Notification of Admittance to Hospital?

TiffanyCorrine

I'm preparing our birth plan and I'm including a note for my husband on who/when to notify.  Does anyone have any recommendations on who (family/work?) and when to notify (upon admittance/birth)?  I'm concerned about being overwhelmed by visitors, so I'm planning to include a note in the notification to family to not come to the hospital until X time.  Any suggestions or things to think about? 

racheldiaries

We live five hours from both our families so we'll call them upon admittance. My parents plan on coming up as I want my mom in the delivery room if they can make it on time. My MIL has already said just to keep her updated and she'll update the rest of the family so we don't have to worry about it or have them bother us. In regards to friends here, we're going to wait until after she's born to even tell them she's been born. That way DH and I have some time with her before visitors start showing. Although, all of our friends are generally pretty good about things. Several of the women in our circle have given birth in the last few months and we all do a common courtesy text or call to ask when it would be a good time to come up for a visit or if they're up for it so I have no doubts that these women will do the same for me. They just don't show up unannounced. 

Whitfry

My mom will be there, so my parents will know when labor starts. I suppose DH will want to tell his mom when we head to the hospital. But that's on him, I'm not getting involved with her drama until I'm ready for visitors. That's it as far as informing people ahead of time.

dbussolini

We are notifying the grandparents when I am admitted to the hospital, but not telling friends or the rest of the family until after DD is born.  My husband and mother will be in charge of that and I told them to let friends/family know that we would prefer not to have visitors until the next day.  That will give me time to look human again, as well as give my husband and I time to bond with our baby girl.  You have to know your family.  Do you have family members who would rush over to the hospital to see you right after they find out, or will they understand you've been through a very tiring period and give you some time to recuperate?  If you are unsure then my suggestion is give it your best guess as to how long you might want alone time for bonding, showering and sleeping.

JunkieBrewster

Only grandparents/aunts at first. Once my son has met the little, we will announce on FB and ask people not to visit until we get home, which will probably be Christmas Eve so we won't have many until after Christmas, anyway.