subject: Pregnant? baby due in winter,emergency birth, giving birth during a blizzard [print this page] Pregnant? baby due in winter,emergency birth, giving birth during a blizzard
Are you a heavily Pregnant mum to be ? is your baby due this winter and you are worried in case you have to give birth if its snowing with icy conditions.
What if its an emergency? the birth of your baby is on its wayand you are stuck in the car in heavy snow. Giving birth during a blizzard without an ambulance is a real worry.
Here are 15 tipsto help youprepare for the worst labour conditions ever delivering a baby during a blizzard.
Baby birth due any time now! Winter Weather Worry take the stress out of getting to the hospital on time by planning ahead.
Babies come day or night,the worst time is winter when the big freeze happens or winter blizzards to tie up road blocks on motorways or major roads.
Sometimes the consultant wants you in now and then so you may have to call your partner to hurry along with your bags as you didnt expect this.
What happens if he gets stuck in the snow! or you have to travel miles away to the nearest maternity unit. takethese extra measures during the freezing weeks thats due ahead just in case.
1.puta bag of cat litter in the carboot. use itas grit to put under tyres if stuck.
2.A mobile phone charger that works with.keep a phone handy in the glove compartment.
3.2 wind up torces that dont use batteries.
4. Fll A large tuperware tub filled with warm blankets, gloves hats, scraves, wollies in case or emergency.keep in the car.
5.Fill a flask with hot soups on car journeys in bad weather get into the habbit even if baby isnt due quite yet.
6.put in a small shovel in case snowed in.
7. never leave your car to go for help if you get stuck in snow,stay there even if its overnight.
8. wear as many layers as you can when leaving the house to go on long car journeys in bad weather.
9.Always tell a friend or neighbour if travelling far and pregnant (nearly Due) especially in blizards just in case.
10.Keep Packets of dried food,dried,fruits,chocloate bars,cup a soups,cereal bars, are good to keep in the car a flask of boilding water can then be added for a quick meal.ie pot noodle.
11. get the cans of d- icer in the car,anti freeze in radiators now and check the spare tyres.Jump leads always carry a spare.get a scraper to remove ice of the windscreen,dont use your credit card.
12.Pack yours and baby's bag put it in the car ready.a pillow a towels,loose change for phone boxes to ring for relatives.
13.Get your larder packed full of tinned food incase the electrical wires go down and its hard to cook.
14.keep emergency numbers for the hospital in your car.
15.keep an empty petrol can in the boot but do not add petrol.
