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In response to
"fwiw, I totally understand wanting to be super selective about labor and just after birth; but there's a special joy to seeing the new kidlets soon "
by
b.
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oh, i've been family- (and friend-) side many times. i totally know ... i just don't trust a coupld of people to be cool about it all.
Posted by
kare (aka kare)
Oct 17 '11, 14:01
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and i feel like it should be an all-or-nothing thing. :(
i want to be able to breastfeed right away, for instance, without people rushing in. i want to be able to control the fact that people might come bursting in with a camera while i'm still being sewn up and gushing everywhere.
if it's a few hours after the birth, i think it should still be special enough for them. i just think many people expect to be hanging in the waiting room for hours while it all goes down.
note: knowing people are out there would stress me, too; and that can impede labor.
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