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[quote=Anonymous]We had a 39 week induction scheduled with my parents planning to come the day before. They live a 5ish hour drive away.

But, in case we didn't make it to the induction date, we had a kind of layered backup plan. If labor came, first call was to my parents. They were literally keeping an overnight bag in the car at all times and would immediately get on the road.

If it was daytime, second call was to a childless couple that we're very close with who live about 30 mins away. They had a lot of flexibility and could hold down the fort until my parents arrive (so, max 5 hours).

If it was the middle of the night, we had our next door neighbors sleeping with their phones on starting at like 36 weeks so that if we needed to go-go-go, one of them could come and sleep on our couch with our son asleep upstairs. They have a kid of their own though and not a ton of flexibility, but being right next door, they were good for a night emergency.

So patching stuff together worked well for us. Though we ended up making it to induction. [/quote]

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