I'm almost 20 weeks pregnant with my second baby, living in North London, and my antenatal care is with UCLH. This is convenient for appointments as it is close to my work, and so far I have been happy with the care.
In a few weeks we are due to move to the Bicester area in Oxfordshire for my DH's work. It looks like the nearest hospital is the John Radcliffe in Oxford, and I'm trying to decide whether to change to this hospital or stick with UCLH.
Am I mad to consider having the baby in London still? I requested an ELCS at my booking appointment due to previous EMCS and was told that's all fine, it will be done at 39 weeks, no pushback or mention of VBAC. I am scared that if I switch hospitals, I risk some pushback about ELCS/having it booked in for 40 weeks and going into labour earlier. It will also be a pain to go to appointments as I will have to take a whole day off (will will be working in London).
However, I am concerned about having the baby in London and actually getting him all the way back home seeing as they shouldn't be in the car seat for more than 30 mins and it's about 1.5-2 hour's drive depending on traffic. Also, if I went into labour early whilst at home it would be a long journey to the hospital.
My gut feeling is stick with UCLH but I don't know if I'm being crazy - please talk some sense into me if I am!
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Moving out of London - change hospital or not?
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mostimproved · 29/05/2019 18:38
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