A close friend of mine had her 3rd child in August of last year, and her special part of the labor process was picking out a focal object. She had picked out a different stuffed animal for each child, and she found a cute little gray elephant for the third.
If you have other kids, having a sitter set up before hand will make mommy to be much more relaxed during labor. I was the on call mommy (
), so it was much easier for my friend to not worry about who was watching her other kids.
Last point to note, hospital rooms in general are not made to hold a whole bunch of people. Basic rule of thumb, if they're not helping in some capacity, then they should stay outside the room. That goes for moms and moms in law who want to mill around. If the lady in the bed says adios, get them out of there.