Need Female Advice

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

Pretty much what I was going to say We've got 3 children and none of them were born without plenty of notice.
Get the tickets....if your bub hasn't arrived before the date of the gig, get her to have a checkup before you go. The Doc should be able to give you an answer as to weather it's safe to go or not.

DO NOT choose a PJ show over the birth of your beautiful new bub though.

CONGRAT'S to you and your little family

I do have to agree with you gals.... I have 3 children and now expecting the 4th one and they all took more than 2 hours to pop out ..... your advice might be a safe call actually...

buy the tix
decide if u r going a few days b4 the show

Rollin'Rock wrote:

My wife and I are expecting our second child on July 5th...I was planning on attending the DC show on June 22nd. She said it was ok for me to go, but its March and not June - her mind may change. I'm not sure if it's too close to the due date (our first kid came 10 days early)... DC is about a 2 hour drive, so I'd be gone about 12 hours...so do you think it's a good idea I go to the show??? Is it too close to the due date????

Stay home, follow the setlist on the Pit and kiss your baby's Momma.

Not a female here, but I think my advice is sound....Stay home.

If it were me, I'd put on a bootleg of one of my favorite shows (probably Gorge '05), and turn the lights down nice and low and have a relaxing evening in.

But by all means, as soon as it's born, take that child to a show!


Also, side note. I was born on July 10th, and my mom says they found me under the air conditioner outside the hospital.

Buy the tickets and take her. My bestfriend saw PJ @ the Northwest school benefit while she was more than 8 months prego. She was lucky to have a seat close to the aisle so she could run to the bathroom!

acutejam wrote:

Our second kid popped out FAAAAST! And yeah, I think about a week or so early. First kid took forever and we had all the time in the world, nice drive down, toooo long in the hospital and what not.

But man, once the "system" knows what it's doing -- it can spit a kid out like that! tha's my personal theory at least....

My 2nd kid from the "hmm, i think it's time" to "WHAAAAA" was like 40 minutes!

and yeah, i'm the dad -- stay with the lady man!

Yeah....but you don't just go straight to the "hmm, i think it's time" stage. There's a lot that goes on before then.....sometimes almost un-noticable. That's why I suggested getting a checkup that day....that'll tell you if it's safe to go or not

Buy a ticket and see what happens. I was pregnant with our second child and let my husband go to a show of his favorite band one week before birth.
For myself, I really didn't feel comfortable to attend a rock show at this state of pregnancy. By the way, I think the importance of a husband witnessing the birth of his children is overrated. Of course, it's the greatest experience you can have, no matter if man or woman. In my case, it just didn't help me much, with labour pains for example! But it will be far more important to your wife, your little child and the newborn that you will be around AFTER the baby is born.

Rollin'Rock wrote:

My wife and I are expecting our second child on July 5th...I was planning on attending the DC show on June 22nd. She said it was ok for me to go, but its March and not June - her mind may change. I'm not sure if it's too close to the due date (our first kid came 10 days early)... DC is about a 2 hour drive, so I'd be gone about 12 hours...so do you think it's a good idea I go to the show??? Is it too close to the due date????

As far as my advice for the scenario where your baby is being born around or on the day of the show, it's 'Eddie wouldn't go', to paraphrase a famous line.
But I feel for you because my wife and I are planning to go to the NYC show(s) AND we're planning a pregnancy. If we make it (on both accounts ) it's gonna be her first trimester and it generally isn't terribly smart to travel half way around the world during that time. But for the time being we're staying positive and hoping that she's gonna be pregnant, everything's gonna be ok, we're gonna get the tickets for the show(s), manage to fly ourselves there and that everything's gonna work itself out fine. That's some positive thinking, right?

Also, if DC is a 2 hour drive and she gets into labor while you're there, you still have a chance of making it back in time... So, hopefully, we'll see you there!

Rollin'Rock wrote:

My wife and I are expecting our second child on July 5th...I was planning on attending the DC show on June 22nd. She said it was ok for me to go, but its March and not June - her mind may change. I'm not sure if it's too close to the due date (our first kid came 10 days early)... DC is about a 2 hour drive, so I'd be gone about 12 hours...so do you think it's a good idea I go to the show??? Is it too close to the due date????

Yes go, assuming she hasn't had any contarctions or isn't dialated or anything!! Just get your ass back home as soon as the show ends.

I'm a guy, and even I know that to leave my wife.....who is pregnant with our child.....home alone to go run off to see Pearl Jam a couple of weeks before the due date.....would be a bad idea.

Somebody else posted it, but the question you have to ask is, Would I be comfortable being at a Pearl Jam show while my child was being born?" And more, "Would I feel comfortable leaving my pregnant wife, who is physically unable to go to a concert, so I can go see Pearl Jam by myself?"

Its not like she has the flu. Shes pregnant with your kid.

Dont be a douchbag. Stay home with your family. You can see Pearl Jam next year when they have a 60+ city tour for their new album.

Pearl Jam isnt going anywhere for a while.