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Ask New Parents If They're Ready for Visitors

Welcoming a new baby into your life can be a wonderful, joyous time; it can also be exhausting and overwhelming as hell. Especially if it’s your first child, it’s hard to predict how you’ll feel in the immediate aftermath—and whether you’ll want visitors around much (if at all) in those early days. One might imagine they’ll want to be surrounded by family and friends, showing off that sweet bébé;