Hi

When I had my second child I had to get a neighbor to be my on call as I had nobody else to turn to. I think maybe my advice would be to find an adult or mature sitter that can be available to you regardless of the hour, we all know babies come when they want.

I thought about this but I'm not sure where to look for an on call sitter.

Maybe a local health unit or a nanny agency could help. I'm not sure what you have around your area. If you have any facebook groups for child care for your area, you could try that. I know people hire Doulas to help with the birthing, maybe you could hire one to be there for your kids when you go into labor.

If it’s for appointments, could you possibly look at nursery care on add hoc days? The birth would obviously be more tricky, but maybe someone could come and stay with you? Or have you made a mummy friends who might be able to help?

Thank you so much for the advice. I will be looking into all your suggestions.

I hear from someone that hospital where you give birth is supposed to provide social workers who come to your home and look after your child

I also had no one to look after my daughter- we hired a nanny to stay at ours for several days. We agreed beforehand to pay 1.5 normal daily rate for her to be available when needed

I had my partner stay home, I went to labour alone, with appointments I had a trusted neighbour, and was obviously gone a lot shorter time then labour etc, xx

Depending oh where you are and your comfort level would you consider a home birth? This was one of the deciding factors for us to have a home birth with my second and it was honestly amazing, went so much smoother then my first at the hospital and my daughter slept through the whole thing and didn’t even know I had the baby till we woke her up the next morning (birth was at 2am) if you have any questions feel free to message me!

Sadly with my 5th I was forced to go alone cause the hospital only alowed like 2-3 visitors or my man and all my other kids would have just been there with me