What a guy! My husband wouldn't be present for any of ours. The first time, he went to work when I went into labor, saying he wanted a 'surprise' when he got home. My mom sat with me. The other 2 times he was at the hospital but would not come near me, the first time I screamed, he took off and didn't show his face again until the baby was born. You all might think he's a jerk, and in some other ways, he is, but I really don't blame him for this. Not everyone can deal with it, not everyone thinks it's 'beautiful.' To him, it was simply gross, and the faces I was making and the condition I was in, I really didn't want anyone to see me anyway. ANYONE. You know it wasn't until the 80's that this everybody in the delivery room stuff came about, it used to be that no one was allowed in except doctors and nurses, then AFTER the baby was born, only the father of the baby and the mother's mother could see her and the baby until they were taken to their room. Millions of mothers, like mine, endured giving birth alone and did just fine.