How far away is your hospital?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Only 15 minutes away, and I still didn't make it Extremely quick labour.

hehe.... with you on that one... so not looking forward to #2... hehe the back ache comes and i'm in

[smiles4u]

I gave birth only 39mins after arriving at the hospital (fast labour here too ) ....

... i was lucky the hospital was only a 5min drive from home

[ubba82]

I had a choice of 2 hospitals. One is about 25 mins and the other 30 -40 mins. We chose the one futher away casue that is where I had my other 2.

[madamerogers]

mine is 15 mins away
i had ds there and dh said i can get there in 5 mins if you need
no thanks honey.....15 mins is quick enough

[Amaunet]

Mine was 7 minutes away...and that included driving thru Macca's to get a coffee for DH Not that it would have mattered, I didn't have any cx for a few hours after my waters broke (mec stained so had to go straight in).

If the private hossy here stopped delivering babies, I wouldn't hesitate to drive an hour to the next closest. I think it's important that you have faith and confidence in the facility and staff to whom you are entrusting yourself and your child.

[Traveller]

The hospital where I had my twins was an hour away...the main problem this presented was I left for hospital too early resulting in a stalled labour. I got there in the end without drugs but if I had been cared for by doctors rather than midwives I feel certain synto would have been recommended. That is always a danger when the hospital is far away, you either leave too early and labour stops, or you leave too late and risk giving birth by the roadside.

I would be concerned about a 41% VBAC rate though, that seems very low. I am sure the hospitals here aim for 60% - 70% successful VBAC's.

[Daydream Believer]

Ours is 45mins-an hour depending on traffic

[phynna]

st arnaud, about 25 mins away wont take a first timer

Maryborough, almost 40 mins also wont take a first timer

Bendigo about 103 km, 1 hour away, say i'm outside of their catchment area and have to go to melbourne 3 hours away instead (?)

Ballarat about 1 hour 15 mins, well i'm too far away for bendigo so ballarat is out of the question too

Melbourne 3 hours in labour? Forget it. I'm having our baby at home now :-)