Traveling to the baby shower...

SissynJitters

I feel like I read a post about this before - but haven't been able to find it.  It's a ten hour drive to my hometown.  My mom really wants to throw me a shower in January, and I am so thankful for her offer.  However, I feel that riding 10 hours in the car when I'm 30 weeks pregnant is going to be awful.  Plus, we are planning on going up there for Christmas just a few weeks beforehand.  My mom said that she doesn't mind having it right before the Christmas, but I think that will just be too crazy and too much.   I told my mom not to worry about it ( I really don't want her to stress out over this) but she really wants to plan one for me. 

Is 26-30 weeks too early to have a shower? Is anyone else dealing with long distance travel for their baby shower?  Do you know when it is planned for?