My mom was there for the birth of hypoallergenic and I'm thrilled that she was. She had never seen or experienced it herself because when she had my brother and I, they basically knocked her out and she woke up after the fact. I was barely cognizant of who was there and who wasn't, honestly. My (now) ex was useless. He couldn't remember how to coach me or anything. I didn't really plan for my mom to be there, it just happened that way. I didn't know they'd allow her to stay. For my second, my dad and his wife were at the hospital but I pretty much asked them to leave the room when labor was getting bad. My mom was home watching hypoallergenic that time. Hypoallergenic and my mom share a middle name because she was there for the birth

If it was a mother in law though, no way.