Hi,
DH and I are expecting our first; however, he'll be deploying very soon. He's not scheduled to be back until a couple months after my EDD, and we were pretty much prepared to deal with this. He's across the country doing work ups in the field, or I would definitely be talkiig with him about this to see what his command says. Today, my OB mentioned that in her experience, deployed service members are given leave around the EDD. I'm not sure about this and hadn't heard about any options. Do you all have any experience with this? He won't be gone a year so it's not like he's getting a R&R or anything like thist. I think it would be great if he could get time off, but I don't want to get my hopes up if it's not even a possibility. Any input is appreciated.
Re: Leave for Delivery
This is pretty much what I thought. Thanks for the input. And, I may be hormonal, but it annoyed me a little that my OB mentioned it as if she knows the usual happenings for pregnant military spouses. We are over 200 miles from the nearest base and I'm pretty sure that the majority of her patients are in no way affiliated with the military. Everything annoys me these days though Thanks again.
My husband is most definitely not coming home, even though he is due home a couple weeks after EDD. We didn't even bother asking his command lol. We just said we are lucky enough to be that close to him coming home
I have heard of only two men ever being able to come home, out of the million spouses I've known to have babies while their DH is deployed!