Labor Room Parties: Who Should Be There? Our Readers Write!
Here at Pregnancy-Info our pregnancy newsletters have been generating a lot of great comments from readers, especially when it comes to who should be present during labor. Do you want your whole family there? Or are you limiting attendance to just your labor coach? Read about other women's ideas when it comes to who should be in the labor room! And feel free to share your own thoughts! Need some more information on labor and birth? Check out Pregnancy-Info's article on labor and delivery.
Tell Us Who's Invited!
Name: Carmen Freel • Due Date: 08/31/2007
With my first child I had my father, mother, sister and grandmother in the room with me and it was very comforting to have the people I love there with me. For my second child I was going to have the whole family again but they stepped out to eat thinking I had a long day of labor ahead of me. In the mean time I had the baby within 35 mins after they had left. It was really nice to have just my husband there. I think it was a HUGE bonding experience for the both of us. So it just depends on the circumstances and whether or not it's the first baby. it's really important to have a big chain of support for your first.
Name: Amanda • Due Date: n/a
i would like my husband to be there and maybe my mother. When you're in pain or just can't figure something out you call your mom so... she should be there to comfort me, as well as my husband... he will probably pass out early in labor anyways.
Name: Melissa • Due Date: 07/12/2007
i only want my partner there. my mother wants to be there but im uncomfortable with that idea but im not excatly sure why, i mean its my mother! i feel like a horrible person and im sure she thinks i am too. But its my delivery and i need to be as comfortable as possible. what are your thoughts?
Name: abiodun • Due Date: 02/07/2007
I presume that it's the partner's sole-right to that privilege (if possible). But most appropriately, the Partner should be present, if both partners feel good about having any other person (family or friend) present, that should be a mutual agreement.
Name: Felicia • Due Date: 02/08/2007
the only people who should be in the room with u is the person who made the baby it's not nothing to share your stuff with the family. they only want to know how the baby looks anyway and when it gets, here they will see it
Name: Rita F. • Due Date: 01/30/2007
The only people that should be present during the birth should be those essential to the birth. This is the most vulnerable time for a new mother and her new baby. Neither one needs to be exposed to all the germs that a roomful of children and other adults have. Another point is that children of certain ages don't know or understand what's going on, all they see is that mom is in pain and they are afraid. Older children know exactly what is going on and don't want to be there for that reason. Yet another point, who wants a roomfull of people witness to her most vulnerable moments? In laws, children, relatives you may not have seen in years even! The only people who will be with me are the essential medical personel, my partner and my mother. As for cameras in the room I think that everyone would prefer to see pictures of a happy baby in a studio with a happy mom instead of a blurry picture of a crowning head and mom in distress.
