My best friend is having her baby shower when I will be about 37 weeks pregnant. She and I (and about 90% of the shower guests) live about 1.5-2 hrs away from where the shower will be held. The person throwing the shower, picked the spot because its the my friend's fave restaurant EVER. However, its not an easy drive (about 1/2 of it is really windy roads, etc). I feel like I HAVE to be there (its my best friend, and we are both pregnant at the same time). However, unless I drive myself, I don't know I will be able to go. What would you do? How would you feel about driving 2 hours via winding roads to go to a friends shower at 37 weeks pregnant?
Re: Driving 2 hrs for friends shower at 37wks?
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i would go... i am driving 3 hrs plus at 39 weeks to see my parents. Take your cell, make sure the weather is good and you feel up to it.
have a friend or DH wait for you to call and telll them when you get there OR make DH or a friend drive with you.
but that's just me, if it is really going to stress you out- then don't go...
i don't mind a long drive, but I know if it was bad weather (snowing) or in really heavy traffic i wouldn't be comfortable doing it on my own.
I would go. I drive over an hour just to work every day, and I plan on doing that until the day I go into labor.
You are only 37 weeks, and even if you did go into labor, a 1.5 hr drive back is still plenty of time to get to your regular hospital.
Why are you not riding with one of the other guests?
If you feel good, I would go. I had my last business trip yesterday and there was a girl on my flight (1 hour flight) who was 36 weeks and flew home for her baby shower. Her doctor told her it was okay.
Thanks ladies...
I wouldn't be able to drive with other guests (don't know most of them and the few I know don't live close enough to carpool) and my best friend will already be out there as she is spending the weekend in the town where it is with her husband. My SO has plans that day out of town with his dad. I think I will talk to my Dr for her opinion and see how I start to feel as it gets closer. I am alredy fairly uncomfortable in the car for any long periods of time as a passenger (found that out on a 2.5 hr trip to my nephew's birthday a few weeks ago), so don't know how I will feel driving myself. I may try and see if my mom can at drive me, though feel bad tying up her day to drop me off at a shower and keep herself occupied while I am busy.
I'm also driving two hours for a shower next weekend. I talked to my dr. about it and he said to go to the nearest hospital to get checked if I think something is happening. They will be able to tell me there if it's ok to make the drive back or if I would need to stay. I haven't had any labor symptoms yet, so I'm hoping it will hold off at least until we get back. We are taking our hospital bag with us just in case though.
I'm sure neither your best friend nor the shower host will mind that your mom attend the shower with you, considering the situation. And if she is your best friend, your mom probably has met her before, no?
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I would not simply b/c my DD #2 was born at exactly 37 weeks without any warning. But if this is your first it's a tough call. My first was 10 days late...
I know it's not the case for everyone but my insurance only covers the labor and delivery costs at my home hospital after a certain point in the pregnancy (meaning, they advise me not to travel more than 1 hour from home after that point). Even in an emergency my delivery would not be covered at another hospital after 34 weeks.
I just drove from Chicago to San Francisco at 34 weeks and that was brutal, I think at 37 it may be even more difficult (I am 36w4d now),,?
Two hours is not that bad as long as you have cell service and someone with you that could help you out.. Two hours in the middle of nowhere is a lot different than 2 hours in a metropolitan area.. All things to consider. I would think that at some point you have to put your comfort before certain obligations,,, people will understand. Also as pp have stated,, we never know when that baby is going to decide its "time".?