Advice please on when to stop driving.

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• EnglebertW_nkface

  Feb 25, 2008 11:34AM

  I carried on driving right up untill I had Millie. I think it depends how you sit behind the wheel and how big your bump is. I am quite tall so I sit quite along way back and my bump wasn't particularly big so I had no problem with being squashed up. I don't know of any safety issues as long as you can still reach the steering wheel!

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• louezz

  Feb 25, 2008 5:52PM

  I was driving up to about a week before I gave birth. The only reason I stopped was because I couldn't be arsed to go out by that point and certainly wasn't walking anywhere.
  
  The only thing that may have stopped me from driving was the fact that by that time there was only about an inch between my bump and the steering wheel so it worked out just fine!

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• emmum21and1dif

  Feb 25, 2008 6:00PM

  Thanks everyone, looks like my biggest problem will be space as i drive a audi tt convertible at the moment until I sell it so I would imagine getting in and out would be the worst, I will just have to se how it goes i think.
  
  Thanks.
  Em x
  

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• 3girlywhirlys

  Feb 25, 2008 8:46PM

  Hi i was driving right till the end i even went to my parents on the monday afternoon and i was in early labour! i didnt realise at the time though lol
  take care
  Lin

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• lj007

  Feb 26, 2008 4:58AM

  I drove myself to the hospital to get checked out and was in labour!!

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• BigMumma

  Feb 26, 2008 5:57AM

  it depends on personal preference, how safe you feel how comfortable you feel..........i drove up until 1 week before my due date (ended up 2 weeks late too) in the hope that walking absolutely everywhere would bring on labour but it didnt

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• no3bump

  Feb 26, 2008 7:23AM

  I drove up till i went into labour. I drove to my mums and then hubby drove to the hospital and my baby was born less than an hour later! I would do what you think is best and stop driving if you do feel comfortable. xxx

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• sugarsugar

  Feb 26, 2008 7:28AM

  I drove until the day before I had Ray..............however since then I have heard a story about a collision involving a family member, the other driver was heavily pregnant and it turned out that because of this she wasn't actually insured and shouldn't have been driving! So best to check with your insurance company I think....... you know what they are like, they will try anything to get out of paying out!

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• emmum21and1dif

  Feb 26, 2008 3:58PM

  OOh interesting thought there Ray's mum, must check with insurance.
  You independent girls hey, blimey, imagine if your waters break while you're driving! it's not that I don't want to drive it's the thought of a 45 mile hike each way that put me off a little getting so close, I will struggle if I can't get out once in a while in a car.
  
  Thanks
  Em x

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• mskene

  Feb 26, 2008 6:36PM

  i never thought about it to be honest with you, am the same as bedhead tall and didn't have a big bump so there was no problems! - i think i drove right up till the day i went into labour!

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• waiting4baby

  Feb 27, 2008 5:05PM

  i drove right until the end however with long trips i stopped at about 6 months i was just too tired and took the train instead where you don't have to concentrate and bump isn't so in the way. it's definitely personal preference really, you know how tired you feel or big etc.

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• SamanthaJ23

  Feb 28, 2008 6:59AM

  i'm only 4'10" and had a huge bump! so i stopped at about 7 and half months as my bump was almost touching the wheel and i thought a small crash or even breaking too hard may push the wheel into my bump so didn't want to risk it!

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