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DC due close to Xmas visiting family

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user5859503 · 22/08/2019 10:27

For context every year we spend Xmas morning/afternoon at my mums. So I know it would feel strange for us not to be there. However I am due my DC four days before Xmas. I know I could go over/be early etc so this may be irrelevant. (I had DS a week before my due date).
Had a conversation with my mum yesterday. Saying you are coming over on Xmas day aren't you? I replied just saying will obviously have to judge the situation when the time comes. As we know all having a baby isn't necessarily straight forward. With my DS I remember not wanting to leave the house and having a horrid bout of mastitis in the first couple of weeks and just generally feeling sore.
Sister then gets involved and they both basically imply they can't understand unless I'm in labour on Xmas day why I wouldn't be coming. Or at the very least if I won't come I should drop DS off.
AIBU? I'm not saying I won't be going and obviously hope to be. Also AIBU in saying unless I was in labour on Xmas day I wouldn't be dropping DS off as I would want to be spending Xmas day with my own DS?
They would obviously be welcome to visit me.

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HollowTalk · 22/08/2019 15:29

There's PND and then there's dealing-with-utterly-selfish-and-controlling-family. The two things are very different. It's amazing when you deal with the latter, the symptoms of depression can disappear.

SockMachine · 22/08/2019 15:36

I wouldn’t engage.

“Who knows? I’m in the hands of the birth fairy. Expect us if you see us!”

As it happens, 4 days after giving birth I would have been very pleased to go somewhere nearby for a happy homecooked feast. Take it as it comes, don’t get drawn into promises, don’t lay down barriers.

pikapikachu · 22/08/2019 16:31

Your mum and sis are INSANE. Of course you're not going to drop off your Ds on Xmas Day. (Can't believe that they didn't even offer to pick him up but that's not the point)

BlueJava · 22/08/2019 21:37

Something i always think advisable is not getting into a rut as to who visits whom at xmas - pregnant/new born or not! Mix up what you do - stay at home on your own, go away, don't tell anyone til the last ninute just do yiur own thing!

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