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2nd Trimester
If you are far away from your hospital
Are you making any special plans or taking any extra precautions to prepare for what will happen when you go into labor? During work and on the weekends, I am only about 12 minutes away from my hospital. But during the week, I stay in an apartment in another town that is 50 + minutes from the hospital, and my DH isn't there with me. I'm paranoid I'll go into labor at the apartment away from my DH and my hospital and I'm just now starting to try to figure out how best to proceed with this. This is my first child, so I have no idea what to expect and am just trying to figure out whether I think I can handle this on my own from far away or whether I need to figure out something else for the last few weeks.
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Re: If you are far away from your hospital
I am not far from the hospital, but I wouldn't worry since it's your first baby, and first babies rarely come flying out.
The nurse who taught our childbirth class lived about 45 minutes away from the hospital w/ her 2nd baby. Part of the drive was over a large suspension bridge over the Chesapeake Bay. She said she had a kit w/ clamps, blankets, etc. in her car because she worried about giving birth on the bridge in bad beach traffic, but she had him in the hospital.
I also know someone who had their 2nd on the side of a highway @ like 6:30 in the morning... I think that she waited too long to go to the hospital because of the time of day, she probably lives about 20-30 minutes from the hospital.
Oh and I know someone who lives just 10 minutes from the hospital who w/ #2 had the baby in their front hallway...
Still I think these are freak occurrences and not very likely w/ first babies.
My husband and I live about 30 mins away- most of my worry comes that most years it is still snowy here in April. I am afraid of my husband getting nervous and then not driving carefully.
I would say, don't worry about having your baby too fast but maybe make sure you have someone where you are during the week that would be willing to drive you if you were to go into labor there.
Oh wow! You're from Taunton? Thats not far from me at all! I live in Dartmouth.
in bad morning or 4:00 traffic i live about an hour from the hospital on the base where I will have to deliver. i have already explained to Dh that if it happens during peak traffic times CALL THE AMBULANCE!! I'd rather wait a little longer at home & have the baby in a well equipped ambulance than be stuck in traffic. But, this is my 3rd baby, and I expect it to happen very quickly since #1 took 3 hours (45 mins of hard labor) and #2 only took 1 hour (15 minutes of hard labor).
GL
Wow! was this from your 1st symptoms of labor? My dd came in about 5 hours and I thought that was fast for a first baby. I am nervous for this one because without traffic the hospital is a min. of 50 minutes and with LA traffic, it could be a real nightmare 2 hour drive. I am hoping for another middle of the night onset of labor. Plus with DH having to come home from his office to drive me, all I can say is no labor during the day!