Day 5: Our Punta Cana Babymoon

By the time Day 5 rolled around, we had fully surrendered to babymoon mode. And honestly? It felt incredible.

There's something about being pregnant in a place where the biggest decision you have to make is whether to sit by the pool or the beach — and then realizing you can do both — that just resets your entire nervous system. Back home in Mississauga, our days are packed with baby prep, work, family dinners, and a running to-do list that never quite gets done. Here in Punta Cana, we finally exhaled.

Slow Mornings Are the Real Luxury

We've stayed at resorts before, but this trip we made a conscious choice to stop treating vacation like a checklist. No 7 a.m. excursion alarms. No rushing to the breakfast buffet to beat the crowd. Day 5 started with Samantha sleeping in — genuinely sleeping in — while Amir went down early to grab us a little table near the window with the best breeze. Two plates of fruit, strong coffee for him, fresh juice for her, and zero guilt about taking up that table for an hour and a half.

If you're planning a babymoon and you're in your second or third trimester, give yourself permission to move slowly. You are literally building a human. The agenda can wait.

Beach Time, But Make It Gentle

We love the beach. The Dominican Republic has some of the most beautiful stretches of sand we've ever seen — the water at Punta Cana is this almost unreal turquoise that makes every photo look filtered when it isn't. But pregnancy beach days look a little different than our usual ones.

Samantha stayed in the shade for the most part — our resort had these beautiful palm-thatch umbrellas and she basically claimed one as her personal kingdom. Amir got in the water (the Atlantic side is calmer than you'd think), and we spent a solid chunk of the afternoon just talking. Not about baby names or nursery colours or feeding schedules. Just talking, the way we used to before life got gloriously complicated.

That's the thing about a babymoon that we didn't fully understand before we got here: it's not just a vacation. It's intentional time to be a couple before you become parents. And Day 5 felt like the day we really leaned into that.

What We Ate (Because You Know We're Going to Talk About Food)

The resort food had genuinely surprised us this whole trip — more variety than we expected, and the kitchen was accommodating about Samantha's pregnancy-related food restrictions. Day 5, we tried the beachside grill for lunch: fresh catch, grilled plantains, and a mango salsa that Samantha is still talking about.

Amir, true to form, also found a way to get extra bread. We don't know how. It just happens.

For dinner, we dressed up a little — not fancy, just the version of "put effort in" that feels romantic when you've spent most of the day in swimwear. The a la carte restaurant at the resort had a lovely setup for couples, and we ordered things we wouldn't normally share. It felt like a date. A really good one.

A Note for Expecting Couples Considering Punta Cana

We got a lot of questions before this trip about whether Punta Cana was a good babymoon destination, and we can say with full confidence: yes, with some caveats.

Check your airline's pregnancy policy. Most carriers have restrictions after 36 weeks, and some international destinations have specific entry rules. We planned this trip during our second trimester sweet spot.
All-inclusive resorts work beautifully for pregnant travellers because you're never far from food, water, bathrooms, or a place to sit down. No hunting for restaurants or navigating unfamiliar streets when you're exhausted.
Hydration is everything. The Caribbean heat is real. Samantha carried a big water bottle everywhere and we'd recommend the same.
Travel insurance that covers pregnancy complications is non-negotiable. We won't belabour this point — just get it.
Embrace doing less. The best souvenir from this trip isn't something we bought. It's the rest we actually got.

Day 5 Feelings

There's a particular kind of happiness that lives in the middle of a good trip — not the excitement of arrival, not the nostalgia of departure, just the warm, settled feeling of being exactly where you're supposed to be. Day 5 was that day for us.

We went to bed early, listened to the waves through the balcony door, and talked about how wild it is that the next time we do something like this, there will be three of us.

We can't wait.

📺 Watch Day 5 of our Punta Cana Babymoon on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNV5uyDJlY

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