It begins to look like a real possibility that I'll be having these babies on my own.
Fret not, we're not splitting up. But trying to ensure that we'll have someone around to look after the other three so that J can be with me is proving problematic...
My mum would come but the time I am likely to need her looks set to clash with a couple of things which mean she'll need to be in the UK.
She's starting a course of physiotherapy this week and at the end of February, my parents' mortgage term comes to an end. They were mis-sold an endowment 25 years ago and she'll need to be around to make onward arrangements, sign paperwork etc.
J's dad may or may not come over, but trying to get a straight answer is pretty tough.
So I've been looking around for standby, emergency childcare but it's not easy to find, not here anyway. In the UK I could look at a short term nanny contract through an agency or similar, but there doesn't appear to be anything similar here.
I had what seemed like a good lead on a mothers' help but she couldn't cope with my 3 on top of her existing commitment.
Friends can probably patchwork cover together, but it's a headache for sure.
On a positive not, good midwife appointment today. All doing well and still the presenting twin is cephalic.
Did you give birth alone? How was it? Do you have twins? Did this mean twin one got no skin to skin til after twin 2 arrived?
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