In November, DP received an invitation to a stag do in Prague in early March. He asked me if it was appropriate for him to go, given I'll be 35 weeks pregnant at the time. I said I was fine with that, provided that his parents (who are lovely) could come to stay with DS and me while he was away.
My main reason for wanting my PIL's here is that there's a small risk that the baby might be premature or that I might suffer complications (this is deemed a high-risk pregnancy because of various medical issues I had when pregnant with DS) and I want someone here to look after DS if anything unexpected happens. It would also be nice to have some help with DS (2.3).
PILs said yes, that they'd be delighted to come to stay. They seemed most pleased at the thought of spending more time with DS, who they adore! I also planned to cook them a special meal to say thank you.
Anyhow, the PILs came to stay with us this weekend, and mentioned in passing that they're really looking forward to a special weekend that one of MIL's sisters has arranged for her 60th birthday. Family flying over from Ireland, big get together, first time one of the sisters has seen the others since getting the all-clear on a cancer scare, you get the idea.
You've guessed it - MIL has accidently double booked it with the weekend that DP is away.
PIL were mortified when they realised, and immediately phoned MIL's sister to rearrange. Too late, the flights from Ireland have been booked and can't be rearranged as they were special offer. PILs have put a brave face on and said that even so they will come to ours to be with DS and me while DP is away. DP offered to cancel the stag do, but they wouldn't hear of it.
Thing is, we could see how very disappointed they were to miss this big family weekend. At the moment I feel OK physically (but then I did at the same stage with DS). Should I tell them to go ahead with the big family weekend, and keep my fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong with this pregnancy?
I don't have anyone else to call on in a worst case scenario. My mum is wheel-chair bound; my friends would happily take DS for a couple of hours but I couldn't ask them to step in for longer because they have young kids of their own.