Visitors

[Faithy1994]

Anyone else wanting to ban visitors in the hospital until after their baby is born? I want to be able to focus on laboring and to have skin to skin time and breastfeeding established before I pass him around to everyone. Does anyone who's gone through this before have some advise on how to tell everyone who is wanting to be there?

[jtanner01]

We are just gonna have me and my fiance in the room until baby is born and i am moved to postpartum room. Then only our siblings snd parents and our kids. No one else until we go home.

[yesiand3]

Hi there ladies! I was just talking about this to my bf, well it was more like talking to a wall honestly. He doesn't get this at all. In the recovery room I only want certain, very close, people and they do not include his family. The reason for this is because I really don't know them very well and I don't want to be worried about the way I look or anything like that. Plus I also don't want to pass my baby around to everyone! I have been through this before, I have 2 older children ages 10 and 7 so I know from experience that this is a very private and special time for me and my partner. I hope he understands and can be the one to tell his family that they need to wait because this is very important to me, like it is for you mom's as well. I'm due in 11 days though!! ....excited but feeling all kinds of _worries at the same time. Good luck to you all!

[Bexoakes3]

I have home births and want a lot of support during labor so I have family there. But I've never had problems with them asking to hold baby. I had to get stitched with my first, so my hubby and mom held him while that happened and with my second my hubby did skin to skin while I got cleaned up. I don't remember feeling like too many people were pushy, but I'm pretty spacey after my deliveries because they happen so fast. It usually takes me half an hour to really feel like I'm bonding. I say you are able to call the shots with whatever you're comfortable with. If people put up a stink before delivery, I would just say those are my wishes, and I will have to keep you out of the loop when I go into labor if you can't accept my terms. But I'm pretty up front with my family/ friends ha-ha.

[Sophiejaynedallas]

I have the same view.. Only me and my partner are going to be there when our baby is born. I'm not allowing parents, siblings or anyone else as it's about me and my husband and our baby being born.

[kmcgiggles]

I had my girl a week ago and I wish I would have made this choice. I had 7 people not counting my fiance and I in a little postpartum room. I wish I would have had the guts to tell them to wait to come see her

[Flickan]

Just be honest and before you get to the hospital.  If they have an issue with it, they will but it's YOUR choice. My brothers wife's mom found out at the hospital and threw a temper.tantrum and disappeared for 6 hours. Her issue, not theirs. They could've chosen a better time, but my mom respected their decision and was in the waiting room til they were ready to make the introduction.