Did you have a lot of visitors come to see you and baby in the hospital?

I was so overwhelmed and exhausted with LO1, I don't want many visitors this time AT ALL. Like, my parents & brother, LO, SO's parents. That's it. I don't want aunts & uncles and friends coming there.

How do you feel about it? Is it rude to tell people not to come there?

I didn't want any visitors last time or this time, only my Mom was allowed to come. Of course this time I want her to bring Piper.

I had quite a few visitors. My mom, dad, sister, MIL, FIL, boss, boss's wife, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Ex-DH (DH at the time) was not there because he was in basic training.

I had a ton! While I was in labor and after his birth... I wish I wouldn't have now. Next time I only want my SO, my best friend and our son to visit us.

Do what makes you comfortable. I want to have private bonding time with my baby, I want the aggravation, and germs, around my new baby. My MIL didn't get the hint and had to be asked to leave after hanging around for 11 hours straight. Grr.

We had everyone and there mother there while I was in labor and the next two days I was in the hospital. It's NOT happening again. We thought that it would b fine and it would b nice for everyone to come meet the baby but it was so overwhelming! This time it'll just b me and hubby until I deliver... Then we will probably invite our parents so our daughter can come meet her brother. So I would say invite who YOU want and if that's no one than just make that clear to everyone and they should respect that

I told people not to come to the delivery or the first day.

Still, some smurf friends of SOs tried to come during the delivery. I made their asses wait in the waiting room for 13 hours. They finally left. They were just trying to piss me off because I hate their asses. My mom made sure their asses werent going to step back to where I was.

The second day, I only let my aunt, grandma, mom, SO, and a friend, who gave birth the day she came saw me, come. Not all at the same time. I don't care if they though I was a bitch for it, they got over it. If not, tough titty.

I was tired, dirty, and wanted me and SOs time to bond. People want to hold the baby and the first day isnt their time to do it.

I had a c-section was in the hospital for 5 days. I had a lot of visitors. I wanted to get it over with rather than have people over at our small apartment.

I had a lot of visitors but not until after dh and I got to spend a few hours with ds alone.   by then I was showered and ready to show him off.

Even the day I came home, people came over the same day. I was trying to sleep on the couch, and they were so loud. I think I want at least a week to ourselves, especially since it's SO's first and IDK how long he is taking off work.

I don't think it's rude to not have visitors, if that's what makes you comfortable. Just tell people to visit after you've been discharged.

I had quite a few visitors. While I was in labor, both my parents stayed in the room with Dh and I (my dad left right before they broke my water). Two of DH's friends were waiting in the lobby. After she was born, both my grandmas, my uncle, aunt, one of my best friends, DH's cousin, and DH's grandma all came to see her. My inlaws would have been there if they had been in the country. For me, I was glad to have visitors. Next time, though, I will probably just have my parents and inlaws come.

I had all my family come....parents, brother, SIL plus their 2 kids, sister and BIL plus their 2. Then SO family....parents, sister her husband and their baby.
It does get extremely overwhelming and I wish it was just me and SO and our other 2 kids, but at the same time, I'm kinda glad I got it over and done with at the hospital so I didn't have to deal with them all at home.

I don't think it is rude at all. I only had DH in the room for delivery and had DS late in evening. People asked straight away if they could come up on the first visit the next day (you have one 2 hour visiting time in the afternoon and one 2 hour visiting time in the evening) and I told them no. I told DH to tell MIL she could come up on the 2nd visit in the evening just her and I told my family the only person who could come up in the first visit was my Grandmother...... My Grandmother arrived with my brother, cousins, Uncles and I just straight out told them as soon as they walked in the room to leave and only my Grandmother was to stay as requested and they could return the next day. I also told my friends not to bother coming up and they could visit me in a few days once I was home. I had been in labour for 3 days, I was exhausted and I had just moved into a new house a few days before going into labour so I really just wanted bonding time with DS and DH, if other people didn't like it tough lol

It was just me and dh mostly. My mom was there for the birth and stayed till my best friend got there cause I was scared to be alone with ds then dh took her back to our place and got a shower. I had one other friend visit for maybe an hour but that was it. It was nice

Quoting xTJ:" I don't think it is rude at all. I only had DH in the room for delivery and had DS late in evening. People ... [snip!] ... few days before going into labour so I really just wanted bonding time with DS and DH, if other people didn't like it tough lol"

Yeah.. the hospital i had LO1 at was supposed to have visiting hours and limit of 3 visitors at a time.. Nope. No one ever checked anyone in. I had like 12 people in my room at one time and none of the nurses or anything even batted an eye. It was ridiculous.