in the delivery room

So he thinks it should just be me him an the Dr in the room when I give birth . I ask him if I could hold his hand during an he say he's gonna get me a hand palm to squeeze I then tell him it's not the same as someone actually touching you are you touching them his first child was born through c section mine was natural birth I went through that pain an my mom an dula we're both there to help me how do we handle this as he seem to have no clue what emotions support I'm really going to need