I've just been looking at a website that has stats on all the different hospitals in my state & have found the best one within a reasonable distance to me has a 41% VBAC rate. I worry though, is an hour too far from the hospital? My labours have been longish (36hrs & 12hrs before the caesareans) so that's not so much of a concern, I just worry about having to be in the car that long.
My hospital was 1hr away and I never gave birth in the car on the way there Out here women have to drive up to 3hrs to get to their hospital so distance is a non-event out here. I have been in the car during heavy contractions and it's not been a drama for me. You make yourself as comfortable as you can and deal with it. I think that you would be fine if you decide to go to that hospital.
I have a choice of 2 hospitals, one is a 10-15 minute drive away and the other is 20-30. Id prefer the furthest one because it has better maternity suite but im thinking ill go to the closest i just dont want to be mucking around when i go into labour.
theres a hospital 5 minutes from where ill be staying in Perth but i refuse to go there, so its going to take me between 30mins to an Hour just to get to hospital when im in labour, same hospital i had DS at, and well worth the trip.
My hossy is 35mins away and I am so glad I didn't decide to go a little further north to Port Macquarie, which is 1hr 15 mins away (even more atm with so many road works!). 35mins was definately long enough for me, especailly with DH driving like a crazy man!!!
Oh I probably should add my first labour was only 4 hrs so got intense very quickly! They say you generally have faster labours the more children you have (although that is a generalisation!), I am thinking this one will be even faster and harder so the less time in the car the better
Last edited by Tiff+2; November 29th, 2009 at 07:52 PM.
: Added labour time
How far away is your hospital?
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Out here women have to drive up to 3hrs to get to their hospital so distance is a non-event out here. I have been in the car during heavy contractions and it's not been a drama for me. You make yourself as comfortable as you can and deal with it. I think that you would be fine if you decide to go to that hospital.
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