worried 2nd timer as i'll be doing it alone....

[Dozeyland]

Dp is away until October time. He may be able to attend he birth but only for a day or so.

How can i time this so it wont be a false start? i cant???

also dreading this labour at the thought of him missing it and also that he wont be there in the early days, weeks, months on a regular basis.

we have our dd who will be 18.5months when dc is born.

dc is already 3/5 engaged. I am 33 weeks nearly.

Head is all over the place.

You can't time it unfortunately :( Must be horrible to know that he won't be there.

Even though you can request an induction if your partner is in the forces and is going to be posted abroad (I am assuming this is the case here, apologies if I am wrong), there's no guarantee that you'd get one or even if you did, that it would go swimmingly - which could leave you on your own with two small children and the recovery to deal with.

Is there someone else you can have with you for the labour so you won't be alone, or that can be around to help in the early days (a friend or a doula?)