DB2 due in September. I am currently supposed to be delivering at hospital 30 miles away (45 min drive if no traffic). DH works shifts starting 3.30am in the opposite direction and would probably take an hour to get home.
The plan was that if DH was working he would go straight to the hospital as would be a lot quicker and my mum who lives in the same road as us would take me. However, our car failed its MOT this week, is being scrapped and we cannot afford to replace it. My mum has put DH on her insurance so at least he can get to work but that's our plan B gone.
I asked my sister if she would be willing to take me if necessary. Due to her and her DH's work situations it is unlikely. Her answer was "well everyone else manages ok, you'll have to call an ambulance"
My mum thinks everything will be fine because it was last time. When DS was born we lived on the outskirts of a city and a 20 minute drive to the hospital. We could have got a taxi easily, but now I dread to think how much it would cost for a 30 mile motorway journey, if we were able to find a company willing to take a woman in labour that far.
I would love a home birth, but too scared as if anything went wrong we are so far from the nearest hospital able to do anything. The local hospital is only 5 mins away but I'm not allowed to give birth there as I'm too old and fat. This town has a population of c90,000 and there are no birth facilities unless you are considered extremely low risk .
Oh and the most important factor as far as I'm concerned is my previous labour. First baby, very mild contractions started at 7am ish (only realised after ). Didn't ask for any pain relief until 9.30am when I was found to be 7cm. DS arrived at 11.06am after I'd been put on a Syntocinon drip (against my wishes)to "speed things up" . I now know this was because of meconium being present when my waters went at 4am, which was the only reason I went in before labour got going.
I really don't want to be induced and the hospital's policy is that they won't offer it due to my age unless I want it.
Sorry about the essay and for repeating myself from previous threads.
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Do I stay at home and have an unplanned home birth or ask for a c section??
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MsBrandybuck · 25/07/2009 14:43
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