In laws staying to ‘help’ after c section!? Please help/advice
Looking for some advice.... my husband and I have a daughter (his bio daughter) and a son (my bio son) and we are expecting a baby together very soon! I will be having ac section & I also have other health complications that need monitoring a lot.... our baby is due very close to Christmas and he wants his parents to come and stay a week post birth. I have said this is fine they can come and stay for a weekend/ 2 sleepovers & they are foster parents so they may or may not be bringing other little ones with them (most likely fragile baby(is)...) we are going to have both of our other kids coming home for a week over the holidays from their other parents’ and I want to have my kids & hubby & I all have time together just us as a family. I also don’t feel comfortable nursing or having any nudity in front of my in laws and like my privacy... I’m ok with them staying overnight 2 nights but he wants them to stay longer... I think I will go crazy and it will create a lot of tension. I love my in laws but I don’t honestly want to host ANYONE while recovering & needing help to change my pads & clothes & nursing pains etc & just want to be myself and recover without having to put on a show & entertain. He thinks they will ‘help’ but they’ll likely have a little one or 2 they bring with them & regardless I don’t want them ‘helping’ while I’m 1/2 naked or just trying to recover with some dignity... I also want our family to get time to bond just us... it will change the dynamic if grandma and grandpa are there. I want them to meet the baby and I feel I can handle 2 sleepovers but am I unreasonable to not want them to stay for a week when I’m 1 week into c section recovery? Hubby says it isn’t fair because he will want help with taking care of me & the kids... but I’m the one sliced open & trying to recover?! Not sure if I’m being selfish or not... please give advice. I love my hubby and his parents and we get along well but I suppose I don’t want that to change & things go bad either because I’m not feeling I’m being respected while they stay longer than I want them to.... any experience? Anyone have in laws come to stay after birth (it would be 1 week after baby is born/ not immediate. But with a c section I think that’s still going to feel very early?) to ‘help out’ ?
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