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Yes, to a point. I wanted my mom there during labor, and she was. I didn't want anyone waiting in the waiting room, and we didn't have anyone do that. My labor was only 7 hours and she was born at 9 am. After she was born, we had a fee close family visitors.

Nope. Just my parents and brother. I felt fine physically but I just wanted to get used to lo and breastfeeding and go home - then have visitors.

No, I didn't want visitors at the hospital especially during labor and delivery. There was already so much pressure about when the baby would arrive I didn't need to feel anxious during the event. Once we got up to the recovery room having visitors would have just been uncomfortable. The hospital we delivered at is older and the room wasn't well appointed. DH didn't attempt to put things away to give us more space and with me being unable to move & bend as normal I couldn't do it myself. A well wisher sent flowers and some other stuff and there was no room to put it anywhere, but the floor. With as many interruptions for checking on me and baby plus breastfeeding entertaining visitors would have been a hassle.

During delivery no, but afterwards, I was open to it. I was in the hospital for 4 days and visitors came beginning on day 3.

@Foodnerd81: that's true! My best friend had her son 10 months after J was born. When she invited us to the hospital I made sure to get 1000 pictures of us, the baby, the new parents, etc., because the regret was still so fresh.

Beforehand this topic gave me so much anxiety. I didn't really want any visitors. Afterwards, I was so out of it and recovering from a hemmhorage that I was happy to see loved ones to sort of bring me back into reality, but I still struggled with some anxiety when I was trying to nurse with a room full of people or when a family member used my hospital room toilet and it looked like a murder scene from when I had just recently used it.

Yes would have loved them! With LO1 we had my parents and sister on day one but no visitors day two and I was a bit bored! With LO2 DH was home sick with the flu after I delivered, mom and LO1 came to visit but again I was lonely and bored!

Nope to the nope to the nope. Maybe family, but they were all long distance except my mom.

We had visitors pretty much daily for the first week postpartum at home, and then every other day for the first month.

I really wanted our closest friends and closest family (5 people total) there to meet the baby after the birth, but no more than that, especially since DS was in the NICU and it was really annoying to escort them in and out.

I did want people to visit, but it was a little overwhelming in the moment. My parents came every day, on top of all sorts of in laws, and then our closest friends too. Some of the time it was great, other times people were arriving just as the LC got to my room, so I had to tell them to go wait somewhere else. And at one point we had so many people coming and going it was hard to BF and DS went way too long without me being able to try.

We were there for several days last time, and I'm hoping we have a much shorter stay next time. I think we were there for 5 nights, including an overnight induction. This time I'll have a repeat c in the morning and I hope to only stay two nights.

Only our friends visited. DH's family lives close enough they could have but they waited two weeks to come see us. I was a little bummed to not be able to show off the first grandchild in the hospital.

I'd like visitors again this time, just once I am settled after delivery.

No! It was a special time for me and DH and LO to be alone and get to know each other together. Our families didn't visit until LO was 4 weeks old, and I'm so grateful we had that time to gain our confidence as parents.

No, and enjoyed my time with my son and DH. Our first family visited at about a week and a half.

Yes we were happy to share LO with family and a few best friends.

I only wanted family to visit at the hospital, but definitely nobody during labor!

Definitely not while laboring (in fact, we didn't even tell anyone we were in the hospital until I had already gotten an epidural). Once LO arrived, I liked having my dad and brother visit, and also MIL. I didn't really want anyone else. We had some aunts and cousins visit and I found that awkward. I wasn't in the hospital very long and I felt like between visitors, nurses, doctors, midwives, lactation consultants, and social workers, there was someone in our room like every hour. I barely got any time with just DH and LO.

I loved having my parents and brother visit. It was special to share with them, and one of my favorite photos of my mom ever was taken of her holding my daughter. I really treasure it (and the memories- but those are a little fuzzy). My in laws came too. Fair is fair, I guess...
Actually, my in laws brought me a massive turkey club sandwich. I hadn't eaten in like three days and I Inhaled it. So I really liked them coming too

Eta: This was all like- 8 hours after she was born. I didn't want any family there during labor and delivery!

I had a c-section. I was happy to have visitors but I wish I had been more forceful about limiting their time. Everyone who visited stayed for a long time and they were all hanging around my hospital room. Meanwhile I'm on IVs, bleeding, in pain, and nursing around the clock. Nursing was the only thing that got them out of the room - "Ok, baby needs to eat, everyone leave NOW."