Keep in mind as well, if rellies want to pop straight in and whisk your bub away when you should be bonding, that could have a pretty bad impact on the establishment of breastfeeding and you guys settling in as a family. Why don't you discuss that with your doctor/midwife and then you can report back to your partner and say 'hey, this is what could happen if your family barge in too soon'.

Plus, if you don't control your visitors/visiting hours, then you start to get even more tired, grumpy, sad - it's so important to feel 'in control' when you're learning about a new bub - you need to be very very firm about this, because you don't want to risk depression or anything either.

Even a 'let's not call anyone until bub has had their first breastfeed'? Like you said, you've got a good 6 months to negotiate this with your partner, but be firm!! And get experts (drs/midwives) to back you up til your partner agrees with you and will go into battle with his family for you!