Calling ahead for bathroom status....

Does anybody else do this.  I often call ahead to make sure where I'm going has adequate bathroom  ei:  more than one stall, do you have to ask for a key to get in, etc.  My daughter has an outing with other homeschoolers to a nature center tomorrow, but the bathroom there only has one stall.  I hate my DD to miss out on things b/c of my UC.  But with one stall and 25 kids it could become a bad situation for me.

I post on crohns but wanted to chime in to your question. I too call ahead just to make sure there is a bathroom and it really reduces my anxieties. I do this often for boat rides and I plan my seat on an airplane so the drink cart can't block my way. Is the nature center close to anything? Sometimes I will go somewhere that has an inadequate bathroom but I know in an emergency I can make it to a dunkin donuts that is across the street. Maybe you could have a contingency plan w/ another parent that they watch your child if you need to jet down the street. Also, w/ all the kids, remember, you are the adult. You can always say "sorry kids, I gotta go before you." And then just cut right in. Remember *normal* people don't spend that much time in the bathroom so the chance that it will be full for long is not high. My wedding had over 100 guests and just one stall near my reception (for male and female) but another toilet upstairs, and an emergency back up in the basement. I thought it would be a problem but it was really open most of the night. I think you should go. Once you get trips like this under your belt you will have less anxiety about taking such trips in the future. AND, in the event that you do get sick, at least you know you will be alone in a single stall.