So a bit of background here:
23 weeks so jumping the gun a bit but I can't stop thinking about it.
I live very rurally.
This will be my second birth. It's a high risk birth as my first birth ended in me losing a lot of blood. As a result I have been told I need to get to the consultant-led hospital which is 1.5 hours away when I need to go in. This is a problem for a few reasons:
When contractions start it could be the start of a 24 hour (or longer) labour or a 2 hour labour, not sure how I'm meant to know (could mean I don't make it on time).
The system here works in a way that you have to wait to call the midwife until the contractions are regular at least every 7/8 minutes OR if your waters go before that stage depending on which comes first.
The midwife then comes to assess you to see if you need to go in. The hospital she'll be coming from is a 30 min drive (nowhere near the consultant one) and that's pure driving, not including getting to car, gathering bits etc.
If I need to go in soon then DH will have to drive me as we'll need someone to stay with DC1. That's not a problem in itself but considering I'll be in established labour, what if I'd need pain relief or if we don't make it on time?! My midwife thinks I'm over worrying but I don't see how.
The only way I'd get an ambulance is if there was a medical problem. My midwife said IF I am unlikely to make it I'll have to have the baby at home- that's fine in a way but what about the fact that I'm high risk to haemorrhage again??
Sorry for all of that, it felt good to get it all out, particularly as in this stage she's kind of ignoring what I ask and I'm thinking about it a lot, but has anyone else ever been in the position where they wouldn't make it to the hospital on tome, and if so, what happened?
I'm aware this is written awfully and I apologise.
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What happens if I don't make it to the hospital in time?
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MB134 · 19/01/2019 23:18
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