I’m currently 28 weeks pregnant and making my birthing plan. I decided I don’t want any photos taken and here lies my issue. I want my mum as my birthing partner, however, she wants to take pictures of baby’s head as it’s crowning and photos of nitty gritty stuff.
I’ve tried chatting to her saying it isn’t what I want for my labour, but she’s pretty quick to shut me down saying about “how in her labour she wish she had pictures of the same” if they were just for me and my eyes only then maybe I would consider it but she wants them for herself to look back on. (Strange imo). I don’t know how to say to her no it’s not going to happen and to tell her if she’s completely set with taking pictures that I don’t want her there at all.
The struggle is I live with my parents and I don’t want to make it awkward at home either as I have no where else to go and ideally I would like mum to be there because I have no one else willing to be a birthing partner my SO is squeamish so doesn’t want to be there
Can I have some advice please because I really don’t know what to do? Do I just let her get on with it and just feel uncomfortable in my most vulnerable moments or somehow do it with no support?