eeyorish and other ladies experiencing serious exhaustion, I had this little snippet on Christmas Day from another of our friends' guests "well you can get this strap-on thing for Dads to wear, so they can experience what it's like to be pregnant, can't you? Have you tried that?" to my DH, at which point I butted in and suggested that unless it also made you breathless, sleepless, constipated, hormonal, hungry, waddle, and it was also impossible to take off, it really wasn't performing as planned... He soon shut up!
Welcome ilove!
My mum is in a snit about the fecking cheese, still, and doesn't like to leave her hermitage in NE England, whereas DH's parents are mobile, retired and fully prepared to drive hither and yon for family (both quite a way away). I just know she's going to be upset if they see the baby more frequently than she does but as we are planning on doing the rounds between parents equally, anything else is up to her. I'm tired just thinking about it. Otoh, she is being managed very well by my practical and thoughtful DSis, who has suggested they both leave it up to me to ask them to come and visit, rather than descend, so I'm grateful for that.