did anyone pop at 37 weeks?

lg0909 · March 2010

hubby is going on a guys trip this weekend to tahoe and i'm kinda worried i'm going to go into labor - i have been having a ton of contractions and i will be 37 weeks.

i am having a scheduled c-section so if i go into labor there is a chance he will miss it. i am hoping the dr would be able to stall my labor for a few hours.

did anyone actually pop that early?

NotJustAnAuntie · March 2010

Do you mean deliver at 37 weeks?

I delivered at 28 weeks, but you're long past that! LOL

I wouldn't want DH 4 hours away when I was 37 weeks; I don't know where you are, so it might be different if you're in Sac, but I wouldn't let him go that far away that late!

WineCountryWife · March 2010

yup! with my first, the second took me until 39 weeks

m&m818 · March 2010

Hi! Don't think I've seen you around before. Welcome to the board. Not me (11 days late here) but I know a couple of nesties have gone early. Have they done any kind of internal checks for progress?

pkw · March 2010

might wanna ask zoemay about this...her DH went on a camping trip with his father at the end of her pregnancy and he was going to be 10+ hours away and no phone availability. She asked about this and I think she might have some suggestions of how to decide what to do about this.

I was 3 days early...have early labor for 3 weeks. I would personally have had a hard time with DH leaving me considering I was dealing with some crazy contractions for so long and the doctors were seeing me weekly and i was having NST 2 times a week and they told me to have my bags packed, they were surprised I lasted so long, but I also had some underlined issued and was on preterm labor watch from week 26 to 34 weeks when you are no longer considered preterm...then I was just on labor watch....which started at 36 weeks and 3 days. EJ was born at 39 weeks an 4 days, and yes they can in MANY cases (not all) stop labor. They stopped it for me at 34 weeks when I actually went into labor, might explain why I had early labor for so long after that.

2bearichards · March 2010

I had my daughter at 37 1/2 weeks.

TheFannins729 · March 2010

my mom deliverd both me and my sister at 36 weeks. I had Shane at 39 weeks. I didn't allow dh to go anywhere over an hour away after 35 weeks.

jimmysgirl22 · March 2010

I'd be a little worried, too, if I were you. I had my daughter at 37 weeks with no warning - no early labor, no preterm contractions, no bloody show, nothing. I woke up Sunday morning and while lying in bed my water broke. Twenty-four hours later my daughter made her appearance. If you have family or close friends nearby that you can count on while he's gone, then I'd worry a little less, but you don't want him to miss the whole thing. Have a chat with him about how available he'll be to leave at a moment's notice. Don't forget that Sunday traffic back down the mountain is usually brutal, so that can add a lot of time in an otherwise tense situation.

Good luck!

Go Dux · March 2010

I delivered DD at 36 1/2 weeks and DS at 38 weeks.

BlissfulGurl · March 2010

I had an emergency c-sec at 36 weeks. It was a complete surprise and I'm very thankful that DH wasn't traveling.

SweetieP · March 2010

Did you mean "deliver"? If so, my hubs isn't allowed far from me during the last month (so no long trips that he can't come home within 30 minutes or so).

I<3MYHUSBAND · March 2010

I delivered DS at 34 1/2 weeks. I think at 37 weeks I would want DH nearby.

lg0909 · March 2010

thanks ladies!

this is mcunningham - i am on maternity leave using my home computer. i tried to change my screen name last year and when i used my gmail account it logged me on with this name! woops! i have no clue how to change it back, so i may be stuck with this name.

yeah i am nervous about him being that far - i live in the south bay so it will be a good 3 1/2 hour drive. i was the one that told him to go - but now i am kinda reconsidering.

thanks!!

Celyn · March 2010

If it was a regular labor that would progress naturally, I wouldn't be thrilled about him being 3.5 hours away, but I could maybe deal (although honestly, not very well). For what would be an emergency c-section that would happen very quickly should labor initiate, heck no.

ZoeMay06 · March 2010

Like PKW said, my hubby went on a 5-day camping trip to the middle of nowhere in Death Valley when I was 37 weeks. I was a nervous wreck since in the best case scenario it would have taken him at least 12 hours, and realistically more like 16-24 hours, to get home. I tried my best to convince him not to go, and even scheduled an internal exam to check for progress - I was already 1.5cm dilated and even my OB warned him that it wasn't a good idea to go very far. But in the end, it wasn't a battle that I had the energy to fight and he was being a total baby about it. I made him rent a satellite phone and call me twice a day, and keep it on him at all times just in case I needed to reach him.

I still get upset sometimes that he chose to go. I wish he had made the decision to stay by my side since I felt pretty vulnerable and really needed him emotionally during that time even if there wasn't any risk of his missing the birth. So I'd say he should evaluate what's more important to him: the guilt of possibly missing his child's birth, not to mention the potentially lingering anger of his very pregnant wife, or a guy's weekend.

ETA: I ended up delivering right on my due date, so it all worked out. But if it hadn't... Angry

amyfelice · March 2010

Every time my eyes run past this post I think it says did anyone *poop* at 37 weeks. I am watching too much South Park.

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