Anyone given birth around dc?

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There's 11 months between my two. I'm due next month with ds and I'm so worried about leaving dd at home. My mom will be staying to look after her. She loves my mom but she's only ever had an hour without us both.
I'm really considering giving birth at home now because I don't want to leave her or stress her out. Labour wasn't too bad with her and I didn't scream or anything. Just sorts took the gas and air and cracked on.
Have any of you ladies given birth with dc around?

Yes, for similar reasons to you I had a home birth with my second. My mum came over and played with DD1 in the next room. This was just in case I had to be rushed to hospital for any reason, so my DH could come with me and there'd be someone there for DD1. It was all so quick though that my mum arrived about 20mins before DD2 arrived so I was in quite advanced stages of labour with my 2 year old DD1 around. It was early in the morning, I got her changed while contacting every two minutes and had to keep stopping what I was doing when the pain got too bad, she seemed to not really notice anything strange! Then I stuck her on my phone watching nursery rhymes until my mum arrived and she seemed absolutely oblivious to the pain I was in and my panicked DH trying to get the living room covered in a tarpaulin and moving all her toys out! When my mum arrived she seemed quite relieved to have a play mate. My mum said they could hear the occasional noise from me and DD1 would look up from what she was playing with curiously but then carry on. Apparently as soon as they heard the sound of DD2 crying, DD1 looked up at my mum and smiled. My mum said it was a wonderful moment. It was a wonderful experience and so nice to all be together in it. I say go for it! Good luck.

DS was 2 when DD was born at home. My mum came to stay to look after him. In the event I woke up at midnight with waters breaking, went and laboured downstairs and DD was born just before 6am. DS slept through the whole thing, midwives arriving in early hours, me tramping upstairs mooing to go to the loo etc.

Mum brought DS down about 7am when we'd tidied up a bit to meet his little sister for first time and we all had breakfast together. It was lovely!

DS2 was 2.3 when he saw DD being born. DS1 was 6 and slept through it. It was totally fine.

Yes. My DD was 2.5 when her brother was born at home. we prepared her before by talking about it and looking at books. When I went into labour we made games like 'row row row your boat' as I sat on the birth ball and rocked. Then we did 'joining in' when i made loud noises so that she could make noise as well and then after each contraction we laughed as it was rather daft. Our poor upstairs neighbours.
DD held my hand for the final pushing (me kneeling on the floor) with DP holding the other hand, and she was the first of our family to touch him as he was born. And we all cried with pure joy and emotion. Beautiful.
We had a close friend on call to take her away in case it all got a bit much, or anything went wrong - but as labour was quick, she arrived after the event!!

A truly magical experience for us all that has made us close forever.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat.