Childcare during delivery
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My toddler will be at my mums house I think, she works from home and has my sister at home who will be able to help and keep an eye on her, that’s the one place where my girl can go and it won’t effect anyone’s work/shift patterns between any of the grandparents given we don’t know when I will be in/out. I’m going to try my hardest to spend the least amount of time in the hospital because I just want to get back to my first baby 😅 I miss her so much when I’m not with her!xx
Mother in law is having ours for about a week from the day before I go in to be induced :) but will be taking it day by day as to how the labour progresses and my recovery. Obviously if I'm home earlier we will have her home sooner x
We have no family that live near us. My mum is coming to stay for 2 weeks (travelling from Devon) a week before and after my due date. If baby comes outside of that 2 weeks who knows! We would be scrambling to try and find a friend or someone who may either be able to watch our son or come with me to the hospital so I’m not giving birth on my own! It’s so difficult when you have other kids and no family nearby! I thought it was bad enough with finding a dog sitter last time 🤣
We have no family around. My friend will come over to stay with my daughter at ours on the day I have to go in. This will allow hubby to accompany me. My sister will be travelling on the following day & will be staying with us for a week. Just today, I had a growth scan, and I was advised to consider induction due to baby being the small side + other preexisting health conditions I have. I was planing on spontaneous birth, like last time, but this got me thinking. It would be great if I could actually plan ahead & tell people who are helping when we need help. Not worrying about my older child would be a huge relief 💚
I have no family around either and I plan to hire a nanny so my husband can be with me. My mum planned to come and visit around my due date though, but if it happens before I won’t have another option but the nanny
He'll be between family for when I go in. If I have to stay in following birth, my partner will leave me and have him. He's my step son so there's a possibility of his mum having him but that's unreliable. Everytime I've had to go to triage my partner has stayed home with him so unless it's the actual birth I doubt he'll just hang around because we'd need the childcare!