That’s what I would prefer. I did not want anyone in the room other than my child’s father originally, but given his recent behavior he’s not welcome to the hospital for any reason and I won’t be telling him when I’m there.

What I would have liked to happen was for my mom to either stay at my apartment or in the waiting room and be around to help me with the baby once she’s out. The problem is that she’s bought me a ton of things that she will use as a bargaining chip (not that I don’t appreciate it but still) and I’m almost positive that if I say she needs to be in the waiting room she will throw a tantrum and change her return flight to sooner and leave me without any help after birth. She is a nurse herself on top of it, so she wants to be able to be my advocate but she is more concerned with my attitude toward medical staff and not offending anyone or “embarrassing her” which won’t be helpful for me, IMO.

I suppose all of this could have been avoided if I had just been firm in what I wanted earlier in the year. I even tried to get her to change her flight because unless the baby is here I didn’t want to be together for Christmas. She says she doesn’t want me to be alone but I do. I don’t want to cater to anyones emotions or feelings on due date, I want to be in bed.