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post #1 of 38
11/8/06 at 12:56pm
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I'm just curious. All of the lay midwifes in our area are in the rural areas and a good hour away. I still want a homebirth but it sure makes going to apt.s interesting?
post #2 of 38
11/8/06 at 1:02pm
Mine's an hour away.
post #3 of 38
11/8/06 at 1:05pm
When DD was born they were forty minutes away. Now we've moved and they are closer an hour, maybe a bit more.
post #4 of 38
11/8/06 at 1:25pm
Mine was about 2hr15min away. We went to her though, rather than her coming here because she can't be this far out if she has another mom start labor.
post #5 of 38
11/8/06 at 2:24pm
about 10 minutres, which was good because my last labor was less than
3 hrs! from first ctrx to baby....
I called her at 130am, told her "pretty soon". She came in 20 minutes
baby was born at 248am. My doula was also only 10 minutes away.
post #6 of 38
11/8/06 at 2:26pm
In midday traffic, my mw was about 45 minutes, door to door. If she had had to come here during rush hour, the time would probably have been about doulbe that. In theory, with no traffic, it should only be about 30 minutes, but the roads around here (Atlanta) offer no guarantees. The night I was in labor, it took her nearly an hour to get here because there was a wreck! At 4:30 am or so!
post #7 of 38
11/8/06 at 2:45pm
20 minutes if she's in the office, 30 minutes if she's at home...
post #8 of 38
11/8/06 at 4:21pm
My mw is a solid 3hrs from me. So far, our appointments have been at another midwife's house, whom she is working with as reciprical backup, and at another expectant mom's house and one at ours. Our next one will be at her house. I'm not concerned about her getting here in time for the birth, I should be so lucky.
post #9 of 38
11/8/06 at 4:26pm
About 45- 1 hour away & our doula is about 2 hours away.
post #10 of 38
11/8/06 at 4:58pm
1.5 hours away but she usually makes it a bit earlier if theres no traffic.
post #11 of 38
11/8/06 at 6:30pm
Mine is about 20 minutes away. Which is good since my labor with dd was 2 hours from first contraction to baby!!
post #12 of 38
11/8/06 at 6:44pm
Mine is 40-45 minutes away.
post #13 of 38
11/8/06 at 6:45pm
Mine was about 45 minutes away. I called about 20 minutes after I woke up and she arrived maybe 15 minutes before DD did.
post #14 of 38
11/8/06 at 6:50pm
Mine was 45 minutes away.

Now i have to find a new one as we have moved and have no clue yet at to the distance.
post #15 of 38
11/8/06 at 10:29pm
Mine is about 45 minutes away. My doula is about 30 minutes away.
post #16 of 38
11/8/06 at 11:22pm
They were almost 1.5 hours away. It seemed far at first, but we were able do some shopping and get Mexican food in the bigger towns along the way, so we enjoyed our trips from our rural village to theirs.
post #17 of 38
11/8/06 at 11:33pm
30-40 minutes away, I think. And my doula is about the same.
post #18 of 38
11/8/06 at 11:44pm
My first MW will be flying in from Belize
My second is 2hours away
my third attendant is an hour away (she's not a MW)
post #19 of 38
11/8/06 at 11:55pm
Mine's an hour and 10 minutes away.
post #20 of 38
11/9/06 at 6:04pm
Two hours assuming traffic is not a problem.
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