when should in-laws visit after baby #2?

[Anonymous]

An issue for me was that I didn't feel comfortable having my inlaws around when I was trying to learn how to breastfeed. For this and other reasons, privacy after giving birth was very important to me. Having my mom around was one thing, but having my inlaws was totally different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm I see it's okay for the mom's parents to be around but not the inlaws? Sorry it has to be even--can understand no visitors but not just one set. It's this kind of attitude that make moms to be worried about having a son because in the back of your mind there is the knowledge that you get cut off after son marries.

Don't be a condescending, crazy, know-it-all mother in law and you should be fine!!!

My mom hasn't lost my brother - she's a great mother in law. In fact, they prefer her over the maternal grandmother.

MY MIL, on the other hand, is a whack job. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Just fyi, if you are planning on breastfeeding, stress can impact your supply.

In my case, it was with my mother and stepfather who came to visit when db was 4 w/o. My milk supply totally dried up. Once they left, it came back.

Those first 6 weeks are hard enough that you should only have visitors who enhance your family's comfort and well-being. Period.