How do you feel about hospital visitors?

[LunaBoBuna]

I'm due to give to have my baby girl on Thursday via ELCS.

I had my pre-op consult last week and they let me know their visitors policy is that birthing partner is welcome the whole time (day/night) and then you are able to have 1 bedside visitor between 4-6pm, siblings are allowed in during that 2hr period too. However I have told family that my eldest child counts as that 1 bedside visitor, so they're going to have to wait til I'm home to visit.
Obviously family members are complaining that it's still COVID style policy but frankly, I'm relieved, with my first my in-laws were at my bedside visiting before I'd even been moved from the post-op recovery room!

The nurses on the maternity ward have said that this is their new post-covid policy and is likely to stay as they've had an overwhelming response from the birthing mothers that it's actually been so nice that they don't have to entertain visitors and can focus on bonding with their baby and actually getting over birth.

Am I the only one that's quite relieved that this looks like it's the new policy going forward? How do you all feel about visitors?

I only had DH daily (we were in for a week) and a very close friend popped in once having done an emergency supermarket run for us for nappies/formula when it became apparent we were staying in longer than I expected. I had a very traumatic birth, I was unwell with lots or complications and DS had jaundice. I couldn't have coped with anyone else and was very grateful no other family lived close enough to pop in.