re: Mother-in-law in delivery room

Not weird, IMO. Her mom is a nurse, so whatever, didn't bother me at all.

That couple Grand is still peanuts compared to what they bill the insurance company. fricking inflated healthcare costs.

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Gotcha. Our BCBS coverage is pretty good, so I'm sure we'll be fine.

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I just remembered insurance did NOT cover the epidural. That was more than the hospital bill. I think 600 or so.

So about a grand all said and done

Cheap as hell compared to the years thats follow

Ha true. He said his brother had a bill of almost $10k when it was all said and done. I told him I'd say keep the kid.

I've done a pretty fair number of deliveries myself, I've got a fairly large family as well. The mother of the mother is almost always present in either case. In my family, it typically stops there. Father's mother stays outside but is usually there at time of delivery, assuming travel isn't an issue. Otherwise, they're there within a few days.
In the families I've delivered, there can be upwards of 10 people in the room. But in almost every case, mother's mother was there. I do find this weird. Especially the number of people taking pictures from the foot of the bed (especially since it's explicitly prohibited) and trying to video the delivery. When anyone other than the mother's female family is present, I find it unusual from what I'm accustomed to (I understand close sister, mother in law though I wouldn't want it myself), but one thing I've learned from medicine is that there is an entirely different world of people that live in a way I've never considered possible, and that's normal for them.

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In the families I've delivered, there can be upwards of 10 people in the room

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What the frick?

How do the new moms feel about basically their entire immediate family seeing her poop?

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Just curious, but why?

ETA: I mean why were you glad?

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it was just good having another familiar face in there. Plus I don't think she's a bitch,like most people think of their MILs. And she didn't try to take over and let us enjoy the moment.

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Especially the number of people taking pictures from the foot of the bed (especially since it's explicitly prohibited) and trying to video the delivery.

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Nope. Nope nope nope.

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but do you really think that having one person in there would have made the moment less intimate when you already have 5 nurses and doctor as to said?

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Without question IMO. The doctor and nurses need to be there.

She just wants someone there who's gone through it before. Not too weird.

As long as she wasn't there when you put the baby in there. That would be crossing the line...