I can KIND OF understand Ana's initial position because admittedly when we were preparing for our first kid, everyone kept referring to me as my wife's "birthing partner." A little voice in the back of my head said "Uh, I'm the FATHER." But then I realized where that came from internally, which was me not having a Father present and it being important to me that I was there through everything. However, how is that the staff at the Birthing Center's problem? Its not. And I quickly realized that not everyone there with a pregnant woman IS the Father, even if they're a man. So that moment required an internal dialogue.