"Visitors being allowed in to such a late hour"

I recently gave birth at RAH after being induced on ward 31B.  I am a first time mum and overall had a great experience with staff whilst I was in hospital.

However the only complaint I do have is visitors being allowed in to such a late hour while women are going through the induction process.  There were 3 of us being induced in the same room and one patient had multiple visitors in until 10pm which meant I was unable to get to sleep or have a rest of any kind prior to a very accelerated and exhausting labour.  I also feel there was a huge infringement of privacy having visitors chatting away behind curtains/ordering food while you are having intimate examinations done etc and feel that there is no consideration for other patients in the room.  I feel that visitors during this process should be limited to one visitor eg. your birthing partner instead of multiple family members hanging around until 10pm. It just felt really inappropriate.