in Brisbane
Visitors postpartum
I need some advice. I am due to have my first baby this weekend and I am really struggling with anxiety over visitors once Bub is born. With my family, I am not anxious at all but for some reason I am over my partners family visiting. Maybe because it’s such a vulnerable time and I fully trust my family and know that they will do everything right and of course because I am so comfortable around them and close to them. Please if someone has any advice, I really want to enjoy this time not be worried, which I currently am ❤️
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Honestly it was better to have a short visit in the hospital bc the ones that didn’t come would visit at my home for far too long. It’s defs worth a discussion with your partner and in-laws because your feelings are very valid
I wish I had of said all my boundaries prior to anyone coming over. Then you aren’t anxious of them doing what you don’t want them to do. Because they don’t know your boundaries. All mums have different boundaries (some the same obviously. But some have higher anxieties over certain things). I would send a group message before you have baby to allow people to ask questions and you probably won’t have the mental capacity to do this after birth. Even send the same message to anyone that comes over friends and your family so no one feels ‘targeted’. Something along this lines of ‘we would love for you to come over and meet our little one but just something’s that hubby and I are wanting to put in place to ensure our little one stays safe and healthy. Please wash hands before holding baby, no kisses anywhere (hands, head, especially face), don’t come over if you’re sick. Etc.