Sooo......

Bubba is due to be born on 16th January, Ob has made it clear that he will not let me go more than 5 days overdue before he induces me. So bub will be here by 21st/22nd Jan depending on labour etc.

My question is:

Dh was works away, he does a week on and a week off. Originally his roster worked out that he was due to come home the day after bub was due and ob was happy with this. We asked him again at the next appointment and he said 'Oh no he need to be home before that". So DH and I decided he will fly out to work on the Thursday come home on the Monday (2 days before I am due). The catch is, he will have no annual leave owing to him (he is going on a holiday to Malaysia next week with some mates that was organised before we knew I was pregnant). The money isn't such an issue as if we go as planned then he will have 5.5 weeks off work and only lose 2.5 weeks wages as the other 3 weeks is his R&R time at home anyway. So we will have some money put away to prepare for that.

The issue is if he takes the whole week before I am due off, then he will actually end up having 2 weeks off before bub is due because of his week R&R beforehand. Which is such a waste as we will just be sitting around waiting waiting waiting. And this will also cut down his time at home once bub is born.

Another spanner in the works.... if it is a week day then there will be no problem getting him on a flight, it's a 2 hour flight away and then half an hour from there to the airport. If it is a weekend then he needs to be driven and hour and a half from site to a large airport and then try and get on a commerical flight home which they are nearly always booked out. If it is night time ie. after 4pm then he will not be able to get on a flight until the next morning.

I know this is a majorly long winded post but basically I want to know if you were in my position what would you do?