Husbands!

[cali_rusk]

I am a relatively new L&D nurse, I've had my share of patients where the husband or S/O was no longer involved, however, I had a new one today.. When the woman got to about 8CM her husband left and said he would be back after the birth, it was a planned decision.. he didn't want to see her in pain..

I'm having a baby soon and there's no way in hell I would let my husband NOT be there haha

Is this common?

[systoly]

I'm not buying into this afraid of blood thing. What if the mom is afraid of blood, can she leave too ? Furthermore, you usually have quite a few months to prepare and overcome. Whether the husband is present during birth is not for me to decide of course, I just get the feeling some guys take the easy way out of what might be a very uncomfortable situation.