My hubby is having to go away (he's in the Navy) from June till December. I will be able to speak to him periodically because they will be docking in various places round the world (he's on submarines so I can't talk to him whilst they are at sea!!) but our second baby is due on April the third and I'm scared about how I will cope once he goes. My Mum is coming to visit to help for a month or so just before the birth and after for a bit ( she lives about 450 miles away from me) and My hubby does have 2 weeks paternity leave but when they have gone I'm really scared I'm going to collapse.
I also feel really sad for my hubby, he is going to miss out on 6 months of his babies life. He didn't see our first daughter for three weeks but then after that he didn't go away for a long time and we lived close enough to the base so that he came home every night! A cynical friend of mine said" don't worry about him, he's probably thinking "Oh good, no bloody nappies and sleepless nights" but my hubby never felt like that about our first baby, he's not that kind of person, It was tough but we got through it and he always mucked in and did nappies and things without complaint. oh babble babble sorry