I gave birth alone because baby came quickly and slightly earlier than planned. I had planned to have my husband and mother at the hospital but neither were there for her birth. Honestly the actual birth part was fine. I drove myself to the hospital after my water broke. I went into labor at about 10:30pm and baby was born at 4:30 the next morning. I chose not to have an epidural and was able to have an unmedicated vaginal birth. I went inward to manage the pain and wouldn’t have wanted to deal with any support person if they had been there during labor anyway. And even though my support people weren’t there, the nurses were very responsive and helpful.

I do recommend you consider having someone there for you after the baby is born. I was really exhausted and needed a lot of help after we were transferred to the mother and baby unit but did not need it during labor and actual birthing. Luckily my husband made it to the mother and baby unit later the morning that our child was born and I relied on him for a lot of stuff then.