GARNPEACH

I am respecting her wishes, which is why I didn't give her my opinion today. I let her talk and I offered to speak with her mother if she wanted me to. She expressed to me today that she didn't "really" want her dad in the room but she didn't want to hurt his feelings. She is young and scared and (I feel trying to make everyone happy). She has said to me in the last few months that she isn't comfortable breast feeding in front of her father. I can't imagine giving birth will be much easier. As everyone has said(and I AGREE) this is not my decision. It is nice to hear that people can have their father's in the room and make it a comfortable experience.

No, not the father of the baby but the father of the woman delivering. I am not a nurse (yet) and I don't have any children of my own so I don't have reference point on this issue. My cousin, who is 20, will be giving birth in the next 2-3 weeks. She doesn't have a relationship with the father of the child so he won't be in the room with her during the birth. She has asked her mother and me to be in the room. When I was talking on the phone with her today, she told me that her father has asked to be in the room when she delivers. I was a little taken back and I tried not to force my opinion on her but I would NEVER want my father to be in the room when I was giving birth. Am I overreacting? Is this normal? She told me she wasn't 100% comfortable with him being there but I think she feels obligated because they are close and she will be living in there house after the baby is born and she will need financial assistance from them and she didn't want to strain their relationship so close to this important event.