How far are you from your delivery hospital?

MamaFantastic · February 2014

5 min!! super close.

Mrs.Kohalic17 · February 2014

From my house it's about 10mins. I work at said hospital so if the time happens while I'm working I just have to go down to L&D.

isamaraguirre · February 2014

20 minutes with traffic. Then again i have to take the 405 freeway here in the San Fernando Valley...better make that 30 minutes

nicole mackenzie · February 2014

An hour without traffic....

mandiroo · February 2014

We live just 4 miles from ours. Nice and close!

MadBloom · February 2014

I have a hospital in my city (brand new) but they have such a small L&D ward that they were not accepting patients. I should mention my city is like 24 thousand people and going through an insane baby boom right now. My neighbour is due in July and her neighbour is due in June. So three houses in a row are having babies like back to back haha. None of us were given the option to deliver in our own city. anyways, my delivery hospital is in a town about 35km away but is known for how great it is for L&D so I'm kind of happy. And at least I have the one that's like 3 minutes away for emergencies

I may have even just picked that hospital regardless due to all the good things I've heard about it.
I would stick with the bigger city hospital just for peace of mind!!

babybarnes87 · February 2014

We are about a 25 minute drive from the hospital. Toured it last night!

Checca23 · February 2014

5 minutes from home and 10 minutes from work. You should be fine. Personally, I would rather go to the hospital in the bigger city.

janellemj928 · February 2014

I drive 35 miles to work and I can see the hospital I will be delivering at from work. It takes about 40-45 minutes to get there. I am also one who lives in a rural area though.

LBStewart · February 2014

20-30 minutes without traffic (suburban driving w/no interstate).

I definitely think it's worth driving an extra distance to go to a hospital that you're comfortable with. I drive past a hospital on my way to my hospital. I could've cut my drive in half, but it's not as advanced.

RedDawnsRevenge · February 2014

Our hospital that we would transfer to if the HBAC fails is 51 miles away.

ksulli · February 2014

I had the opposite experience- moved from a city where 'my' hospital was about 8 miles away but would take 25min-90min depending on traffic, to a rural/'burb area where I'm 17 miles and 25 min away, traffic is not likely.

I'd stick with the better resources hospital and take the longer ride.

angelaluisa · February 2014

10 minutes!!!

hpanabaker · February 2014

The hospital where I live does not deliver babies, unless absolutely necessary and even then as soon as baby is born you're both shipped out of town by ambulance. Our delivering hospital is 1.5 hrs away, on a good driving day.

ZebNMichelle · February 2014

7 miles it was my gps said

MrsEmilyS · February 2014

20 min no traffic closer to 30 with

cdominique11 · February 2014

You will be fine. Make a few practice runs from your new location to the nearest hospital.
I live in a very very small town. The nearest hospital that deliver babies is 1 1/2 hour away.

hordol · February 2014

Our hospital is about 40 minutes away. There are plenty closer, but my DH works for a health care system and his insurance basically monopolizes their facilities to the point where I'm not allowed to go anywhere else, so that means a longer drive. I'm okay with it, though--this is one of the best hospitals in the area.

Sisimama10 · February 2014

About 25 mins away.

AcaAwkward · February 2014

You'll be fine with the big hospital!

Mine is 15-30 min away depending on traffic. With DD, my work was 2 hours away.

WifeofaComposer · February 2014

I know I've mentioned dozens of times on here, we live on an island. Our state-of-the-art hospital is only a mile from our house, and we can get there in 5 minutes, or less. No traffic lights, and only 3 stop signs. For major emergencies, people are sent via "Life Flight" helicopter to a big fancy hospital on the main land, which would take an hour to get to by car.

LolaX2 · February 2014

I am HR and my delivery hospital is an hour away with good weather and no traffic. The closest hospital that will deliver is about 30 minutes but is not for HR or any delivery before 37 weeks. I have to have a RSC between 36 and 37 weeks. This is the same hospital that I delivered at with my DS 2 years ago. I am nervous if go into labor as I am at a high risk of uterine rupture due to the way the had to cut me last time and I had PTL eeek!

hopefulmom88 · February 2014

Our local hospital is about 10 min. away but does not have a nicu and is not vbac-friendly. So my midwives and the hospital I will hopefully be delivering at are 2.5 hours away. My midwives don't seem concerned about me getting there in time. I really feel it's worth it as this hospital has a high-level nicu and right across the street is the children's hospital that our DD1 was life-flighted to. Also this hospital and midwives are extremely vbac-friendly and the birth suites have so many more amenities like tubs and birthing balls.

