Michelle,

I can't see why you can't bring your DD with you, especially seeing your DH won't be going in with you while you have your c-section. She will be accompanied the whole time - why not!

I'm starting to think about what we do with my 'to-be' 8yo dd when I go into labour. Sure I've got friends to farm her out to for as long as it takes, but now I'm wondering if we bring her to the birth.

I don't know if it will be a good thing or a bad thing; whether she's ready for it, whether it will be a good way to get her to meet the new baby, whether it's just going to be another dragged out 31 hour labour like her birth was.

Without hi-jacking your post, has anyone else taken their older child to the birth of their baby?

What was your experience?

Cheers,
Rachel