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.
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Name: Jennifer • Due Date: 12/07/2006
I have a bit of a problem and not sure what to do. I am no longer with my baby's father. This is his first child and everyone thinks that when the time comes he should be in the room. I am not so sure that if I have not seen him in 9 months that I would want him looking at me and touching me.
Name: Kerri • Due Date: 06/24/2006
I had only my husband with me for our first born & it will be the same this time, I dont think a child should see there mother go through labour & for me personally I don't want the entire family there either, I think only the two people who created the child should deliver it into the world, its such an awesome experience they should share as parents...
Name: kgadi ngoepe • Due Date: 06/18/2006
There must be a limitation. The baby is for mother and father not the whole family, if two people are there is fine.Your partner is the one who supposed to be there.
Name: Rachael • Due Date: 06/27/2006
Hi i have asked my mum to be my birth partner and also my boyfriend. dont know if i will want them there when the time arrives but who knows...
Name: shar • Due Date: 06/13/2006
When i had my son 7 yrs ago .I had my partner , my best friend, my mum n dad and brother wiv me.As in saying that my brother and dad stayed by my head giving me water helpin me up wen i needed to push they were awesum helpers but this time round its just my partner, mum and son as hes really keen from the moment we found out ,my son has been to every midwife appointment and hospital visit so far.
Name: Jade • Due Date: 09/10/2005
Hi my hubby, mother & aunty were with me for my first child's birth on 08/07/2001. I had a really bad labour (40 hours) but it only took me 28 mintues to push him out and he was beautiful. I was very sure of waht I wanted with my first, having only the knowledge from books. I was a little naive so i wanted close family as i was worried about sh*tting myself in front of everyone - so i didn't let my in laws in with Zachuary (my son). I spend everyday feeling so bad that i didn't let them share that with us as i was embarrassed.
So with my second Luke who was born on the 7th Sept last year, i left it open to whomever wanted to come in...i just asked people to
tell me before the time so i could call them. My mother in law came with my son then 4yrs old (he didn't stay in the room with me as i had a bad time the first time). My brother came in. He's 15 and he got to cut the cord and hold Luke first, My mum again as you couldn't have got her out of the room if you tried. My hubby came in with me again & this time i felt i'd shared a beautiful thing with the people i loved. Mind you i don't believe in drugs i like to be 100% alert when my babies are born so i didn't have any pain relief with either of them until it came to stitching me up then i had local anaesthetic that's it. So maybe they weren't as happy about sharing it with me as i was with them haha
