From what you've written I'm presuming this is your first home birth. If that's the case then he's probably really nervous about the situation being very different to the other births. I think it's a bit of fear of the unknown.

I was taken by surprise when my DF started to get nervous about my labour and birth as time went on. He already had a child. I didn't and he was more nervous about it than me.

My DF had been with his ex during her birth but as it was an induced labour because she was over and they knew exactly when it was going to happen and she had her entire labour at hospital with the aid of an epidural.

My DF was worried about the labour starting at home and how I was going to cope with it. He was also nervous about the drive to hossy with me in labour (he hadn't had to do that the first time round).

I was a little worried about how supportive he'd be when the time came but he was far better than I ever expected him to be. He was there for me constantly, holding my hand, rubbing my back, encouraging me etc. I must admit though he was a little odd when I first went into pre labour - he went out into our street and started chatting to neighbours while I kept texting him saying I thought this could be it (and it was). He was there for ages. He'd come in and check on me and out he'd go again. It was really odd. I think it was his way of handling his stress.

Once he came inside and started timing contractions it was a different story - incredibly supportive but also very worried about me and the pain I was in. I didn't make one phone call to the hossy - every call was made by him as he kept stressing.

I think we forget how hard it is for our men to see us go through intense pain. They probably feel powerless to do anything about it yet as we know just them being there and holding us can make a huge difference.