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My birthdaughter's adoptive parents were invited to be in the room during the birth, but they were not able to make it in time. They arrived at the hospital about 2 hours after she was born. Now, I am actually happy that it worked out that way. It was nice to have that time alone with the baby, however, if they had been there, it would have been fine, too. They were great about letting me have all the time I needed alone with her and giving me my privacy.
They spent several hours each day at the hospital (maybe 10 or 12) but whenever I had a visitor, they would hang out in the waiting room or on the sidelines or need to run to the cafeteria or something.
The hospital I used was also very adoption friendly. They found a different room to teach the adoptive parents how to care for a newborn so I wouldn't have to watch (that was the hardest part for me.) They allowed me to have (quiet) visitors from 5:00am until about 10:00pm and my mom and sister (14 years old) both spent the night with me and the baby.
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