Any of you ladies worried about your weak-stomached partners at the birth? My dh is *very* sensitive to seeing/hearing about bodily functions that he thinks are yucky. I thought for sure he would freak out at the birth of #1. He told me he would be looking at my face the whole time. Things were a bit hectic in the delivery room, as I came in ready to push and they weren't ready for that, so the nurse made him hold up one of my legs. 
: (for me being on my back, not dh's sake!). He ended up handling it really well. And when my water broke during a push with #2 and sprayed all over him, he didn't faint or vomit or run out of the room screaming. He even waited until after the baby was born to get changed, and let me have a bath before he showered everything off. But the other day, he was rubbing my calf, and I asked him to stop because my varicose veins there feel like a bruise when they are touched. He hasn't seen much of my legs, and took a look at that. He was all worried and said I needed to see someone about it. I told him they weren't bothering me, and that those ones were the mildest ones I had. He said he had to go sit down because he was getting faint. I don't understand how that can affect him, but not the birth itself. Maybe adrenaline?
: (for me being on my back, not dh's sake!). He ended up handling it really well. And when my water broke during a push with #2 and sprayed all over him, he didn't faint or vomit or run out of the room screaming. He even waited until after the baby was born to get changed, and let me have a bath before he showered everything off. But the other day, he was rubbing my calf, and I asked him to stop because my varicose veins there feel like a bruise when they are touched. He hasn't seen much of my legs, and took a look at that. He was all worried and said I needed to see someone about it. I told him they weren't bothering me, and that those ones were the mildest ones I had. He said he had to go sit down because he was getting faint. I don't understand how that can affect him, but not the birth itself. Maybe adrenaline?
I dont care. Its his loss.
