Re: 1.5 hour trip to hospital - likely to be a problem?

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>>Hi Anna
>>I live about an hour from the hospital where I had my first baby and it
>>wasn't a problem since I didn't start really laboring until I got to the
>>hospital (my water had broke and I was just having mild crampy
>>contractions). We had plenty of time to get there and get
>>situated....they ended up giving me pitocin to speed things up since it
>>was going quite slow (not unusual for first pregnancies, I guess).
>>Chances are you'll have lots of time to get there....if you're feeling
>>overwhelmed with the possibility of NOT getting there on time (or
>>comfortably) my friend asked her doctor to induce her so that she could
>>plan things better (We live in Maine and she was due in winter...very
>>slow driving and traveling at times).

Anna-

I would make sure your hospital and or dr knows that you live so far away from the hospital. A lot of hospitals will send you home if you aren't in active labor, but they might give you a break being so far away from the hospital. Maybe if you are in the early stages of labor they would give you pitocin or just let you stay and be monitored. Also, if your dr knows you have quite a journey to the hospital, he might give you a better idea of when you should come in i.e. "I want you to come in as soon as you feel this..."

Good Luck! I'm glad I only have a 15 minute drive :P!

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Jenn

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