Recent chat on the forum about men's perspective of HB has surprised me. I guess I knew that men are commonly perceived as nervous about HB, I just sort of thought it was a stereotype and maybe not actually common.

My H is completely comfortable about a HB. I talked about a HB first time but decided against it for cost reasons but my H was never concerned about having one then- I checked with him if he felt glad that we went to a birth centre for the first birth and if that comforted him but he says no, he wouldn't have minded a HB then either.

So how did/does your partner feel about a HB? Or you, if you're the non-birthing partner? Is the perception of most men being nervous a reality, or a myth?