Hey all! I saw this in the third trimester group and thought I’d share it here. If you are comfortable sharing, who will be with you in the delivery room? The person who started this didn’t want her partner to see everything. I know I go back and forth on some things because I would still like to “feel sexy” with my partner. What’s everyone else leaning towards?
Re: Support in delivery room?
But if for some reason DH couldn’t be there I would choose to do it alone. No one else needs to see that and anyone else would just annoy me.
It's just me and my husband. We have no family and none of my friends live around us. We've become this completely solid two person team. He's a wonderful support person in the delivery room and OR. I want absolutely no one else around. He's very good at distracting me when I know he's absolutely terrified something will go wrong and he will lose me.
Someone in my August 2016 group asked about having your other kids in the delivery room. I had a hard enough time FaceTiming my kids in active labor last time, I can’t even imagine worrying about them, and delivering a baby safely at the same time. They’re also 6 (autistic), 4.5 and 2.5, so not the most independent yet.
I absolutely don't want any kids near me except the baby. It will be the only time that it's just me and him because once we get home he's going to have to share me with so many other people. They aren't coming to the hospital I don't think until it's time to pick me up. I will just need some time to get myself together and snuggle that fresh baby boy that's my last fresh baby ever.
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
I also totally agree about being just you and baby. When you come home to 3 other kids, you need to cherish that 1:1 time while you can!