Would you be okay with DH traveling.....

Jordandice · October 2009

halfway across the country for a few days when you are 37 weeks pregnant? ?DH has a Christmas party at his workplace in Dallas and we live in Pennsylvania. I realize the chances of me going into labor at 37 weeks are slim to none, but he could get out of doing the trip if he wants to. ?He would only be gone for like 3 days. ?I'd like him to be able to go, but of course I don't want him to miss the birth on the off-chance I would go into labor while he's gone. ?WDYT? ?

ilovemyprince · October 2009

I'd tell him this was one year he had to skip the Christmas party!! God forbid that baby comes and he's not there. He'd be SO upset, plus you need him!!

D*sMayBride · October 2009

I'd say if you had no complications, no progress, he could get a direct flight home quickly, and it was a revenue generating or mandatory business travel, then maybe... but for a work social event, no.

mattandbekah · October 2009

Id ask him to skip it this year.

umbcpt · October 2009

With DS, my water broke the day I turned 37 weeks. I was hoping that DS would have come late because I found out I was PG 2 days before my wedding and have an old school Catholic family who I thought would think less of me. But he had other plans and decided three weeks early was when he would arrive.

With DD EDD 12/4/09, DH has season tickets to the Buccanners in Florida and we live in Maryland, and he was considering traveling down for a game 10 days before my due date. Initially, he was joking saying he was golden, and when I told him how hurt I was, and baby is measuring ahead, he is not going to that game. I just would worry that if you did go into labor he would not make it back.

If it were me, and I am in a very similar situation, I would say don't go. Just my opinion.

mrsjami · October 2009

I would say it's ok for now and just reassess as it gets closer. Obviously if you are dilated/making progress, etc I would then ask him to cancel.

jhoanna.delgado · October 2009

Try China at 36 weeks. He'll be gone for at least 2 weeks. He has to for work, and I have no control over it. Work is work. If it's for a Christmas party, he may need to suck it up and stay home. On the other hand, he could be back home in a few hrs if you go into labor.

SeaMama · October 2009

My DH didn't even fly home for his grandmother's funeral - she passed away when I was 36 or 37 weeks. He doesn't regret it at all even though the baby didn't come. It was too risky for him and I was so scared I'd have to have the baby alone.

For a christmas party I most definitely would have put my foot down. For his grandmother's funeral, I told him I understood if he went and left it up to him. He chose to stay close to me.

elliotandnicole · October 2009

I would ask him to stay.

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