Birth Choice Help

[HappyMummy2020]

Hoping someone can give some advice… or just there opinion I guess lol….

I am pregnant and due in Feb 2022, I have 2 children already aged 9 and 4, so this is my 3rd.

I had 2 natural births with my first 2 but I am really worried about going into labour with my 3rd and not having anyone to watch my 2 children at home.
We don’t have any local family… my parents and my husbands parents both live 3 hours away, one up north and one Cornwall way… we are in the middle, it would then be a 45 min drive on top of that to the hospital.
I want to do an elective C-section just so it can be planned and someone can be here to watch my others.
However I don’t know if that’s a valid reason to opt for that.

Im just genuinely not sure what I’d do otherwise….and I really worry about it.

[quote HappyMummy2020]@Arecklessmanor oh he isn’t leaving it all up to me. He is very much getting involved.
Was just asking on here for other options and experiences lol! Thank you[/quote]
Glad to hear it OP!
There will be a solution, I know I would help out even a vague acquaintance or neighbour in similar circumstances. DH and I live further from family than you too so I know it is complicated.

@mumofmunchkin oh we would absolutely call them, of course we would! There’s no doubt about that… however it would in essence be around 4 hours before I got to a hospital! So was just seeing the other options!
I may also ask about a planned inducement or something that way once I go I atleast I know once I leave it’s with a baby so no waste journey!
Unfortunately with my daughter my mum drove 2.5 hours from Devon at 10pm when I went to labour for then to send me straight home and I didnt need to go back for over a week so she had to go home and come back… which I know can’t be helped or course! Just isn’t ideal…

@Arecklessmanor yeah I would.
However I don’t feel overly comfortable leaving my children with a stranger of which atm that’s what they are as we have only just moved but maybe in time it could be a solution for sure!