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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why do people feel the need to announce they are in labor and gather an audience[/b]? Just let your friends and family know the baby had arrived at some point within a day of its birth. Sheesh.[/quote]

[b]Because some women enjoy making a spectacle of their pregnancy. [/b]The detailed week-by-week posts on social media, elaborate pregnancy and gender reveals, and then once they actually go into labor they want an audience and everyone to know how much they’re dilated. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

While I agree some people go over the top in making a spectacle of themselves and their pregnancy on social media, it is just the norm among my family and friends who have given birth to be at the hospital in the waiting room. I have no idea if it's a southern thing or just a tight-knit family thing, but it's definitely a thing. Personally, I don't want my in-laws at the hospital while I'm in labor, but I do want my mom and sister there for support.[/quote]

I have a very tight knit family and only had my husband at the hospital with me and we let our immediate families know once the baby was born once we’d been moved into the recovery room, I’d gotten something to eat, and had taken a nap, so like 8 or 9 hours after the baby was born. Can’t imagine the pressure of having tons of friends/family in the waiting room for the whole ordeal.[/quote]

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