by Sara McGinnis posted in Pregnancy

Driving yourself to the hospital while you're in labor can't be advisable, but I'll admit I did it.
During my first pregnancy, my water broke without warning when I was at home. My husband had only just left for work, and I waited 45 minutes for him to return with no more than what felt like a mild Braxton Hicks contraction passing through me.
With my second pregnancy, my water broke when I was out shopping with our 20-month-old toddler in tow. Again, I had nothing beyond mild contractions spaced long and intermittently apart -- so I went on about my day. We took lunch to my husband's work as planned, dropped the bomb it was go-time on baby two, then I drove home to put our firstborn down to nap.
My mother-in-law met me at our house just after our firstborn had fallen asleep. She was somewhat aghast at my plans to drive myself to the hospital, but as I was still feeling fine and it was under two miles away,  I insisted. The task was small and the peace of mind that my child -- unwittingly on the cusp of being a brand new big brother -- was happily napping, was invaluable. Turns out I have a famous counterpart in the getting behind the wheel while in labor category: mom-of-two Blake Lively.

She and husband Ryan Reynolds have been tweeting about her upcoming movie, A Simple Favor. In an attempt to lure secrets from his wife about what happens to her character, Emily, the actor sent this message:

You can tell me. We?re married. You once...