I don't know if this is normal...

I'm really wondering if I want my partner at the birth with me. I know that's weird, but he doesn't deal well with blood, and to be honest, I think he has found the whole pregnancy experience so far a bit gross, lol! It's perhaps a bit primal for him I'm worried that I will be thinking about how he is reacting to everything that's going on rather than concentrating on what my body is doing...

He said he wants to be there but I don't think he really knows what he's letting himself in for, and I'm also kind of worried that after he sees me giving birth that it will change his perception of me, that I will only be a mother then, and no longer a wife or lover... you should also probably know that I'm feeling rather hormonal right now!! So I may still change my mind, seeing as the birth is (hopefully!!) still several weeks away.

I just wanted to know if anyone else has had similar feelings? At this stage I wonder if I would rather just be there by myself, with the midwives...