DM flying to stay for a month? Is this plan reasonable?

[Meadows20]

I'm currently 38 weeks pregnant and my DM will sadly miss meeting her first grandchild for a while as she lives in Ireland.

However, Ryanair are starting flights up as of 1st July so we've devised the following plan and I'm not sure if it's reasonable - with my emotions very heightened at the minute, I'm struggling to trust my own judgement:

1. DP, me and baby self isolate once home from hospital - this could be up to 14 days if we did get symptoms. This would take us up to 23rd June - I have to have the baby by 9th June at the very latest and booked in for induction 3 days before to ensure this happens. I'm certain I've given ourselves plenty of time to not be a risk to another person by doing this.

1. MIL is also self-isolating. She is in the mid-risk vulnerable bracket however due to just turning 70, otherwise she is in very good health. We already do her shopping for her and she has not left the house for shopping/exercise for over 3 weeks now.

1. We're planning on 1st July when DM arrives, to move in with our MIL for a week to allow DM to self-isolate in our house. This is with the hope that we don't pose a risk to her and she doesn't to us. A relative nearby has a key which they can leave for her when she arrives at the house.

1. After the week is up with all going well, we move back into our house with DM who is planning to stay with us for 4-5 weeks.

My only concern is my DP is working but very sporadically. His job is outside and has been very effectively social distancing from one other person he works with, who is his boss. I also have stopped all supermarket trips and only have delivery/click and collect services. Anything else I need, I'm ordering online.

I'd really appreciate honest responses...I understand a lot can change in the next 6 weeks. DM is very down about not being able to meet her grandson (again I get we're all in the same boat and a lot of people are experiencing similar upsets ) and I'd like to be able to give her something to focus and look forward to.

If it genuinely is a stupid plan, then we won't go ahead with it.

I probably wouldn’t move into your MILs but all sounds reasonable to me.

Ah OP it's a tough situation...my mother lives in a different country, so I completely understand how you and your mum are feeling about her missing the initial few weeks with the new baby. But I just think it’ll be a bit too risky for her to travel to another country at this moment. What if during the flight or at airport, your mom gets the virus and becomes sick...how will you manage that with the new born baby? Your plan sounds fine, but it is the best case scenario. Do you have a plan if things don’t go as planned? If you have thought of the worst case scenario and you think you have a manageable plan for it, then that's great. But if not, may be try and think what will you do in the worst case scenario or may be consider postponing her visit until August? By then hopefully you’d have got into a good routine with the new baby and will be able to manage better if anyone gets sick? I know it can be difficult giving birth in this tough situation...I can’t even imagine how I would go through the initial few weeks without the support of my mum. Hopefully your mum will be able to see the baby very soon. Good luck!