Not ready for visitors after birth

I wished I had a more proper chat with my husband about handling visitors after birth. Baby has been cluster feeding and tiredness from broken sleep has now caught up with me. I felt a bit overwhelmed with my husband's family wanting to come visit us a few days after giving birth and I also found it difficult to say no because then it would make it look like I'm being difficult. I didn't say no to the first visit. We're meant to have his sister and partner today too and another brother and his partner another day.

Has anybody declined visitations aside to parents on both sides and what are your thoughts about this?

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With our first we had lots of visitors but had dedicated days e.g. all of my family (plus wider family e.g. my auntie, uncle, cousins etc.) on one day and the same for my husband’s family. We found having lots of people in one go easier than it being lots of different days. This time we’ve only had our parents and siblings and no wider family so we could enjoy family day trips instead. No visitors have been declined, we just haven’t extended an invite to people x

My view is do what you feel comfortable with, your the one who gas just given birth so its completely fine to decline & do it when you want to!!
People might get annoyed but really thats their problem! I know i appreciate visitors more when my husband was back at work and i was on my own x

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