https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 12:12:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360674 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 03:43:19 +0000 illumina 1360674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Dad came the day after a gave birth. My Mum was ill so didn't come. I'm glad no one insisted on coming the first day, it was nice to bond just the three of us :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360600 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:42:55 +0000 MamaJ 1360600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No one in the waiting room or before DS was born. He was born late at night so only MIL came that night. She managed to show up just before visiting hours were over because she was at our house and we lived across the street from the hospital. </p> <p>The next morning she came back before work as well as FIL and SIL. Later DH's cousin came and a close friend of mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360599 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:42:42 +0000 lemondrop 1360599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only my parents and brother came by the next day. We Skyped with my SIL and BIL and IL's. Nobody else was invited- I really and truly wanted to be left alone. </p> <p>Depending on how I'm feeling I may invite one or two friends to come by, but it really just depends how it goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360593 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:30:43 +0000 PawPrints 1360593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading all this is making me dizzy. I wouldn't want to see a single person until we get home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360550 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:02:39 +0000 RubyCali 1360550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 9 people in the waiting room. They all came in to meet the baby right after I delivered. 3 additional people visited a few hours later. I loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360430 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:31:40 +0000 Corduroy 1360430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not want anyone in the waiting room while I labored. My parents live 8 hours away so I called them when I went to the hospital. I figured after packing they would arrive after the baby was born. Turned out I still had 20+ hours of labor to go. I refused to see them for hours but eventually let them in for 5min. It actually really bothered me that they were in the waiting room. I felt a ton of pressure by their presence. My doula eventually got them to leave and I delivered within the hour. </p> <p>I was happy to see my parents once LO was born. They did lots of food runs for us. We didn't let anyone else visit in the hospital. My labor was days long so DH and I were exhausted. Plus, we were in a double room. We didn't have a roommate but all the rooms were occupied so we knew we could get one at any time. We used that as our excuse for no visitors. Not putting anything on FB helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360412 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:21:31 +0000 Boheme 1360412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't want anyone there except DH and my doula while I was laboring. We didn't call either set of parents until I was pushing, and they came to visit around noon. Baby was born at 5 am that morning, so we had a few hours together. We didn't invite any other friends or family, and were listed as non-published patients at the hospital so no one random could just show up. I would do it the exact same way for #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360331 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:42:41 +0000 MrsKoala 1360331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also haven't given birth yet but the plan is only DH in the room for labor and delivery. After baby comes, we are only allowing immediate family and select friends to come to the hospital. Everyone else can visit us at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360315 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:37:26 +0000 singingbee 1360315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents, in-laws, bil, best friend, some friends and coworkers. My sisters facetimed later that day. They came to visit that weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360276 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:21:52 +0000 delight 1360276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and MIL were with us during labour until I started pushing then they waited in the waiting room. They came in after LO arrived for a short visit as it was 4 am. The next day my mom and MIL came back, my SIL came on her lunch break cause she works at the hospital and my other SIL came with her family. I wasn't overwhelmed and it was only immediate family that visited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360267 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:13:42 +0000 MrsF 1360267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and my mom were in the room for L&amp;D. My Dad, my MIL and my sister (and maybe her boyfriend?) visited that night. My BIL and SIL and my brother came the next day and my aunts and uncles (two different couples) came the day after that. It sounds like a lot when I write it all down but we were in the hospital for a few extra days and the visits were nice and spread out. I also felt less pressure to have people in our house the first week or so because everyone had seen M at the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360258 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:08:14 +0000 dolphin 1360258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was born in the morning so my parents visited that night and my close friends visited the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360165 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:28:26 +0000 GrapeCrush 1360165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with #1 I told everyone that I didn't want anyone waiting in the waiting room because I was induced and knew that it could take forever! of course my IL's didn't listen and they were there. no one but DH was in the room with me. after he was born, my MIL, FIL, SIL, BIL, mom, brother visited. the following days my brother, dad, step-mom and a friend visited.</p> <p>with #2 I had a scheduled C-section and was adamant that DS was to see the baby first before anyone else. my mom brought him afterwards. then my mom, MIL, FIL, SIL, BIL, brothers, dad, step-mom and a couple friends visited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360157 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:23:47 +0000 swedishfish 1360157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just have to add that having so many people visit made me feel like I was entertaining them. I ended up standing most of the day R was born and my legs and feet ended up so swollen (from all of my IV fluids) it took two weeks for them to go back to normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360155 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:23:18 +0000 MrsB2012 1360155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was one of my biggest stressors during pregnancy. Turns out it was fine as I went into labour unexpectedly and it was super quick. Most of our family was out of town that day which was kind of nice. ( I wish my mom had been there though.) So, it was just myself and my DH for the delivery and a few hours after. My sisters both came up around