Needing advise

A little back ground: I'm originally from an hour outside of Chicago, most of my family and friends are still up there. We moved in with my parents in TN last year and this year we moved to the very bottom of Alabama. I'm having my second baby on October 28th as a repeat c-section. At this point I don't have many people down here I can rely on. My first born is not even 2 and has been in that 'mommy carry me' mood lately. My parents and my husband's parents are able to come down for a week each right after the baby is born but other than that it's pretty much just my husband and I.

I'm so worried about my recovery since last time it was incredibly hard and I had help. I have a few family/friends that have expressed interest in coming down to help, but none are able until January. My husband's job technically offers paternity leave, but he works with county officials that get upset and complain to his boss if he has to go out of town for meetings, his car needs to be in the shop, or even the time he had the stomach flu and couldn't stand up straight for a few days, let alone work. I just have a feeling that if he takes time off to take help me they'll complain to his boss and risk his job.

I'm so worried this recovery will be just as long and hard as last time but I won't have help for most of it. I know a lot of mom's recover with no help but that's not stopping my anxiety.