https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 11:06:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192913 Thu, 28 May 2015 22:49:24 +0000 Mrs. J 2192913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked up until my due date, and he came 10 days later, after 3 days of labor and they broke my water. Needless to say, wasn't worried about either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192907 Thu, 28 May 2015 22:44:00 +0000 matador84 2192907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Speaking from experience :silly: if I were to have more children, which I probably will not because of what happened to me...I would probably still work up to my due date. I went 40 weeks with LO1, and 37 I think weigh lo2. It wouldn't have mattered if I was 5 minutes from a hospital (which I was def less than 10) I might not have made it anyway and I'm not sure I would want to take my baby days when I don't have a baby yet.</p> <p>If I had a long commute or was far away from a hospital I would be probably just be like sign me up for a home birth (which is totally not my style personally at all). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192835 Thu, 28 May 2015 21:23:02 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2192835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't concerned about either. You'd have to have a super fast labor to deliver on the roadside and water breaking at work really wouldn't be that big of a deal to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192733 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:22:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2192733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Company policy was for women to start their mat leave two weeks before their due date, so I knew there wasn't much risk of my water breaking there. But I did get stuck in traffic on a bridge a few days before my due date and started having contractions. I started going through all my options if it actually was labor- traffic was literally not moving. I decided I would call 911 and have a police escort to the hospital or have the cops drive me and leave the car in the breakdown lane. :) false alarm but I liked having a plan. </p> <p>As it was Labor started early on a Sunday morning, two days before due date, and my water broke in the hospital less than two hours before she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192695 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:03:42 +0000 cascademom 2192695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Work is closer to the hospital, so having it happen there would have been okay. With J, my water bag stuck out slightly interfering with cervical checks during labor. I pushed some of it out on the way to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192670 Thu, 28 May 2015 19:46:37 +0000 JenGirl 2192670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work on a hospital. So I'm not really worried about the either option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192614 Thu, 28 May 2015 19:10:47 +0000 regberadaisy 2192614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water breaking. My hospital is literally 20 minutes from anywhere I would be so the chances are slim for delivering on the side of the road! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192596 Thu, 28 May 2015 18:59:40 +0000 mrsjyw 2192596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: def thought the same and had the same choice in mind! </p> <p>My boss last time I was pregnant was afraid of my water breaking at work and insisted I work from home from 35 weeks on! :P</p> <p>I have a flex schedule now, so I'll probably do the same this time too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192485 Thu, 28 May 2015 18:02:10 +0000 lawbee11 2192485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol I thought this was going to be a "would you rather..." and I was definitely going to say have my water break at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192481 Thu, 28 May 2015 18:00:31 +0000 Truth Bombs 2192481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My office was actually closer to the hospital than my house so delivering on the side of the road certainly wasn't a risk. And I wasn't really worried about my water breaking at work... Only something like 11% of women have labor start with their water breaking. As it turned out I went into labor at 9:30pm and just texted work to let them know I wouldn't be back. Ha! </p> <p>My husband did try to tell me that if I went into labor at the office I had to wait for him to come get me because he didn't want anyone else taking me to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192370 Thu, 28 May 2015 16:08:26 +0000 MrsBucky 2192370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Yup- I felt weird about work knowing I was in labor before anyone else, since my contractions started in the middle of the night, so I just... wasn't on my morning calls. I didn't call to let family know I was in labor because by the time it was a decent hour to call, I was deep in active labor. My BIL (who works for the same company) found out first that the baby was coming because my teammates said something to him! Anyway, I was in labor for 14 hours at home before ever going into the hospital... and it 22 hours total from start to finish. And I think that's about average/ on the short side? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192344 Thu, 28 May 2015 16:00:55 +0000 Boogs 2192344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water breaking at work would concern me less than delivering on the side of the road. My water broke while out to lunch and all we could do was laugh about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192342 Thu, 28 May 2015 16:00:28 +0000 BSB 2192342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: I originally wrote the question as a would you rather but realized that everyone would probably not want to deliver on the side of the road. Ha! The title of the thread and what I wrote is probably causing the different responses. It's okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192341 Thu, 28 May 2015 16:00:13 +0000 travellingbee 2192341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I never was concerned since it was my first baby and I expected it to take a while and it did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192340 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:58:00 +0000 BSB 2192340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBucky: Yeah, I was thinking that there would be more time to either drive to a hospital. Or I would have contractions early on that would make me stay home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192336 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:57:12 +0000 lovehoneybee 2192336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I'm not concerned about my water breaking at work. Maybe I should be, but a) I work with a lot of women, and b) I had to have my water broken at 9cm last time. Not that this time will be the same, but it's what I have to go on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192335 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:56:54 +0000 Anya 2192335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think @bluestriped bee: was asking which would you rather, I think she was listing possible things that can happen when you don't have an early leave.. But I can't imagine how breaking your water at work wouldn't be the preferred of the two! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192333 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:55:10 +0000 MrsBucky 2192333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked from home the last week and a half, but not because I was worried- more because the commute was too difficult when I felt like I had an infant skull so low in my pelvis- it was just too difficult to walk! Most labors aren't that fast, so you would have plenty of time to get home. And I think only 10 or 15% of labors start with the water breaking--- mine didn't break until less than an hour before he was born! Plus, the majority of labors start at nighttime, so you're more likely to be home anyway.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192326 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:52:07 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2192326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd rather have my water break at work. In fact, my water broke when we were at a restaurant with DD1 :-) I'd rather have that happen than have to deliver without drugs or a medical professional around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192323 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:51:06 +0000 Anya 2192323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked past my due date and I was never worried about delivering on the side of the road. It would have had to be an unrealistically short labor. After my due date passed I did vaguely worry about my water breaking at work but at that point I was already bringing a hospital bag with me so I would have had a change of clothes if need be. I did start contractions at work but wasn't in active labor until the next morning and my water never broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192318 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:48:52 +0000 Ginabean3 2192318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would rather have my water break at work! Embarrassing, yes, but at least I would be surrounded by kind coworkers instead of alone in my car. Also my commute was horrendous and LA traffic is so unpredictable and horrible that I would probably go into a full blown panic attack if it happened in the car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192315 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:47:53 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2192315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd arrange to work from home for the week leading up to my due date. I know not everyone has that option, but I would definitely worry about not making it in time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/deliver-on-the-side-of-the-road-or-have-your-water-break-at-work#post-2192278 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:45:00 +0000 BSB 2192278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have to work up until your due date, are you concerned about delivering on the side of the road or having your water break at work?</p> <p>My coworker took her mat leave early so she doesn't have to worry about delivering on the side of the road. (She has a 1.5 hr commute). </p>