Delivery Timing = I'll Be the Only Caretaker
First, let me acknowledge how glad I am to have made it this far with my boys staying put with no complications... but, this now presents a new issue for me.
We thought more than likely they would be here by now, even my MFM told me more than half would have delivered. With that said, DH worked with his manager and decreased his workload for the past 2 weeks and this coming week in order to be able to take time off at will during those 3 weeks which resulted in him having to schedule all important work meetings/appointments for the week of Jan. 7th, which is also the same week my mom goes back to work since she is a teacher, which is also the same week my dad leaves for a 2 week business trip, which is also the same week by brother goes back to college after his holiday break between semesters...
There literally will be no one to help me and I'm starting to freak out about doing it alone from the start. DH won't have flexibility to take time off until the week of Jan. 21st but he might be able to get away with only going in for ~ 6 hours compared to 9+ that is his normal.
Has anyone done it mostly alone from the start? I know DH will be here in the evenings but I just wasn't mentally preparing for being alone with them for a good chunk of the day from the start. Also, if I end up having a C-section I really don't know how I'm going to do it.
Re: Delivery Timing = I'll Be the Only Caretaker
You can do it alone if you have to, but it will be hard, and it will slow down your recovery. I know there are people on here who have done it alone from the start and I commend them, but personally I would seriously consider and start researching getting a postpartum doula or mother's helper for at least the first three weeks. And your husband needs to plan on doing a LOT of the night care so that you can get some real sleep at night. Do you have any friends who could come over and help? Any other relative on either side you could fly in for a week or two? Retired aunt?
Good luck! You and the babies will be fine. But do think creatively about who you can get to help out.
Emerson Lily 6 lbs 13 oz & Ellis Willow 6 lbs 9 oz
My guys were in the NICU for 17 days- so I was recovered from my c-section(except still having issues with my BP), but I did it all on my own. My family lives 2 hours away and DH's live 800 miles. We brought them home at 7 pm and at 5 am the next morning when DH left for work I was on my own- I also did ALL the night feedings.
It is totally doable, you just have to rest whenever you can, don't worry about your house (I cleaned when I felt like it- which was not often), and make meals quick and easy.
Wedding Fall 2007 Off OCP's since 9/08-started with BBT charts Saw Ob/gyn May 2009 Blood work normal except single copy of MTHFR Clomid 50mg May 2009 Clomid 50mg + IUI June 2009 Femara 5mg + IUI July 2009 Normal HSG July 2009 Femara 5mg + ovidrel+IUI August 2009 Femara 5mg +ovidrel + IUI September 2009 November 2009-normal lap December 2009-met with RE December/January-Injectible med cycle with IUI-Abnormal sperm morpology found-only 0-1% normal All Head defects. Jan/Feb 2010 1st IVF with ICSI-5 week chemical pregnancy
Feb 2010-male infertility doc says DH's anatomy and blood work are normal so nothing he can do. 
FET July 2010-BFP! Twin m/c @ 5.5 wks 
Dec/Jan 2011 IVF #2 Only 4 eggs retrieved-Ganirelix dose messed up BFFN
Feb/March 2011 IVF #3 ER 3/9 9 eggs, 7 fertilized, ET 3/14, No frosties. BFN
IVF #4 ER 8/22 9R,7F ET 8/25-3 embies, 1 frostie! Beta 9/2= 54, 9/6=274, 9/8=625, 9/12=2953, 9/16 greater than 10,000. B/G TWINS born April 2012 @ 36wks & 1 day!
July 2014-going back for the frozen embryo! ET 7/28, heartbeat seen at 6wks1day with SCH. Miscarriage confirmed at 6wks4days
Even if your support network is back at work, can you arrange help from them in the evenings/nights/weekends? At least this way, even though you're on your own during the day, at least you can get a break and some sleep during hours that someone else can help out. Also, look at what other ways friends and family can help - bringing over food and things like that so that it's one less thing you and your DH have to worry about.
I'm hoping that at least through the growth spurts, I can find friends or relatives willing to help us w/ one overnight each so that I can handle cluster BFing around the clock w/o DH having to be the sole support person while he also has to work during the day. Basically, all I'm asking for is someone to hand me the babies and change a diaper as needed for a few hour shift during those couple days.