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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very clear that everyone has a different experience.  Upon advice similar to the above, I didn't want my MIL to come for the first 3-4 weeks.  In retrospect, it would have been wonderful to have her there earlier and to have her stay longer.  She was very helpful and I was so incredibly tired and in need of help (my husband only took off 2 days).  Pre-birth, I couldn't have guessed how helpful she would be or how much I'd appreciate having her.  It was only once she was there helping that it was such a relief.    [/quote]

Yeah this is so dependent on what baby you get! Those saying they don’t need the help had the sleepy babies. I had a crying very difficult to feed/breastfeed baby and help was very welcomed. My lovely mother in law was helpful, and I would have been grateful for the help. But I agree with hotel for both for sure. You can’t ask just FIL to do that. I would say I probably wouldn’t have wanted my FIL generally hanging around the house much… (like another pp said you’re basically naked from the top up practically half the time) so that’s a consideration. If only MIL could come I’d be more positive [/quote]

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