Curious as to what you’ve either done or plan to do with out of town in laws before labor? I read/talked to friends about not to have anyone stay with you for the first week... talked to DH about it and he was okay with it (his sis lives in town and they can stay there). The other night he was on the phone with either his mom or dad (they’re divorced) and was telling them about it. Then he said, “You can stay with us before he comes.” That struck me. I’m a private person, don’t have anything against the in laws, but feel like I would be super uncomfortable if I go into labor and they’re there. We are in birth classes now, have seen a handful of birth videos, know that I could start labor and be home for hours. I don’t want a houseguest over for that!

I will talk to him about it later, but wanted some feedback. My parents are in town, so his initial reaction for everything is “you don’t understand”... but trust me, I won’t be calling my parents over to watch me labor! I also understand it’s different if it’s the second, but this is our first and we don’t have a lot of “help” they can provide. It just seems to be more stress.