For the following reasons:
- I am worried he will see something horrendous that will be forever etched on his mind and he won't be able to look at me the same way
- The fear of (1) will make me unable to relax
- I don't want him to get upset seeing me in pain, and am worried it will freak him out (variation of (1)) and therefore someone else would make a better birth partner
However he would like the experience of seeing his child born. I think he assumes it will all be straightforward, but it might not.
Anyone else given birth without DH? Or wished they had??