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Me and the wife went camping in our outwell tent in 2009 when she was 8 months pregnant,we had a week in cornwall 262 miles away from home then a week in devon on the way back and she was fine,we just made a note of postcodes for hospitals near to where we were camping that had maternity units and a couple more hospitals on route so that we could divert if needed...

Our little man Spencer was 18months old yesterday hence we've had to move up from a tent to a trailer tent this year for the extra space as last year when he was nearly one it was getting a bit cramped for space lol ...

Not having done a 9 month pregnancy i wouldn't dare leave home for a holiday 4 weeks before my due date lol.

Agree with Tina that the incubator would get in the way lol.

It sounds like you already have children and have camped before so only you know if you can camp that close to your due date :)

See how you feel nearer the time, you might not be up for it then. As others mentioned go prepared incase little one does make a suprise early showing (mine did )As well as medical notes and bags for hosp consider what you will need to transport baby home if they did appear early eg car seat etc

I'm a mum of four and two of my babies came early and two of them came late!!  With number 4 I missed out on an all expenses paid weekend at a hotel which was scheduled a few days before due date - was I fed up when she didn't arrive  and to add insult to injury I had to be induced 10 days later.

It might be easy Alison as long as you can take along an anaethatist to put your epidural in, so you can sit there quite pain free until its time to pushhhh!

Alteratively, you could watch 'One Born Every Minute' on channel 4 at 9pm tonight, to get an idea of what labour and delivery is really like lol! 

Julia

In principle I think you should go, but the only thing that would worry me is how fast they can sometimes arrive.

One of my friends gave birth in their car, parked by Brighton racecourse, as she couldn't keep the impatient baby in for the last mile or two to the hospital, another one made it with only 15 minutes to spare. My friend's DiL had hers in a taxi - she was on her way back home to get her bag after her waters had broken at a party.

Still, I think it's good to get them used to camping early and you can't get much earlier than being born in a tent.