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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. We both had good parental leave policy at our current jobs, but this one in a lifetime opportunity for DH has changed our plans. This job will be demanding, and he likely won't be able to take off more than a couple days off, since EDD is less than a month from his start date.

Thank you all very much for sharing your experience. It sounds like I won't truly know how much I can do until/ unless I get to that point.

There's nothing indicating I might need a C-section, but emergency C-sections happen to many women not planning for them - hence my need for plan B.

Family on both sides would have liked to come right away after birth, and probably still would, if I asked them. I just really wanted time alone with baby and DH in the first weeks to bond, establish feeding, etc. We'll be in a 2-bedroom apartment, and I really don't want to have family over; visits would be at least 1 week long, and putting them in a hotel is out of the question (it would offend them much more than asking them to delay their visit).  I realize that exhaustion and post partum emotions are distant concepts right now for me, as a FTM; I might be delusional (feel free to laugh at me), but it seems easier to be exhaust, emotional and alone with my baby than having to deal with mom or MIL's long visit in such a small space (although recovery from surgery puts things in a different perspective).

I will call a couple of post-partum doulas, and tell them I would only like to employ their services if I end up with a section. If they're not willing to agree to that and I do end up in surgery, I might have to eat my words and ask mom or MIL to come. [/quote]

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