Night alone with 1-4 week old baby?

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I'm coming up for the end of pregnancy (hence the rather broad time frame in the title!), first baby, and right now we're mostly avoiding making any solid plans for the next couple of months because of obvious reasons.

However, my DH has a potential booking local to us (he's a semi-professional performer) ten days after my due date. It's through people who are also friends, so they'd be reasonably understanding if he had to cancel at the last minute, which is why I feel like it's even an option.

Right now, it's something I'm totally behind him doing (for lots of reasons) and so I've said a provisional yes, on the understanding that if I'm feeling overwhelmed that day at the thought of him being out from early evening to the early hours of the next morning, he'll either reduce the time he's out or cancel completely if necessary, and he's totally happy with that too.

Are we mad to think that, a few weeks in, I could plausibly be okay with being on my own for a night? He works from home so tbh it doesn't seem much different from a partner being out at work all day - it's just at night. This seems right now like a perfectly reasonable idea but I'm aware that everything's about to change! People on the other side of New Baby - what do you think?

My boyfriend moved out of our bedroom for the first 7 months! I did every night alone, and it was fine. In fact, I found it easier... when he tried to join in, it made things more difficult/more awkward.

Oh, and left for work at 7am and got back at 8pm most of the time too.

He's changed his job now!

My OH went away overnight for his best mate's wedding when our boy was 10 days old. I was utterly terrified and had a wee cry, but it was actually fine. The hardest part was microwaving and eating a ready meal one handed.

I think I would have been fine. If you're still struggling with mobility, then you could get everything set up before he goes, but this is unlikely.

I was a lone parent from pregnancy so came home from the hospital on my own with Ds. You will be fine! Get practical: make food and keep it by your bed, have a stack of magazines and box sets to keep you occupied, lots of breast pads, nappies, changes of clothes and painkillers too.... then just camp out with your baby in bed! Honestly, you can do this!