Hi,
I know this has probably been discussed loads, but just curious to see if anyone agrees with my thinking.
Im due 17th May and the hospital i've chosen is 20 miles (takes about 35 mins/1 hour in bad traffic) from where we live, but is supposed to be the best in the area for the maternity unit/care etc There are 3 others in our larger area, which are probably a bit closer, but 1 has a bad rep for poor care, 1 we have had a bad experience with before, and 1 is where i had DS.
Anyway, the issue i have is i dont know how else i am gonna get to hospital when the time comes.
I drive, but my OH doesnt, i dont have any family here, my family live over 60 miles away. My OH's family live about 20 mins away, but they work or will need to stay at home to look after our DS when i go to the hospital.
Neighbours work funny shifts so i can never rely on them being in if i needed them, plus i dont know them well enough to ask to take me.
The other option was of course a taxi. However, the taxi firms near us arent reliable at all tbh, they say the old "5 ninutes" and 20 mins later they still not there... :/ plus a couple of neighbours have said they have refused to take them in past when their daughters went into labour, so Im worried they'll say the same to me. :(
So what option does it really leave me but to call an ambulance when the time comes?
With DS, it was a long and traumatic labour requiring alot of medical attention tbh. I bled quite a bit, to the point where I was nearly rushed down corridoor to get a blood transfusion. That pregnancy/labour was supposed to be low risk, this one however, I have been told Im slightly higher risk due to medical issues that have cropped up with this pregnancy.
Also, with DS, i breathed through my contractions til i was 3 minutes apart before waking OH up to get his dad to take us to the hospital, so if i did end up having to call an ambulance it would only be genuine, not just because I felt a little twinge. :/
Im just not sure what else to do to cover all angles? Do I go stay at a friends or in laws for a couple of weeks so that I am already there in case, so that they can take me straight to hospital? Or ask family/friends to take a few days off work here n there to come stay at ours so they can take me when the time comes? I just dont know, and feel rubbish for having to be so reliant on people to change all their plans to try fit around me. :(
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