Transport to hospital when in labour?

[Stardust127]

Hi

I’m currently 33+5 weeks and I’m sorting out all the logistics in terms of the birth/labour.

Me and my husband don’t drive and have no nearby support or anyone that could drive me to the hospital when I go into labour. I’ve called a couple of local taxi companies to ask if they’d be happy to take a person in labour to the hospital, one company the lady was very sweet and said of course, but did clarify that it depends who is working when I call so basically I could be told no, it really depends on the discretion of the employee working at the time basically. The next company I called it was an outright and sharp ‘no’.

Although it’s a possibility at any time day or night I don’t fancy getting the train or bus during labour. It’s at least an hour journey. I’ve read that if you call an ambulance they will tell you to make your own way to the hospital unless the baby is literally coming out there and then.

im high risk so i need to absolutely be on the labour ward at the hospital. I’m starting to panic a bit.

thank you for reading and any advice x

I don’t disagree that it’s a good skill to have but, it’s not a helpful comment when OP is 8 months pregnant

What an odd thing to say - “who’s going to support you?” Obviously, the husband will. Isn’t that what most people do?

@MamaagainJuly2026 Well her partner needs to get on with it! It’s ok for city folk but us in the country don’t have uber or buses. Taxis can never find my house! So we believe in being reliant upon no one in terms of transport. Yes, dc do miss out with no car in the family.

It sounds like OP lives somewhere with access to buses, trains and taxis though.

Why have you assumed that the OP is a country folk 😂 She has literally said taxi's, buses and trains are very regular.

You are getting very annoyed for someone who hasn't bothered to RTFT