We've had several kitty births.
she will most likely hide and yes they stop eating
but we had one years ago that slept on our bed
she had her kitties on top of my husbands legs in the middle of the night
He was lying on his stomach and if I had't heard them mewing and woke up, telling him not to move. He might have squished them when he rolled over in his sleep!
We have a litter outside at the moment a stray she had them under our shed, haven't seen them yet. But she has stuck around and I feed her.
post pics!