My mum came in about an hour or 2 after I had DD. She was staying with us at the time & DH had to go home to get my medication as I was still vomitting & he brought mum back with him for a short visit. I really didnt mind, I prob would have if there were more people though but just my mum was fine. She also wanted to be at the birth & we said no so I did feel a little for her that she missed out on the birth (she's been at all my siblings births) so i was happy to show off my beautiful little princess to one person that night.

I did have one friend who kept smsing, throughout the labour (even though DH smsed back saying I was in labour & would like to be left alone for now) then the following day asking when she could come in etc etc so she popped in the morning after having DD.

The IL's waited until the following day & I think DD's Godparents did too.

After that I had people popping in & out now & then.

I was in for 5 days. I stayed as long as I could hehehe I'm pretty sure you cant stay that long anymore for VAG births though

I wouldn't change it. I was happy with the timing & the flow of my visitors.

I do think you should discuss it with your DH though & have a plan so he can let people know when they can come to visit (eg minimum of 12 hours or 24 hours after the birth?) & organise that only family or closest friends come first then the others in the later days??

Good luck