Well it depends, then, how far away he'll be. Will he be further than he would be while he is at work? I suppose, though, when you've been drinking you do sleep more heavily, so he might not hear the phone.
If you had such a quick labour last time, maybe it's not a great idea for him to stray too far from home for an all-nighter. I'd say he should go out drinking, but he shouldn't stay out all night long. There's no harm in coming home by 12. It is a little bit of a limitation, but since you're sacrificing 9 months without alcohol ... Also, coming home by 12 means he can't drink all night long. I wouldn't want a wasted man by my side stinking of beer when I'm in labour, that's for sure.
I wouldn't considering how fast your previous labour was. Life does go on but this is about PRIORITIES!
If he must go, I think he needs to be contactable and also able to get to the hospital when he's needed (i.e. he can go out but not get so p!ssed that he can't drive).
I wouldn't and don't have a problem with it - having said that though, he knows that regardless of how much he has drunk and what time it is, I need to be able to contact him so if he was going to drink so much or sleep so heavily he wouldn't answer it might be different. Last weekend (I was 389 weeks that day ) we went to a Grand Final BBQ down on the coast - a drive of at least over an hour to our hospital..... he said Oh I'm not taking beers with me because I will have to drive.. well guess who drove him home later that night! AND I was having major back pain all night! ah the things we do for the ones we love!
Up to you really hun but I would make sure that there is some way you can be in contact if you need to.
Drinking that late on was outlawed in our household.
There was no way I was going to have a drunk in the labour ward with me. I really can't think of anything worse than going through that with him standing next to me reeking of Jim Beam.
My DF was happy to go along with it. This rule only came into force when I hit 37 weeks.
I was however a little paranoid about drinking and pregnancy because of the story of a girl I used to work with.
She got pre eclampsia which very quickly went into eclampsia. She was in a lot of pain as her organs were starting to be affected and all her drunk husband could say to her was - it can't be the baby it's way too early, it must be something you've eaten. Fair enough she was only in the second tri. Her mum came and took her to hossy (1. because he didn't think there was anything wrong & 2. because he was way to drunk to be behind the wheel) and she had an emergency c section soon after while he was sleeping it off at home. I think he just might've copped an earful when she recovered many weeks later.
I would let Adam, but he isnt a big drinker, and is very reliable.
But when I had Kane, a mum came in around midnight, ( I was in the nursery pumping!) in full labour, followed later by a drunk partner. He was a complete pain in the a$$. He was noisy, woke up babies, and the nurses had to kick him out of the whole hospital and call security to keep him away.... how charming... and something to consider if your DH will be drunk....
purple - we are the same.
DH isnt a big drinker and very responsible when he does.
They arent nights of benders.. it think just a chance to see his mates before bub arrives (as he knows then,,, mmmmm these nights will be few and far between!)
HELL NO!!!! 1) wanted him around in case i went into labout 2) didnt want a drunk in the room with me 3) alcohol on breath and coming out of skin and clothes would have made me sick, 4) if i had to go through pain he could cope with missing a few drinking sessions.
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) we went to a Grand Final BBQ down on the coast - a drive of at least over an hour to our hospital..... he said Oh I'm not taking beers with me because I will have to drive.. well guess who drove him home later that night! AND I was having major back pain all night! 
ah the things we do for the ones we love! 
it was celebratory drinks apparently 
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