What have other 2nd time mums done with their other children when having a home birth? Had my first at home and it was great, planning having this one at home too but don't want to frighten the toddler. Got a couple of plans, my mum will be on standby and a close friend will have him if my mum's tied up. Partly I think I'm just worried he'll be in bed (great) but i'll wake him up and he'll be frightened if he can hear me groaning and I don't go to him when he calls...

My 2 aged 3 and 4 were at home when i had my lo. My mom came over to watch them in case i had to go to hospital etc.

To be honest they slept through most of it and only woke about 10 mins before i gave birth. They did ask mom what the noise was and she told them their little brother was being born and they were fine with that and Grandma was with them so that was ok.

We had brought a book called "our water baby" from amazon about a mom having a waterbirth at home which we had read to them every night so they felt they knew what was happening! lol

It was lovely when straight after he was born the other 2 came down to meet their new brother (my 13 year old had stayed to watch :-) )
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I had my friend on stand by to have my then 18month old, i went into proper labour 5 mins after lo went to bed and had baby before he woke up so didnt have to worry about it my friend came over even tho he was asleep becaus eshe wanted to be there with me n just in case lo woke up or i had to go to hospital,

He normally is a very light sleeper and doesnt normally sleep through but that night he slept really well through all my shouting n swearing lol n i even had to wake him up at 9am to meet his new baby brother lol
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