go to the supermarket whilst I am out (on my 1 or 2 days a week I feel up to leaving the house) and park in a space that makes it easier for me?
A few weeks ago when I first went on maternity leave, I parked in a space right in the far corner away from the store. It took me 5 mins to get to the store, but I parked there so I knew I wouldn't have some brain donor park next to me. After I bought my lunch, lottery and had a wee, I hobbled, limped, waddled for 5 mins back to the car... And there was one extra car in the whole of this empty corner, parked so close to my drivers door I was in tears from the pain of trying to squeeze in!

Now if I tried it once and that happened and I walked that far just for that experience, there is no chance I'm doing it again.

I know I have rambled and this is a stupidly long post, but I am 100% going to park in parent and child spaces from now on and I'd like to see anyone try and stop me.

And don't get me wrong I know and understand why the spaces are there when you have babies and young children, but I know for a fact that I will not be angry if I see a heavily pregnant woman who is obviously struggling park in one when I have my LO with me.

 

[happygal]

i have spd and at times its quite bad but i like going shopping lol. i wouldnt use a parent space because i know how frustrating it is when you have a small child and you cant get a space because people are abusing them. at the end of the day they are parent and toddler/child spaces not pregnant women spaces.