Hi there, just wondering if someone could help me out, I’m pregnant with baby #7 and I’m 36 week i live and hour and a half away from our closet hospital I had an appointment today with a dr who wants to induce me at 39 weeks and 3 days, I’m sorta stressing out as she doesn’t seem concerned about me coming in closer to a hospital, our nearest ambo is 40 mins away. I’m also being induced because there scared I will bleed out since she is my 7th. Just looking for some advice
Thanks
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Can you afford to stay in a hotel closer to the hospital? Only you can decide what you are comfortable with. Have you ever gone into labour early?
I used to live 3 hours from hospital and we always knew we had to stay closer to the hospital from 36 weeks or even earlier if there were complications. Depending how long your other births were I'm very surprised your Dr hasn't insisted you stay closer to the hospital. I know of women only an hour away that had to stay closer. It probably should have been organised sooner but if you tell your Dr your concerns and the maths of it all plus remind her how quick your fastest delivery was (assuming it must be reasonably fast if this is #7) and ask her for a PATS form to cover accommodation.
Most hospitals have accommodation available or you are able to apply to have your accommodation reimbursed
I live an hour and a half away from my closest hospital and 40 mins from our nearest ambos. I stayed home until the day of my scheduled c-section for baby number 4 at 39 weeks and plan on doing the same when we go back for baby number 5 except I’m 700 km from the hospital I have to go to and might go up a day or so in advance. My 3 older children were all early but with baby number 4 no inklings were had that birth was imminent so I was leaving the coziness of home for anyone.
So you would stay 700kms away from the hospital until 39 weeks? That is crazy. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.
Technically I’m 130km from a hospital, the hospital that I have to go to to have my next child is 700km away becasue I live in a small town and they won’t do any more c-sections after the 3rd unless it’s an emergency situation. If everything goes well with my next pregnancy yes I will stay 700 kms away from the hospital for as long as I can. As I have children with special needs and I will have to get them a nanny for the time I am away becasue my mother is so involved in my little siblings lives even though they’re adults (apparently my sister needs a taxi driver even though she could have had a license for the last six years but has chosen not to) to even think about doing me a favour and staying with my kids for 2 weeks whilst I travel and give birth. Becasue everyone of my other siblings is more important than I am. She wouldn’t take time off work to have them the last time I had a baby it’s very doubtful she’ll do it next time. But she’s quite happy to take time off work when my little sister has her first baby (she did not do this for me) even though she has a husband who will be home with her the whole time. So yes. I will stay at home right until my partner and I have to actually be there. That’s my choice and this lady is also able to choose and make her choice. Based on what ever reasons she has. Being 130 kms from a hospital isn’t a problem unless she has quick labour’s and then she probably should be close to the hospital she’s supposed to be at.
If I had to be close to the hospital for medical reasons I would of course make sure I was close to the hospital I needed to be at. Giving birth alone if my partner couldn’t be there on time if I had to be.
We never had a choice, we were basically kicked out of town spot on 36 weeks by our towns nurse. It was a nurse only town though, no hospital so she wasn't dealing with babies being born there, although there have been a few born there over the years, mostly premature births. Someone had a baby die in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, very early though so nobody can say if the outcome would have been different if she was born in hospital. I just can't imagine staying so far from a hospital or a Dr being ok with it. If that's the only hospital that can do c sections I would want to be close to it.
If you’re struggling so much without family support and kids with special needs, why keep having more babies?
Are you already pregnant or planning baby number 5?
Because she is a loving mother who wants another baby. The more the merrier and the more love.what a super mum!
Just hope her special needs kids get everything they need.
She didn’t say she was struggling.
Needing help while being in hospital is hardly everyday struggling.
WOW I’d be asking to go in at 38 weeks. Tell him you are very worried and anxious about it. Especially being your 7th it may be very quick.