Family in the Delivery Room

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I've never been pregnant, but I'm with you- hubby and delivery team only, please! I think I would feel uncomfortable with a lot of people in the room.

I've actually seen/heard quite a few women in labor (not intentionally, I assure you!) just from working in the labor/delivery part of the hospital quite a bit when I worked there. It's definitely an intimate experience and totally up to the person how they want to experience it!

[caseysmom]

Just a side note during the actual labor a marching band could march through and you really would not care!

[angelbow20]

During my actual pushing I had my mom and my son's fathers mother in the room with me, because my sons father is a A$$%&le and wanted nothing to do with his son so instead he was out partying with his friends.. I was supose to have my sister instead of my ex's mom but then I thought about it and figured thats the closest to his father so let her join and then had my sister very upset with me... Although alot of friends and family saw me in labor and im sure I prolly scared them like crazy haha.

[sparks19]

Just a side note during the actual labor a marching band could march through and you really would not care!

LOL thanks for the heads up

[NicoleLJ]

This will be my third and the only people I want there is my husband and of course doctors. Sorry but no kids or families or friends. I have a hard enough time when everyone visits the next day. We did have a dual who helped us in our room for my second childs birth but with how busy we have been this summer never got it arranged. So it will just be hubby and I.

The things I find a tad weird is people who film it all, and I mean ALL. No thanks. Pictures ok as long as nothing of my private areas are showing but toher then that nope.
Nicole & Sheena & Ajax

[sparks19]

The things I find a tad weird is people who film it all, and I mean ALL. No thanks. Pictures ok as long as nothing of my private areas are showing but toher then that nope.
Nicole & Sheena & Ajax

LOL agreed.

Why would I want to watch a film of my own torture?

Like I said.... I just want to see the end result.... I don't need to watch the in between parts. and I definitely don't want to end up in one of those "training" videos lol.

[critter crazy]

Whe I had my son, I only had my husband with me, as I had to have an Emergency C-Section. But even if I had given birth Naturally I would have had only my hubby there anyways!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Only my husband, my midwife, and her assistant were with me.

Just a side note during the actual labor a marching band could march through and you really would not care!

So true

[gemini9961]

I watched my aunt give birth to my cousin, right there up close and all. It was amazing. She wants to come see me when I have kids. I guess I'm on the other end, it doesn't really bother me. I think watching the baby be born before your very own eyes is incredible, the miracle of life right there before you. Focusing on my nether regions out there for everyone is the least of my concerns, I would just hope for a healthy and safe delivery.

[jackie]

When I have a baby the only person I want there is my mother. That's it!

[lizbud]

I love my family and my friends too but, I only wanted the Doc , Nurses
and most of all the anesthetic (near the end)

[Sevaede]

I recently heard that you, um, *mess* yourself during labor. If I ever did decide to have kids then I would probably just be alone. Maybe my MIL.

[sparks19]

I love my family and my friends too but, I only wanted the Doc , Nurses
and most of all the anesthetic (near the end)

AMEN to that.... I already had my consult so that they dont' have to ask any questions... they can just give me the drugs when I tell them to lol

[Marigold2]

I totally agree, and don't wake me up till the umbilical cord heals. I don't want anyone in the bathroom when I pee, same here.

I love my family and my friends too but, I only wanted the Doc , Nurses
and most of all the anesthetic (near the end)

[Pam]

Just a side note during the actual labor a marching band could march through and you really would not care!

Isn't that the truth!

With my own two children it was just my husband, the doctor and me. By the time my daughter had my grandson in 2001 things had changed and you could have two other people in labor/delivery along with the husband. She picked me and her mother-in-law (her MIL is a nurse ). I was fortunate enough to also be in the room last year when my second grandson was born. It was beautiful and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It was so much nicer to see the miracle of birth and not be the patient!