When did u stop going out by yourself towards the end of pregnancy? - Page 3

Meredith2010 · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:48 PM

Nope, never stopped going out on my own. Hubby just always made sure he was within an hours drive or so during the last couple of weeks and started driving to work rather than getting a lift as he usually did, so he had a car if he needed it.

As everyone else has said, it's not like one second you're find and then the next you're in full blown labour and about to have a baby. I went into town shopping on my own (well ok, to get a McDonalds!) when I was 5 days overdue - it never occurred to me not to. Even if you go into labour when you are out somewhere then you'd just get yourself to a hospital - easy!

babycrazy1706 · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:52 PM

i guess i'm just thinkin it's gonna be like the movies where the womans waters break in the middle of the night and she wakes up her husband screaming and he's panicking to get to the hospital so he falls down the stairs, drops all the bags. etc and then he's driving eratically running red lights trying to get there before baby comes out in the car. lol

darkangel1981 · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:54 PM

never.. are you suppose to?? lol

I made the most of my time off, maybe doing too much, my blood pressure didn't thank me for it. I used to get in the car and struggle to get out at the other end lol... i used to have to get big parking spaces.

babyhopesxx · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:54 PM

I never stopped going out on my own either. With DS2 i went swimming a few days before he was born and with DS2 i went for a walk round Tesco when i was in labour and having contractions. lol.

Like everyone else said it's very unlikely you'll go into labour when your out anyway

babyhopesxx · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by babycrazy1706

i guess i'm just thinkin it's gonna be like the movies where the womans waters break in the middle of the night and she wakes up her husband screaming and he's panicking to get to the hospital so he falls down the stairs, drops all the bags. etc and then he's driving eratically running red lights trying to get there before baby comes out in the car. lol

ok some women have very quick labours but it's not something that you should stress about too much.

Loozle · Apr 13th, 2012, 12:59 PM

I didn't stop going out alone. I went to my midwife appointment for my sweep at 40+5 alone, had to do school runs, shopping etc

alette · Apr 13th, 2012, 13:13 PM

Early on in my pregnancy I thought that I would have started staying home... I recall when I was like 12 weeks or so seeing one of my FB friends who was 39 weeks was taking her dogs to the state park (45 minutes from here) for the day, alone, and I remembered thinking it was crazy of her to do because "she could go into labor at any moment!" Then when I got to that point in MY pregnancy, I realized how naive I had been.. I still went out and did whatever I wanted by myself because, hey, labor wasn't anywhere in sight. I would have actually been happy had SOMETHING happened while I was out and about..

lozzy21 · Apr 13th, 2012, 14:07 PM

I dident plan on stopping. I was at the pub (drinking milk cos I had horrible heartburn) 3 times in the week before she was born but she did decide to come 5 weeks early.

hubblybubbly · Apr 13th, 2012, 14:10 PM

I didn't stop going out by myself, I live on my own 50% of the time so I'd have been stranded! However I did feel much more able to do things in the later stages of pregnancy than I thought I would. Kind of imagined I'd be a beached whale, but I really wasn't!

holdonslowdow · Apr 13th, 2012, 14:13 PM

I tried to stop going out, just in case, but I was extremely restless! I promised my OH I'd stay home 38+3 and I ended up walking around our mall for a few hours... My water broke 12 hrs later.

I'm just glad it didn't happen while out!

Apr 13th, 2012, 12:48 PM	#21
Meredith2010 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,310	Nope, never stopped going out on my own. Hubby just always made sure he was within an hours drive or so during the last couple of weeks and started driving to work rather than getting a lift as he usually did, so he had a car if he needed it. As everyone else has said, it's not like one second you're find and then the next you're in full blown labour and about to have a baby. I went into town shopping on my own (well ok, to get a McDonalds!) when I was 5 days overdue - it never occurred to me not to. Even if you go into labour when you are out somewhere then you'd just get yourself to a hospital - easy!

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Apr 13th, 2012, 12:52 PM	#22
babycrazy1706 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,507	i guess i'm just thinkin it's gonna be like the movies where the womans waters break in the middle of the night and she wakes up her husband screaming and he's panicking to get to the hospital so he falls down the stairs, drops all the bags. etc and then he's driving eratically running red lights trying to get there before baby comes out in the car. lol

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darkangel1981 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,667	never.. are you suppose to?? lol I made the most of my time off, maybe doing too much, my blood pressure didn't thank me for it. I used to get in the car and struggle to get out at the other end lol... i used to have to get big parking spaces.

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Apr 13th, 2012, 12:54 PM	#24
babyhopesxx Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 1,935	I never stopped going out on my own either. With DS2 i went swimming a few days before he was born and with DS2 i went for a walk round Tesco when i was in labour and having contractions. lol. Like everyone else said it's very unlikely you'll go into labour when your out anyway

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Apr 13th, 2012, 12:59 PM	#26
Loozle Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 573	I didn't stop going out alone. I went to my midwife appointment for my sweep at 40+5 alone, had to do school runs, shopping etc

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Apr 13th, 2012, 13:13 PM	#27
alette Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 548	Early on in my pregnancy I thought that I would have started staying home... I recall when I was like 12 weeks or so seeing one of my FB friends who was 39 weeks was taking her dogs to the state park (45 minutes from here) for the day, alone, and I remembered thinking it was crazy of her to do because "she could go into labor at any moment!" Then when I got to that point in MY pregnancy, I realized how naive I had been.. I still went out and did whatever I wanted by myself because, hey, labor wasn't anywhere in sight. I would have actually been happy had SOMETHING happened while I was out and about..

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Apr 13th, 2012, 14:07 PM	#28
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,598	I dident plan on stopping. I was at the pub (drinking milk cos I had horrible heartburn) 3 times in the week before she was born but she did decide to come 5 weeks early.

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Apr 13th, 2012, 14:10 PM	#29
hubblybubbly Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South West, UK Posts: 2,104	I didn't stop going out by myself, I live on my own 50% of the time so I'd have been stranded! However I did feel much more able to do things in the later stages of pregnancy than I thought I would. Kind of imagined I'd be a beached whale, but I really wasn't!

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Apr 13th, 2012, 14:13 PM	#30
holdonslowdow Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New Jersey, US Posts: 273	I tried to stop going out, just in case, but I was extremely restless! I promised my OH I'd stay home 38+3 and I ended up walking around our mall for a few hours... My water broke 12 hrs later. I'm just glad it didn't happen while out!

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