Visitors

[joyful_mama]

Do you get visitors after your homebirth?

I never have.  People visited when I had hospital births.  Just wondering what others' experience was.

[Trekfan]

That sucks.  I'm sorry to hear that.  If you live within 30 miles of Brookville,OH I'll bring you a meal & would actually be interested in hearing your birth story since I love homebirth& I haven't met any homebirth mommas locally .I can't imagine that folks would feel more comfortable stopping by a hospital than someone's home. Maybe they're trying to give you space or something? Did you send out the mass email?

I was much more willing to have visitors sooner with my second daughter.  With my first I had that neurotic first time mom germ thing going.  With my second, neighbors and family came by the next day & I was fine  with that. 

[joyful_mama]

My hubby had a pic of me and babe posted on Facebook just minutes after babe was born.  :)  This is our 8th baby and 3rd homebirth.   I suppose some people might feel weird about visiting at home after a birth, I personally don't get it, but then I am comfortable with the idea of homebirth and lots of people aren't I guess.

http://livinginjoyfulchaos.blogspot.com/2010/06/edward-clarence-birth-story.html

[mum2boyz]

I did get visitors but not nearly as many as my hospital births.  mil, bil and sil came to visit.  DH and I have a large family between the both of us so 3 people out of a ton more is nothing.