I had my dh and my best friend. BF was useless- she vomited as soon as she walked in the room, then started taking photos of me in labour, which i had specifically aked her not to do. She ain't invited this time I thought she would be great help, having had two kids herself (although, in her defense, we didn't call her until there was about an hour to go, so she came in right at the end).

My dh is very squeamish but he was fantastic during labour, I couldn't have done it without him. Having said that, I was less then impressed when he started throwing up in the sink, holding our freshly birthed baby- it was the smell of the placenta that got to him