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[quote=Anonymous]My parents bought a one-way ticket for a week before my due date, but DC1 ended up arriving 12 days early.  They ended up staying until DC was 6 weeks old (so they were here for about 5 weeks total I think), but stayed with my sister until DH went back to work (he was home for 2 weeks) and then stayed at my sister's over the weekends, and with us during the week so I would have help when DH was at work (it's possible my dad did not stay the whole 6 weeks, I honestly can't remember right now).  DC had breastfeeding issues and I had to triple feed and it honestly would have been impossible without the extra hands.  It ended up being longer than we had initially anticipated, but since they could go to my sister's part of the time, it worked out well (she lives about 40 minutes away and has 3 kids who were happy for grandparent time).

For DC2 due this summer, I'm really hoping they'll be able to come in advance and watch DC1 when I go to the hospital, and then do the same thing where they stay at sister's until DH goes back to work, but hopefully we also move by then and are in a house with a guest room rather than a 2-bedroom condo.[/quote]

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