Tam-Sam-Grace

At this age I would not bring them to the hospital for the delivery. Toddlers need constant attention and there will be open outlets, all sorts of things they will desperately need to explore, medical instruments, nurses, Dr and not to be graphic or disgusting but there is going to be a lot of blood and what not and a child underfoot is the last thing you need in there if something were to go wrong. I'm not sure how your labor with Kayla was with how far you got before your c-section but for me both times when I hit transition my DH was not allowed to talk or even touch me so having Sam there if he had started crying or was being a pain I would have totally freaked out. Who would be on hand to contain her and keep her from getting in the way? Would she willing let them hold her and keep her out of the way and not be upset by what was going on or the fact she was being restrained with all that stuff to get into? It's going to special when she first meets the baby no matter what but you are going to want to focus on the new baby and getting it here safely and easily and not the older toddler who is not going to understand anything that is going on and would probably make it stressful because of being scared and wanting her mother. Childbirth is a beautiful thing to someone old enough to understand it but to someone who is not it could be terrifying.

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