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I would totally go and take the baby, but I also had super easy recoveries. I went bowling with DS when he was 5 days old, so going to a movie theater would've been no big deal.

Maybe you can buy the tickets for the two of you, and decide that day whether you'll actually attend or not? Maybe DH can find a friend to take your place if you're not feeling up to it the day of?

I wouldn't take Lo. If you're feeling up for it, I would get a sitter or just have your husband go with a friend.

No way, no how, nobody going nowhere. I'm not clear on what the actual event is- I wouldn't have taken LO to a movie simply because of the noise levels, and there's no way I'd have wanted to sit through a movie while I was bleeding (and remember, no tampons, so you're just sitting in it and using massive pads), you may well be super sore, and you're going to need to be feeding the baby for half that time anyhow (especially tough if you're breastfeeding... no way I could've done it even remotely discreetly in the dark at that point).
Also, at that point, I was a mess- and while it was one thing to have people over, I'd have been stressed if I felt like I needed to be showered and dressed decently and looking not-crazy for an event.
I honestly also wouldn't have let DH go, unless someone else was available to be with me. That first week or two is intense; if you're BFing, that can seriously take ten hours of your day right there, plus you're sore and exhausted. (Or at least I was).
We weren't total hermits- we had family in town as soon as LO was born, and I think our first non-medical outing was to a restaurant a week after LO was born, but I would not have wanted to be tied to a scheduled event where I'd have to spend time getting ready, leave by a certain time (at that point, BFing was hard, and I would NOT have wanted to interrupt a feeding session to have to leave), not feeling like I could leave whenever I wanted, having to be out for a longer period of time, etc.
If my DH had something he was super excited about and I was feeling magnanimous, I'd tell him to go and find a babysitter for me and LO, but I also feel like those first couple weeks are extra hard, and it's not the end of the world for him to get stuck with me helping out at home and forgoing other stuff.

I wouldn't take my LO if they were that little but that's just me.