dinner time and DH ran out and got food and such while my sisters were with me. My mom drove home from the coast ( about 4 hours ) as soon as she could and got there just after dinner. Then my dad and his gf came up. DH's dad and brothers came the next morning as well as my mom and sisters again. Thank goodness, DH's mom and SFIL were out of town and couldn't make it home until late the day after so they came once we were home. My grandparents also stopped by the hospital quickly. I was fine with my direct family being there but we didn't want a bunch of people stopping in. ( Mostly Dh's family haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360154 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:21:55 +0000 teamjse 1360154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our immediate families only. We did not allow a lot of visitors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360144 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:19:28 +0000 artsyfartsy 1360144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't given birth yet but when I had a scare the other day I had 100 people wanting to come up to the hospital! I flat out said NO! I wasn't even sure if I was going to be there more than a few hours and I was almost certain I was not going to have a baby that night. I was right. </p> <p>My Mamaw was about to assert herself and come up anyway when DH dropped our dog off at her house until he set her straight and said we didn't want visitors yet. I don't want anyone in the room while I'm laboring except for DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360138 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:16:58 +0000 avivoca 1360138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was just me and my husband during L&amp;D. My parents, sister, and two friends came the day she was born, and my BFF came the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360123 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:08:44 +0000 swedishfish 1360123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH was with me while I labored and delivered. My sisters dropped in while I labored and so did my parents and ILs for a bit. </p> <p>Here's the short list of who visited THE DAY R was born: my parents, my sisters, MIL &amp; FIL, one of my BILs and my SIL, three uncles, a cousin, and four aunts. Some of those people really overstayed their welcome. That will not be happening next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360121 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:04:38 +0000 Smurfette 1360121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sets of grandparents, my sister, then like 5 or 6 friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360119 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:04:02 +0000 bisous 1360119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SO and sis were in the delivery room when I had my LO. Then my parents came in. And then my parents in law, SIL and best friend came in. I am talking like 45 mins after delivery. Too soon! Not my idea, but people were too excited. And once one person was invited, they thought they could all come. I will do it differently next time!</p> <p>Afterwards my grandparents visited. And four more friends! I am hoping to keep visitors to a minimum next time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360079 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:39:45 +0000 Mamasig 1360079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a scheduled c section. Everyone stopped by - parents, in laws, cousins, coworkers, friends, SIL and BIL. I didn't mind. I was glad to know so many people were excited to meet our son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360013 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:04:00 +0000 lawbee11 1360013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and dad came up while I was in labor. DH and my mom were in the room for the birth. After M was born my parents, a family friend, @leialou &amp; her DH were the only visitors we had (my ILs live out of state). It was nice to only have a handful of visitors. I was BFing and doing skin to skin as much as possible and that would've been awkward with lots of people in and out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1360001 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:58:20 +0000 Mae 1360001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't given birth yet but my plan is to have as few people as possible there. I have put my foot down about my inlaws not coming (if they were local I would let them, but they are not and I don't want any house guests when we get out of the hospital). And I'm going to ask our friends to wait until we get home to stop by. The only people that should be there, hopefully, will be DH and my parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359997 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:52:09 +0000 mrsbookworm 1359997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and sister came the day the baby was born. DH's parents, sister and niece came the next day. Two sets of aunts and uncles visited on the 3rd day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359995 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:49:45 +0000 Pirouette 1359995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told my parents and in laws they could come that night (so I had the c section at 2, was in recovery until 4 and we had them come around 6). That gave us time to bond and bf, and we insisted that the visit be short. The next few days we each had a few friends visit as well as our siblings. But I was in the hospital for longer because of the c section. We asked the rest of our friends and extended families to wait until we got home since I was recovering </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359989 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:46:11 +0000 JessKas 1359989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband was the only person in the room, but my mom, SIL &amp; BIL, MIL, FIL &amp; step-MIL, and a friend were in the waiting room. Four other friends stopped by later that day as well as my husband's aunt and uncle. It was quite the party. </p> <p>Next time I'm going to keep visitors to a minimum. I was exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359987 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:42:06 +0000 Foodnerd81 1359987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only Dh was there for labor and delivery. My parents came up that afternoon (live five hours away and headed here a few hours after she was born). Bil who is local came the first evening. That's it and it's really all I wanted. I did NOT want anyone in the waiting room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359972 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:30:53 +0000 blackbird 1359972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mil came that day, SIL came that evening and brought us dinner. DH's grandparents and uncle and a friend came the next day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-visited-you-in-the-hospital#post-1359947 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:11:11 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1359947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone and their mother. </p> <p>I didn't mind guests, but the showing up &amp; camping out bugged me. My second night there, DH had run home to shower &amp; I was finally alone and slept. My cousin (who I'm not close to) showed up with a few of his college friends (who I'd never met) and it was awkward city. Nice to meet you, don't mind my catheter. </p>