Who did you rely on to watch LO(s) when it was go time to have your baby?
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My parents came to stay with my big girls.
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@oliviaoblivia: did, for the false start and the real deal.
️ My girl had a blast.
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My parents stayed at our house with Xander while we were in the hospital.
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With my first I knew i was in labor 25 hours before going to the hospital so I figured we'd have some time. My mom lived about an hour and a half away. But with my second, she was a week earlier than my first and it progressed much quicker and I was ready to go an hour after having the first light contraction. We saw our neighbors lights on, for some reason she wakes up at 4 am and had offered, so we gave her a call and she came and hung out at the house while LO slept and my mom drove up.
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Technically he was at school when I went in for my C-section, but my mom lives with us, so her by default
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Our neighbors until my parents could get into town.
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My mom
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My parents stayed at our house with B - I had a scheduled c section so it was easy to plan, they took him to daycare and picked him up, and then my husband went home to do dinner and bedtime for the 2 nights I was in the hospital.
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LO stayed at my in-law's house while we were at the hospital for LO2. He did really well.
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I don't know what we are going to do!! I know that my ILs will want to be at the hospital (and parents are not an option), so we may ask an aunt who lives a few miles away to be "on call"; my ILs will stay with oldest after the birth for the overnights.
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My parents stayed over at our place
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@Alba4: My water broke at 4am but our daycare opens at 6:30 so we dropped her off and then headed to the hospital! By the time school was over my parents were able to pick her up, and they stayed with her at our house while we were in the hospital. DH went home in the mornings to help with getting her ready.
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We called my mom at 4am and she came over. Then she called my aunt at 7am so she could come to the hospital to wait for the baby to be born.
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I voted that we brought her to the hospital, but I guess it was a combination of a lot of things?
I had a scheduled induction for K, so we dropped L off at daycare at the normal time, then went to the hospital, then K was born around 3:00 or so, so DH picked up L from daycare at the normal time and brought her to the hospital. Then DH took her home and stayed the night with her, then dropped her off at daycare the next morning to spend the day with me and K.
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My mom. Only when she got the call that DS is at day care and we're on our way to the hospital, she decided she'll "just stop by the hospital" and then go pick him up. I had to threaten to go to a different hospital to make sure she sticks with the plan and picks up the poor kid at the end of the day. Good thing I did, because DD was born half an hour after day care closing
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My brother in law and his girlfriend, who live a few blocks away. I was worried if it happened during the day and they were at work, so I had a few local mom friends as back up, but it worked out that labor started in the evening and Bil came over and stayed at our place after she went to bed, his girlfriend took off from work and stayed during the day. My parents are five hours away and definitely wouldn't have made it on time!
This was the thing I stress about most in terms of labor and delivery, luckily it worked out fine. DH stayed with LO after that first night.
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My in-laws both times.
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I voted my sibling but it was actually DH's brother.
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@travelgirl1:
wish I could do it again!
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We had just moved to a new city and had no friends or family nearby, so we brought her to the hospital with us. I had a doula to support me and DH was supposed to take care of DD. She was there in the room (watching movies) while I labored and was watching Robin Hood while I pushed. It was awesome. I loved that she was there with us.
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My MIL came the night before my induction and stayed with LO1 at our house.
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I'm having a scheduled C-section on a Sunday. My mom is flying in Saturday, will stay with DS Sunday, and DH will go get both of them to meet the baby after he's born and drop my mom off at the airport on the way home and put DS to bed. DH will take DS to daycare in the mornings and sleep at home at night and hopefully I will be discharged by Tuesday.
If little man comes sooner, our local friends will stay with DS or we will call our sitter.
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My dad is going to watch DD in June when we have baby #2.
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My mom is three hours away and is planning to drive here the day before my scheduled cs. If baby comes early, I have a few friends that could watch ds until my mom arrived.
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I brought her to the birthing center. She fell asleep and woke up next to her new brother.
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My mum stayed overnight with our son. But the timing was perfect, I got to put him to bed (in labour haha) and he slept through the night, baby sister was born at just after midnight and we were home just after he woke up in the morning
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I had asked my dad to babysit as I had a scheduled dr appt that afternoon. When he came over, I took my bags, so he stayed with DD1 until DH came home that night as I was pretty sure I was in labour. ( Dh came home at like 9pm, we didn't think he needed to stay with me for the night for the second. )
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Our plans are totally up in the air since I don't know if I'll have a scheduled c-section or if I'll be cleared for a vaginal birth.
If I have a c-section, my in-laws will come and watch DS while we're in the hospital. They live 2 hours away, but are retired.
If I have a vaginal birth, we'll call my parents, as they are only 45 minutes away. If things are progressing quickly (my first birth was relatively quick) we'll call our neighbors or bring DS to the hospital and my parents can pick DS up there.
I think that's our plan... For now!!!
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Grandparents were supposed to but LO2 came two weeks early and they happened to be out of town. I had two backup friends (they're single) on call. Since I went into labor at like 2am, one was sleeping and wouldn't pick up her phone, and the other wouldn't either but she lived with her brother and we had to call him ,wake him up to wake up his sister, and then she was able to come. She came over and slept over while we headed to the hospital. My daughter didn't even know until she woke up the next morning.
Then, one of mom friends picked her up and took her to her house and she slept another night there. It was just easier bc she could play with her friends and mom friend just knows better on bedtime, meals, etc versus my single friend (who also had to go work).
For the third night, grandparents were finally able to come back into town.
My advice: have multiple options and scenarios in mind for backup bc you just never know. Also have a bag packed for the first LO also ready to go just in case. I did not have a bag packed bc we just assumed grandma would come over but since she couldn't, hubby went home briefly to get her bags packed and to drop off the car seat. It was 30 degrees and he only packed short sleeves and a Capri length pants.
wish I could do it again!
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