I was finally allowing myself to get excited, despite the fact I've been terrified since week 6 of my impending csection. Then my husband decided to confirm that he'd be allowed in the operating theatre during the birth.

No.

No one is allowed in. 

I am absolutely devastated. 

He's going to miss the birth of what will most likely be our only child. He will have to stand outside, while I am in there, alone, and they'll bring out the child to show him before they take them away for monitoring for several hours (as apparently, foreign babies don't always react well to the temperature and altitude here...). We won't be able to be a family until hours after the birth, and he won't even be able see his daughter or son be born. I was already sad that I would have to have a csection, but now I am absolutely heartbroken that he won't even get to witness the birth. 

This is the first time I'm regretting staying in India for the birth. Back home in the UK, the father can be present at a csection birth, but here? No. 

I would pay every single rupee I have saved up, if it meant he could be there. Now, I won't even be able to see his first reaction to his own child. I'll be stuck in recovery for several hours, and my baby will be stuck in another room.

Sorry... Just really upset about this and need to get it off my chest. No-one here seems to understand why it's bothering me so much. Having to try really hard not to cry about it.