traveling at 35 weeks?

[piriandtanya]

My family and i want to go to chicago from may 2nd to the 6th, but we live in colorado. Thats a 12 to 14 hour drive but i'll be 35 weeks by then and i was wondering if my doctor will let me go and i really want to go because i'm going to have my baby shower over there, but im scared to what the doctor will say.

[hjkj2013]

Make sure to take frequent (like hourly) pit stops so you don't get crampy. And bring a hot water bottle or some kind of portable heating pad for your back, hips, pelvis, etc because you're going to hurt...and walk a lil bit each time you stop so your legs don't swell too bad with all the sitting.

[BrittanyNicolee]

Not just route the hospitals also look for the ones that deliever babies because some hospitals don't

[Cornpones]

It's going to be a very uncomfortable car ride. I wouldn't put that stress on you and the baby so close to your due date. I traveled at 20 weeks and 27 weeks. Each ride was 7-12 hours because we had to stop so much, I was hurting from sitting/laying so long. I had spotting and bleeding from it. Never doing that again. Have a back-up plan and route all the hospitals along your route if you decide to go. Good luck.