Older Children Allowed in Theatre?

[Tobily]

I think it's really lovely that you want your kids to be part of your new bub's birth...but unfortunately I don't think they'll go for it.

It's hard enough to get approval for a second adult in theatre, I can't see them coming at a child, let alone two. Their lawyers would have a coronary at the legal implications of having kiddos in there no matter how mature or well behaved.

You can always ask, there's never any harm in asking. If they say no, you'd probably have a good chance of getting them into recovery as a compromise. That would definitely be worth a shot.

All the best for a wonderful birth.

[Tobily]

Ha jaspen snap!

[Mumof8]

Im having a c/s on the 1st of May and i asked to have my 13yo daughter there aswell as DF and they flat out said NO only one person in the room with you.
I guess with a c/s there are so many people in the room in the first place that theres just not enough room for two people.

[Alan]

There will be about 6 staff in the room so I very much doubt they would let more than 1 support person in there with you. With all that staff and equipment there is not a lot of room.

[Lee]

Thanks for all the responses - doesn't sound like a scenario that will happen. I would love my children to be present at this birth - mainly because they were involved with the sadness and loss of their little brother (39 weeks) - and I want to give them some joy if that makes sense. I will look into having them very close by and able to share the moment as soon as possible after the c-section - but I will definately still get my Ob's views on this - he is sympathetic to our situation. I don't want to stress the kids out or create more trauma for them, so will see how we go........ got a little while to think about it.

Thanks again.

Lee x