I’m not due till April but I already know that I don’t want anyone in the room when I give birth except my husband.

With my first everyone and their grandmother (quite literally) was in the room and or lobby. While pushing my mother was on the bed with me, and at one point asked the doctor if interns really needed to be in the room. (I wasn’t worried about the interns)

While I got to do skin to skin as soon as my baby was born I feel like while I was being stitched up he was passed around to at least 10 different people.

Once I was in my own room I had to be quite rude in order to get my baby back from all these people because they thought I needed to rest, when in fact all I wanted was my baby.

I would really prefer not to tell any of them until after the babies born but can’t because I’m going to have to leave my oldest with someone while laboring. And I know whoever he’s left with will blab.

I’m not opposed to having a small amount of family visit a few hours later.

So how do I tell them without hurting any feelings??