They agreed that they would look after him at any hour of the day or night that we needed.
But in practise, they're being a bit stroppy about it, and when DH mentioned that we wouldn't be having the house full of people for 2 days without a break within 5 minutes of me giving birth, my mum got really pissy with us (and I swear he said it really tactfully - and the whole circus last time was at her instigation anyway!)
She's also telling me that DS (24 months) needs to keep his routine, bond with the baby as soon as it's out, and that just about everything that I think is rubbish in general. I know that because we said about wanting breathing space she'll take it really personally and be a bit petty about it, and will dump DS back on us as soon as the baby was born, when ideally we were hoping for 24 hours for me and DH to rest, recover, and get to grips with the breastfeeding again, without having to entertain an extremely lively toddler.
I just don't understand why when I'm going to give birth in the next day or so everything has to be an argument - it makes me want to find someone else to look after DS so we aren't obliged to put up with all the aggro, but sadly that isn't an option.
Any advice? I'm so angry and worked up, and I really don't need it when am stressing about labour not having kicked off and the possibility of being taken into hospital if things don't start soon!