Suse,

I am sorry to hear that your recovery took so long and i really hope that your experince this time is a much better one.

Unfortunately my husband has not been at his current job for 12months and has no entitlements at this stage, which is a shame but there is nothing we can do about it. My mum has offered to come up and help for at least a week maybe two which will be great. I'm lucky enough that i have lots of fantastic friends who have offered to help me should the need arise but i'm one of these people who doesn't like to be relying on people, especially for 6 weeks.

Can i just say i think you are absolutely right in saying that it's good to plan for the possiblity of having to have a c/s even if you dont intend on having one (like myself) because you just never know and it's better to be prepared then not.