Traveling for Christmas....what about you?

JodiLinn503 · December 2009

The post last night about driving for Christmas got me thinking.

How many weeks will you be Christmas day? How far are you traveling? Did you change your plans for the holiday because of your due date?

woolgathered · December 2009

I will be 39w5d and we're spending Christmas Eve night at my Mom and Dad's - they're as far away from the hospital as we are. Usually on Christmas Day we would go to my SIL's house, but it's an hour and a half away from the hospital. And I really don't want to sit in a car that long even if I am not in labor!

aocain02@yahoo.com · December 2009

We always go have Christmas with my dad's parents and sister the week after because they live a couple hours away. I'll be 36 weeks and my OB said it's not a good idea. He was more concerned if I were to go into labor that they wouldn't stop it and I refuse to have my baby out in the little hick town that my relatives live in so in that case I could have a baby on the freeway. So...we aren't going to go this year.

JodiLinn503 · December 2009

DH and I are still deciding if we'll be traveling or not. I'll be 35 weeks on Christmas Eve. My family lives 200 miles away (usually about 3.5 to 4 hours, with no traffic). I've had a ton of BH lately, which has made my OB and the nurses at the childbirth center a little nervous. I think it'll probably be a last minute decision.

khaenlein · December 2009

We had hoped to drive to my family in upstate NY (about 5 hour drive) when I would be 36 weeks, but at last week's OB appointment they gave me the no-go. OB thinks I'm likely to go early (ha, we'll see) and really didn't think we should travel that far. It's going to be a quiet Christmas, and I anticipate doing a lot of crying! At 27, this is somehow my first Christmas not with my family.

mommy1/2010 · December 2009

i'll be 37.5 weeks and traveling 1.5 hours.

proudarmywife08 · December 2009

Everyone is coming to my house this year. I told them all I don't feel comfortable driving that far (at least an hour) from my hospital b/c I will be 35/36 weeks along. And now I'm glad I said that, b/c my OB is worried that this baby is going to come early b/c of his position at my last appointment. I don't want to be far from the hospital anymore. If I weren't pregnant this Christmas I would travel to one of their houses (1-3 hours away) or fly home to my parents house.

KBLT · December 2009

I'll be 36 weeks on Christmas. Our families are an 8 hour drive or plain ride away so we'll be staying home this year. My family is going to drive down to see us for a few days after Christmas, so we'll have that to look forward to. I'm kind of looking forward to a quiet Christmas just the two of us.

alacognata · December 2009

mommy1/2010:
i'll be 37.5 weeks and traveling 1.5 hours.

this... except we'll be going 2/1/2 hours... Ob didn't seem worried said it's day to day at this point and keep my set of paper work with us in case we need it. We are also putting in the car seat...because you never know!

alacognata · December 2009

We have an ultra sound Wednesday,unless things have really changed down there... we'll keep our plans to travel down for the night to be with my young brother and sister on xmas morning .

lizbi0407 · December 2009

I will be 32 weeks and were traveling up to Northern Virginia from South Carolina via car. My doc said everything is fine to travel just that we stop every 2 hours to stretch my legs that sort of thing. Honestly I'm more worried about the weather then my pregnancy!

mrsmegs06 · December 2009

I will be 35.5 wks. We are going about 1 hour away for Christmas eve, and about twenty minutes away on Christmas day. We go every other year to my aunt's 3 hours away, and luckily it's the off year so we didn't really have to change our plans.

Lance&Becca · December 2009

I'll be 37.5 weeks and am traveling to my DH's grandparent's house. They're about 1 hour from the hospital so we're taking our bags just in case.

AFWife1229 · December 2009

I'll be 36 weeks on Christmas. Doc told me I shouldn't travel any later than this past friday. We're not traveling at all and yes our plans changed. We usually drive the 24 hours back home to Minnesota to see our families, but won't be doing that this year.

Ciarrai · December 2009

I will be 34 weeks exactly. We aren't traveling, but we never do. We did stay home for Thanksgiving and went to the ILs in September. Based on my last two PG, my CNM prefers that I not travel in the third trimester anyway. Either way, my family was all coming here for Christmas so that was set anyway. Now Mom is coming earlier (tomorrow instead of Wednesday night) to help with the girls b/c I'm on modified bedrest.

Natesmom05 · December 2009

I'll be 37 weeks & traveling about 4 hrs. DH says I'm crazy but I've had no contractions, no progress & I have an appt the day before we leave so unless something has changed, I don't see the point of missing out. We'll only be gone 2 days.

redlemon03 · December 2009

I will be 39 and 5 days and I am staying home, dont feel like traveling that far along.

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