I didn't tell anyone I was in labour and DP texted a message to everyone later.

I only allowed a small number of visitors. THere were a few of his rellos that really wanted to come but I put my foot down and told DP that I'd be putting the Do Not Disturb sign up so tell them not to because they's be wasting their time. They DID come but weren't game to breach the DND sign! Next time, I think I'll reduce the number of visitors even further. I didn't even talk to my folks (who live in the UK) until about Day 6.

My friend actually came up with a really cool plan. She was lucky enough to be able to transfer to a hotel from her hospital so she texted everyone and told them that they could come meet her new daughter between 6-7pm in the bar. That meant everyone could come who wanted to but she got through heaps of people in just one hour.