Nate's Birth Story - Part 3, The Hospital Stay - Visitorville

I told everyone that I didn't mind visitors on delivery day and that it didn't matter what time they showed up.  I knew everyone wanted to visit, so why put some arbitrary time on it?  I also think that the idea of being alone with my newborn and husband might have been overwhelming, and having friendly faces there could only be helpful.

This ended up being quite true.  We had a whole parade of people in there that first afternoon/evening and it was wonderful to see every one of them and get to finally tell them the name we chose.  (More on the name to follow in Part 4...)

My parents, meeting Nate

My sister, marveling at how big Nate's feet are

The hubby's mother meeting Nate

Some of our visitors brought friends for Nate

Hospital policy only allowed three visitors in the room at a time (aside from the hubby, of course) so our friends and relatives took turns filing in and out until it was 8pm and visiting hours were over.  My friend Kate (photog of above photos) and my parents visited again on Tuesday, but then that was it.  The hubby and I had Wednesday and Thursday to ourselves - well, ourselves and Nate... and a long two days they were.  Stay tuned...

Introducing Nathaniel Martin

Nate's Birth Story - Part 1, Delivery Day - Prep

Nate's Birth Story - Part 2, Delivery Day - The Prize!

Nate's Birth Story - Part 3, The Hospital Stay - Visitorville

Nate's Birth Story - Part 4 - The Name

Nate's Birth Story - Part 5, The Hospital Stay - When it got hard

From Breast to Bottle - My Story

Nate's Birth Story - Part 6 - The Hospital Stay - When it got scary

Nate's Birth Story - Part 7 - Home - From anxiety to joy