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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!

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.

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....

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.

No I never was concerned since it was my first baby and I expected it to take a while and it did!

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.

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!

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.

@lawbee11: def thought the same and had the same choice in mind!

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!

I have a flex schedule now, so I'll probably do the same this time too!

I work on a hospital. So I'm not really worried about the either option.

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.

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.

Speaking from experience 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.

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).