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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure your parents  quarantine before comig in contact with you.  COVID is the last thing you want  for yourself or your baby.

Really all family visiits should wait. It's not worth risking a sick baby.

Not sure if this is your first, but it kind of seems like it is, and now is the yime to be putting your needs, and baby's needs first. What  your parents and other family members what goes way down the list.

In this climate  I would be as close to a hospital as possible.

If I were you I would be telling the parents no. They are welcome to visit( fter wuarantining) my home that is 10 minutes from my hospital and birth team that I am comfortable while I try to relax before giving birth, and having life upended by a newborn.

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Quarantining is a whole other issue I am worried about. It would be very expensive for them to arrive 2 weeks early in NYC and rent a place for that period (on top of the next 2 weeks they intend to be here). I raised it with t[b]hem and they said they would do it if I wanted them to, but were obviously reluctant.[/b] I should add that these are actually my in laws (my parents are deceased)- Just didn't want to start in law drama by mentioning in laws in the original post. [b]DH does not want to keep them from seeing their grandchild and thinks I am worrying excessively[/b]. [/quote]

:shock:  Where are they coming from? I am actually worried for you OP, you need someone in your corner backing you at this time, ideally, this should be your DH. If you can't do it for yourself you need to insist on quarantining  for the baby.  Do you want to risk  not being able to hold your baby for a month because you tes positive thanks to  granparents? Do you want to risk your baby getting sick because of grandparents?
Now is the time to start setting boundaries. You simply cannot have people who don't want to quarantine  be around you or your newborn.
If your husband won't listen to you, will he listen to your doctor/midwife or your baby's doctor if you  have picked one?[/quote]

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