kate middleton's mom met baby only today.

CousinVicki · July 2013

this surprises me since they are supposedly close. why wasn't her mom there yesterday (at least waiting, not IN the room)? Maybe Kate had a psycho birthplan and told her parents to not come near until she bonded with the baby for 24 hours lolol

TREDgirl · July 2013

No clue. But I sure wouldn't mind if everyone waits at least 24 hours before coming to visit us!

PixiesDust · July 2013

I suspect that everything surrounding the birth is highly controlled and orchestrated by the palace. Even if Kate wanted her mom there right away, the whole royal pomp and circumstance may have prevented her from actually going to see Kate and the baby. I agree that it's a bit sad but when you're royal sometimes you just dont have a choice how events in your personal life occur and are handled.

Amjoy25 · July 2013

Who knows? Different culture? They are British? They are royals? They may have different rules.

Woodfairyamber · July 2013

TREDgirl:
No clue. But I sure wouldn't mind if everyone waits at least 24 hours before coming to visit us!

That would be absolutely wonderful! Lol

alfan004 · July 2013

I thought it was kind of strange that they were the first family members to see the baby a whole day later. But hey, everybody does things differently I guess.

andthatmakes4 · July 2013

I read that there were 2 gynos, a team of midwives, and some others on her medical team. However, her mom wasn't allowed in because Kate wanted it to be a special time between her and her husband. Pretty sure to have that special time she would have needed to kick out about 10 other people at least.

Mama2be12345 · July 2013

I figured it was because the situation was so closely controlled, that would make me sad but maybe it allowed for a bit more personal time with Will and the baby? Could family have snuck in a secret way yesterday without the press noticing? Maybe her mom was there and today is the more formal way of doing it?

HFrizzle · July 2013

Back in the day they use to have 80 plus people in the room to witness the birth, just incase the baby was dead and they tried to switch it out for someone else's commoner baby or to just witness that she gave birth and wasn't faking the whole time and it wasn't the parents of the mom to be, it was the government officials.

She is someone of importance and they need to ensure that she doesn't have any complications and die, as well as the baby. I imagine there is an azz load of people helping the president if he is ill or in need a medical care.

topofthepeek · July 2013

TREDgirl:
No clue. But I sure wouldn't mind if everyone waits at least 24 hours before coming to visit us!

I know! I need to tell people that even the royals have boundaries when it comes to who is in the room

norbert5 · July 2013

dknight413:
jgslr:
Amjoy25:
Who knows? Different culture? They are British? They are royals? They may have different rules.
I definitely think it's a cultural thing, the Brits are very big on privacy. I don't think waiting until the next day is odd at all! I wish this whole idea of a baby entourage would go away in the states, it ends up being more about the other people. It's so annoying that it's the expectation, some moms want everyone there some don't, but we should have some choice in this without people getting all butthurt bc you want a little time to recover from a major physical event or surgical procedure.
My husband (properly British) wasn't even planning on being in the room for the birth of our first child. I objected obviously, but he still reminds me quite often "my father was playing cricket when I was born...." lol. Yep. Definitely a whole different culture.

This made me laugh a little. I am pretty sure my DH would prefer to be anywhere but in the delivery room by the look on his face at some points during my labor.

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