I think it is wonderful your husband can take a whole 4 weeks off, and time it to be the 2 weeks before the due date and the two weeks after that. I don't know anyone else who has done that or been able to do that.

I know it is hard to think of the possibility that he won't be there, but chances are he will be there for the birth. But it is a good idea to be prepared for the alternative - and it sounds like that's what you are doing.

My husband won't really be able to take any time off from work at all as he runs his own small business - he doesn't go to work, then the whole business is closed and no money comes in. Chances are I'll go into labour when he's at work and he won't be able to get away for several hours, so I'll have to do early labour on my own. He will be able to move some work stuff around, but basically as soon as baby is out, he'll have to rebook things and get straight back to work. And I'll be an hour's drive away in hospital. I'd love it if he took a month off work around my due date but we can't do it. In fact, the business has even accepted some extra work in the 3 weeks before and 2 weeks after my due date - and he asked me what I thought and I said the business needed to do it.

I know my situation is very different to yours but I think both you and your husband have really tried hard to ensure things go to plan, and if not, then you have an alternative plan which sounds really nice too.