My husband and my mum were there as my support people.

Midwife was slightly evil (i got told to hurry up because someone else needs the room soon)... so I'm glad I had two people there.

My waters broke at 1:30 am and I gave birth at 10:30am, so with no sleep, both of my support people were very tired as you can imagine. They both took power naps at different times while we were in the delivery suite. It was pretty intense for my husband, so i think it was good for mum to be there too.

Personally, i'd mention beforehand what you want. So you dont have the added stress of having to deal with people who just show up uninvited.

As i said, I had mum and DH there, and thats all i wanted. BUT I had uninvited people showing up and hanging around stealing my new baby time. Even though we arent TTC again and probably wont for some time, I already have planned exactly who I want there and who I dont want there.