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3rd Trimester
natgkelley
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Curious...and can't sleep...Who'll be in the room...
natgkelley
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..when you deliver...
def Sean and maybe my mom, unsure what to do about his parents though....not really keen on having his mom and dad staring down there. ew.
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Re: Curious...and can't sleep...Who'll be in the room...
My baby girl is 5 days old. I just had DH and midwife in the room.
I'm an intensely private person so to me childbirth is not a time for a family gathering.
Plus, in hindsight, I'm not sure what anyone else could have done for me. DH had the massaging and hand holding stuff covered and midwife had the "I know what I"m talking about and right now you need to..." stuff covered.
I wouldn't have had the time, energy or desire to talk to anyone else.
Having said all that, we got to the hospital when I was in full on labour and contractions came fast and furious.
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Just DH.
We've told our families that once he's been born we'll call them and they can all come to the hospital. Our hospital does what they call a "babymoon" where they won't let anyone in the room for 1 hour after the birth.
We've asked friends to call first because we can only have people in two at a time and we want our families to have a chance to see him first.
I had a C-Section the first time and after my son came out they took him to clean him off and my husband walked around to go by him and got a glace back at me while they were closing me up and has kind of been traumatized..
My mom will be in there with me for this second time around.. My husband says if he has to he will and can be, but he has always been really bad with blood and i know how he is..
Have whoever you want in there with you.. No one should be offended if you don't want them in there with you..
DH and me- my husband is the only one that I let that close to me emotionally and physically.
Not that I don't love my mom, but she is not who I turn to when I need someone. That's what my husband is for.
Alivia Nichole Willow Nov. 9th 2007 @ 8:22pm 9 lbs 4 oz 20.5"
Ian Robert March. 5th 2010 @ 6:41pm 9 lbs 1 oz 20.5"
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Just DH. Hospital policy at this time is only 2 visitors during my entire stay, and it has to be teh same 2. Otherwise you can point from the nursery window.
My mom wants to be there, over my dead body. I don't need to be told how I'm doing what ever wrong by anyone.
DH and my mom. My mom is the best and she will not be overbearing oranything. DH will do all the hand-holding and helping calm me down. My mom is just there for extra support.
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BFP#2 05/17/12~EDD 01/18/13~Natural M/C 05/27/12@6w2d
BFP#3 07/03/12~DD Born 03/08/13 via sched. c/s
BFP #4 10/03/13 EDD 06/09/14 SURPRISE!!! On our way to 2u2!
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Only my DH & a long time friend (possibly). It's so weird b/c she's not my bff or anything but I've always known that I would want her there.
My MIL & FIL can come in a little while after and that's it. I know his huge family will come and expect to see my LO but they can come the next day.
My hubby and my mom (and she only got the invite as a just in case) I have a very hard time relaxing and taking instructions so between those two they should be able to get through to me.
Everyone else can visit afterwards.
Originally we'd said just DH, no one else. But, the more I thought about it, the more I really want someone 'capturing' the event. I'm a photographer, so I've got a great camera. So, I talked DH into letting my mom (also a photographer) be in the room to take pics. No crotch shots of course, but I want pictures from when DH and I both see her for the first time etc.
Our deal was if my mom got to be in there, so did his mom. She lives 9 hours away, so I'm just hoping to deliver before she actually gets there!
Dh. IMO its a private moment for the new family to be.