LyndseyLC · February 2014

5 min away

speechie517 · February 2014

The birthing center is 25 minutes away, and there are two hospitals we will pass to get there. If needed, they will transport me and baby back to the Women's and Children's Hospital which is around the block from my house.

reginahcampbell · February 2014

I'm 6 miles from the hospital. It's about 15 minutes without traffic and up to 45-60 minutes with traffic/bad weather/accidents (Yay Chicago traffic! I had an appointment at my Midwife the day before Thanksgiving and their offices are a block away form the hospital. It took us an hour to get there!)

luvU2theMoon · February 2014

My hospital is maybe a 5 minute drive but i live no farther than 10 min from any hospital around. I know there are plenty of people who really dont have a choice but to drive long distance to a hospital. i would make the drive especially if your high risk. better to start there then to have to rush over, i feel like that would be way more stressful and ambulances are EXPENSIVE! Just talk to the doctor who would be delivering you at the farther hospital and ask her opinion.

snowclouds · February 2014

I live in the city and it's still 25 minutes to get to our hospital. 37 miles should be fine. I'd take that over a smaller hospital with no NICU since you're high risk.

emh81 · February 2014

We're an hour and 20 minutes from our front door to the L&D floor of our delivery hospital. There are two hospitals closer but we're high risk and the two local hospitals (30 minutes away or 45 minutes away) don't have adequate NICU. After our daughter was born (at the same hospital this baby will be born) the Dr.'s strongly advised that we continue to see the high risk staff and neonatologists there as a precaution. Even though everything is going well with this pregnancy and baby looks to be perfectly healthy, we LOVE the staff and higher standard or care that the higher level hospital provides and we'd much rather have our son born there even if its not as convenient.

Since we know we'll have a long drive ahead, we wont even attempt to labor at home. when I start getting regular contractions we'll be on the road ASAP. That would be my only advise, don't wait it out, if you think you're in labor, its best to go get checked out! It seems to be getting so close now!!!

strawberrytree · February 2014

Around 20 minutes. Last time we drove to the hospital during evening rush hour and there wasn't a big difference in the time it took since we were heading into town when everyone was going out, so as long as we're not going during morning rush hour all should be good.

I grew up in a rural area where the nearest hospital was about 40 minutes away and was fine (and my mom's labours were fairly quick...4 hours for my little sister, 6 for me). Where I am now lots of people come from more rural areas and the doctors are just much more conservative about telling them to go home and come back later if they're only a few cm dilated.

Airynn Chica · February 2014

about 7 minutes from both work and home--maybe up to 10-12min in traffic. I live in the capital city and we have 3 hospitals---the government hospital is 1-2miles from my workplace, but I don't trust them so I am having LO at the private hospital

smend2305 · February 2014

We are about 28 miles ... It's a 45 min drive. And I live about 3 miles down the road from another hospital! But we chose the best midwife/hospital and it's worth the drive. My midwife just told me to not wait and to head down at the first signs of labor. I was nervous at first but by now we've made the drive so much and I love my midwife I wouldn't change it!

NicoleAnne416 · February 2014

A good 35-40 miles and I'm ok with that.

NicoleAnne416 · February 2014

A good 35-40 miles and I'm ok with that.

ktoncapecod · February 2014

We have a hospital in town but I am (and did with my first) traveling 45-1hr to the hospital I prefer. The comfort level alone made it worth the drive for us.

SoulTermination · February 2014

Maybe about 12 minutes away without heavy traffic, up to around 30 minutes during rush hour or so. Before we moved here to the city we had to drive 30-45 minutes to get to my OB or hospital, and that was without traffic. During rush hour... not sure I want to think about that, heh.

Kjrisi · February 2014

15 hours.... Literally. The medical care down here is horrible so I will be going home the last few weeks of my pregnancy to have the ob that delivered my daughter, deliver this baby too. She's a specialist and their neonatal care is phenomenal. Once we go back to Utah, we'll be like 5 minutes from the hospital. Hope it all works for you!

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