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[quote=Anonymous]My mom would have driven me absolutely insane if she'd come for a full month. She came for about five days and when she left I was relieved. She was not particularly helpful though and we've never had a great relationship. She has an uncanny ability to figure out exactly what to say to make me feel maximally bad about myself and anxious. If I had it to do again, I would would tell her I wasn't ready for guests and that we'd see her in a few months (when I was more adjusted to being a mom and the baby was sleeping and I could deal with her a bit better). So I would suggest thinking about your relationship with your mom and sister and asking if you would *normally* enjoy having them there, and for that length of time. My experience is that it's not suddenly better to have family around because you have a baby, and in some ways it's worse because you're in the middle of something hard and vulnerable.[/quote]
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