The day I went into labour my mum was due to come over...so I told her to stay home (DH was with me) so she knew exactly what was going on...then when we were off to hossy, I texted my sister (couldn't talk through the contractions!) and my husband texted his parents when we arrived. As it was late at night, DH's parents didn't get the message until AFTER I'd given birth *lol* My parents and sister were constantly kept in the know by DH during my labour. As I gave birth at 3:40am, it wasn't until about 8-9am before my parents and sister visited...so we had lots of time to ourselves to bond. As for the extended family and friends, I sent a mass text message about 5pm that day!