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[quote=Anonymous]My mom reallllly wanted to be in the room when I had my baby.  I wasn't as direct as I probably should have been, but I was able to convince her that, with her living in another state, it wasn't feasible and I would so much more appreciate her coming two weeks later to "help" me, etc.  Of course my kid was over a week late, we were in the hospital for 4 days, then my mom was basically there when we got home and was very dramatic and difficult for the following 10 days... but at least she wasn't in the room while I pushed for 4 hours.

I'm not sure my mom would have ever forgiven me if I had just called her from the hospital after our baby was born!  I'm really curious how these other moms reacted!

My brother and his wife took a different approach that still made the grandparents grumble but at least not to the new parents!  They sent an email to all grandparents and siblings around 34 weeks that said something like, "We're excited about baby Larla's upcoming arrival!  We've decided to have it just be us at the hospital for the delivery but we will call if/when we are up for visitors at the hospital later.  And we are really looking forward to introducing her to her grandparents and aunts and uncles when we are settled in at home!"

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