Planning past week 30

I'm beginning to discover that a child is a disruption to anything planned, even weeks before it's born.

The first spanner in the works was my plan to go to my cousin's wedding in Boston in May. Travel insurance says that they won't cover the wife from week 32. Which means she must be back before week 32 starts. Of course, depending on how you do the maths, week 32 starts 2 or so days before the wedding.

However, if she gets a note from the doctor and the airline agrees, she can travel. And insurance will cover her for everything except childbirth. The last thing our finances need is to give birth 2 months early in a hospital in the US. I may as well just declare bankruptcy on the spot and give the hospital the keys to my flat.

Of course, I can still go to Boston by myself. But then I run the risk of being out of the country when the birthing starts. I'm not going to miss that!

Or we could try to find someone at the insurance company to do the maths themselves and see if they count the trip as being in wk31. As long as we can get their bad maths in writing we should be ok.

The other potential spanner is having the grandparents-to-be around for the birth (both sets live in the States). If they come for the due date then there is a small chance they could be around for the birth, get to see the grandkid, and help us prepare and recover. Even if they arrive after the birth, they'd at least be able to meet the wee one and maybe change a few nappies and help with meals. Worst case is they just sit around reading books with us and have to up and go before it's born.

How long should they stay around? How long can they stay around? It can't be trivial to up and go to another country for an unknown indeterminate amount of time. Airlines hate that. Or, actually, airlines love that and all the extra hundreds of pounds it rakes in for them.

So, needless to say, I'm at a bit of a loss on this one.