A woman and her husband are planning to have children and are discussing important decisions before trying to conceive. Two major topics of conversation are who will be in the delivery room and who will help with childcare after the baby is born. The woman is adamant about her preferences, but her husband disagrees, leading to an emotionally charged debate.
Delivery Room Decisions

The Husband’s Request

The Woman’s Response ️

Sister-in-Law Concerns

The Mother’s Help

Husband’s Reaction

Sister-in-Law’s Background

Living with Sister-in-Law

Feeling Indebted

Sister-in-Law’s Daughter’s Opinion

Revisiting the Conversation ️

Agreement on Childcare

Cravings and Humor

A Compromise Reached?
After an extensive conversation, the husband apologizes for his insensitivity and agrees to the wife’s preferences regarding the delivery room and childcare. However, they continue to navigate the complexities of their relationship and future parenthood with humor and understanding.
Compromise on contact with future children, not delivery room. NTA

Set boundaries for your delivery room. Nurses and security help.

Set boundaries with partner about delivery room support

Choosing who is in the delivery room is a personal decision

Stand your ground! You deserve support, not a spectator

Setting boundaries with toxic in-laws

Not the a**hole for setting boundaries

Stand your ground! It’s your body and your decision

Pandemic may make convo moot, but NTA for setting boundaries

Setting boundaries for childbirth is valid and important.

NTA – Short and sweet, but gets the point across

♀️ Husband wants sister in delivery room and for childcare. NTA.

Delivery room is an intimate space, NTA for wanting privacy

Not the a**hole, but why? No context provided

Partner’s support during childbirth is crucial. NTA for setting boundaries

Setting the record straight and standing up for yourself.

Standing up for yourself , don’t back down

Stranger danger! NTA for not wanting her in delivery room.

Set boundaries for your delivery room, NTA

Choose who you want in the delivery room. NTA

COVID restrictions make it unlikely for more than 1 person. NTA.

Sibling support during childbirth? Athletic cup should suffice.

Stay tuned for updates on this dramatic delivery room dispute!

It’s your medical event, you decide who’s in the room

Support person in delivery room: necessary or overrated?

Labor and delivery nurses can help clear the room for you

Setting boundaries during childbirth

Setting boundaries: NTA for refusing sister-in-law’s presence and guardianship

Woman rightfully refuses sister-in-law’s presence in delivery room

Giving birth is hard, complicated, and extra messy. NTA at all

Commenter warns against having a baby with selfish partner

Husband is support in delivery room, NTA for not wanting SIL as babysitter

NTA. Giving birth is super intimate. Remind him of this
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Childbirth isn’t a team sport, NTA for wanting privacy

Curious to know if the husband saw this post

One person’s uncomfortable experience with unwanted birth room guests

Men need to understand their role in the delivery room

In some countries, only the partner is allowed in delivery rooms

Stand your ground! Your body, your rules

Support shoes needed for self-centered birthing room dude

Savage response to sister-in-law’s presence in delivery room
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Support person debate in delivery room. NTA. Set boundaries.

Support people in delivery room are for the birthing mom only

It’s your choice who’s in the delivery room

Agree on childcare, sister-in-law can wait in the waiting room. NTA

Support for woman’s decision to refuse sister-in-law’s presence during delivery.

Set boundaries before having kids

Empowering response to sister-in-law’s unwanted opinion

Dad needs to step up and support during childbirth.

Delivery room decisions should be made by the mother. NTA

Take control of your birth experience, NTA.

Partner’s presence in delivery room should be supportive, not demanding

Redundant post, search for similar stories before posting.

Is he worth raising your kids with such controlling behavior?

Support in delivery room? NTA says it’s not necessary

Not the a**hole, but why the refusal?

Choose wisely who you want in the delivery room . Discuss childcare concerns with partner.

Supportive sister-in-law belongs in waiting room

Supportive comment defends woman’s decision to exclude sister-in-law during childbirth

Protecting your kids from abusive relatives is important , but be cautious with your partner

Money can’t buy gratitude

Empowering response to sister-in-law’s delivery room request

Savage response shuts down entitled brother’s request

Coachception: NTA comment needs no coaching

No explanation needed. NTA

Sister-in-law banned from delivery room and childcare

You have full control over who enters the delivery room

Father is the support person. SIL can’t be a caretaker. NTA

Father supports OP’s decision to exclude sister-in-law from delivery room

Stand your ground, it’s your choice. Don’t let her interfere

It’s your choice who’s in the delivery room

Supportive comment defends woman’s right to choose who’s in delivery room.

Not the a**hole for setting boundaries

Breaking gender stereotypes in childbirth

Is needing support during childbirth a red flag for fatherhood?

Choose who makes you feel safe during labour

Giving birth is private, only parents should be present

Husbands, you are the support person

Commenter considers not having a baby due to husband’s selfishness

Sister-in-law banned from delivery room, suggested alternative support.

Stand up for your boundaries

Childbirth is not a spectator sport . Have the people there who can support YOU, the actual patient.

Stand your ground, you’re not the a**hole. Your husband is.

Breaking gender stereotypes in the delivery room ✌️

Having a parent in the delivery room is not comforting

Sister-in-law wants to be in delivery room? Ask him how he’d feel with her in his vasectomy.

Childbirth is a private, intimate and scary medical procedure . Only the person giving birth, the person being born, and the medical team are entitled to be in the delivery room. NTA.

Commenter advises counseling before having kids with SIL-involved husband

SIL not welcome in delivery room? Offer spicy challenge

Protecting your personal space and children from negativity
